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Supreme Irony

21 Sunday Aug 2016

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Beechings Close, Dereham Town, Eastern Counties League, ECL, Groundhopper Day, Wisbech St Mary

Wednesday 9th August 2016 ko 19.45

Eastern Counties League Division One

WISBECH ST MARY 6 (Lennon 9 18 Davey 23 62 Harris 60 Woods 76)

DEREHAM TOWN RESERVES 0

Att 72

Entry £4

Programme £1

It was an evening of ironies, not least passing the likes of Thorney and Eye that the Peterborough Hop had visited less than a fortnight earlier en route to an Eastern Counties League game. Then  was the fact that a few had opted to miss two hop games to visit this ground. I know and understand the hopper that refuses to drop below Step 6, and of course there were plenty who couldn’t simply pick Beechings Close up on a midweek like this. I did ponder also the irony of the hop organiser getting 3 ticks out of Thorney, Eye, and Wisbech St Mary when plenty managed one. Each to their own of course… Continue reading →

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Mundford & Sons

01 Monday Aug 2016

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Anglian Combination, Dereham Town, Football, Glebe, groundhopping, Mundford, St Leonards Street

Wednesday 27th July 2016 ko 19.30

Pre-season Friendly

MUNDFORD 0

DEREHAM TOWN 6 (Tuttle 23 Cook 45 Logan 65 Frary 60 73 Bussens 87)

Att 121 

Entry- by donation

No Programme

It’s still the biggest regret of my groundhop organising career that we failed to get an Anglian Combination hop up and running. But whilst I’ll never say never to it happening at the moment the idea looks dead in the water. So until the groundhopping tides change I’ll carry on picking off the league’s little gems as I am able. Continue reading →

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Field of Dreams

21 Thursday Jan 2016

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Dereham Town, FA, FDC, Football Development Centre, Norfolk, Spixworth

Wednesday 13th January 2016 ko 19.45

Norfolk Senior Cup Quarter Final 

SPIXWORTH 0

DEREHAM TOWN 2 (Borrer 39 Swatman 41)

Att 199 at FDC, Bowthorpe, Norwich

Entry £5

Programme £2

Just occasionally groundhopping throws up something a little unusual. Sometimes it’s a trip inside a Military Stadium or a ground that is completely homemade but at other times it’s a little more prosiac. Continue reading →

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