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Portmanteau

27 Sunday Dec 2020

Posted by laurencereade in F

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Athletic Newham, Eastern Counties League, Eastern Senior League, Fire United, Football, Frenford, Frenford Senior, groundhopping, Ilford, London, Lopes Tavares, Non League, The Drive

Monday 14th December 2020 ko 19.45

Eastern Counties League Division One South

FRENFORD 2 (Forbes 4 Fairhead 88)

Heatley penalty saved 52

ATHLETIC NEWHAM 2 (Idemudia 9 Kone 90p)

Kone sent off 90 (2nd booking)

Att 87

Entry £4

Programme £1

Monday night football will always attract the groundhoppers, and a club new to Step 6 will do so still further. Here though there was the added thought of exactly which league I was watching. In 2018 the Eastern Senior was created as a Step 6 league to feed the Essex Senior as a joint venture between that league and the Eastern Counties. It seemed to me that the league became rapidly swallowed up by the Eastern Counties League, and has become their Division One South. Now I’m not that worried by the nomenclature, but does anyone have a definitive answer? Continue reading →

Mercury & Bismuth

28 Wednesday Nov 2018

Posted by laurencereade in W

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Barking RFC, Dagenham, Eastern Counties League, Eastern Senior League, Fire United, Football, Gale Street, groundhopping, May and Baker, Non League, Rugby

Tuesday 30th October 2018 ko 19.45

Eastern Senior League Division One South

MAY & BAKER 2 (Owuadey 6 Harvey 88)

FIRE UNITED CFC 1 (Dias 89)

Att 27 

Entry £5

Programme £1

With the creation of the Eastern Senior League, to fill a hole at Step 6 in Essex, a slew of new clubs have taken a step up in status to fill the league. For Fire United that meant a move from Hackney Marshes to the Terence McMillan Stadium in Newham, formerly home to London APSA. More on them later, but May & Baker’s story is fascinating. Continue reading →

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