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Chris Berezai, East Kilbride, GroundhopUK, Hop, K-Park, Lowland League, Scotland, Whitehill Welfare
Friday 20th March 2015 ko 19.45
Lowland League
EAST KILBRIDE 1 (McLeish 64)
WHITEHILL WELFARE 0
Att 491
Entry £5
Programme £2
Badge £3
In 1992 the Northern League’s Mike Amos invented the organised groundhop, a series of staggered kick-offs with transport between the fixtures. Phil Hiscox took the concept to the South-West and GroundhopUK’s Chris Berezai to Wales, but Scotland had never seen a groundhop. That wasn’t through lack of trying, we at GroundhopUK tried for the Highland League who told us variously that they didn’t need any extra crowds, and that we’ve never bring them, “More than 30 hoppers.” A region of the Juniors even told us we could hold a hop in their leagues but all the games would have to kick-off at 2.30 on a Saturday….
To be honest, we’d given up and when hoppers mentioned the idea we’d trot out one of the stories and shrug our shoulders. A shame, but that was life.
