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AFC Flixton, FA Vase, Flixton, Football, Manchester, Non League, North West Counties League, Northwich Flixton Villa, Northwich Victoria, NWCL, Valley Road
With the football season over prematurely due to the Coronavirus Pandemic I’m in the unusual position of actually having this blog up to date! So to keep the content coming, and for something to do, I’ll do some old grounds and games where there’s a story to tell.
Saturday 18th November 2006 ko 15.00
FA Vase 2nd Round
FLIXTON 4 (Mitten 44 Grandison 53 Wilkinson 75 Tobin 83)
PICKERING TOWN 0
Att 84
Entry £3
Programme £1.50
The sole reason I, and around 50 groundhoppers ended up here was the Salford City/FC United game at the Willows that kicked off at midday. There was roughly an hour to get the tram back to the car, and make a quick blast across western Manchester which did limit the opportunities to complete a Mancunian double. It boiled down to a choice between Trafford and Flixton, we chose the latter mainly to watch another Vase game. It proved to be both a good move, and an interesting one too! Continue reading
