02 Sunday Oct 2016
Friday 16th September 2016 ko 19.45
North Berkshire League Division 3
UFFINGTON UNITED 1 (Larman 49og)
MARCHAM 2 (Yallop 65 Larman 68)
Att 99
Entry & Programme £4
The North Berkshire League Hop has managed to produce plenty of memorable moments since we first visited Steventon back in 2011. Since then we’ve introduced minibuses called Rod, Jane & Freddy, been on two military bases, and seen off a Step 5 league who presumably thought that since we’re off-pyramid we don’t matter. Continue reading
20 Sunday Sep 2015
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Tags
GroundhopUK, Hanney United, MARCHAM, North Berkshire hop, North Berkshire League, War Memorial Hall
Saturday 19th September 2015 ko 10.30
North Berkshire League Division Two
HANNEY UNITED 4 (Bishop 16p 41 Woodside 75 Woodside 88)
MARCHAM 2 (Larman 7 Dobbs 24)
Att 171
Entry & Programme £4
Badge £3
You have to be an enthusiast to organise a groundhop. I mean you wouldn’t subject themselves to the kind of day I had unless you enjoy it. Its not often that you find yourself at Radio Oxford at 7.40 in the morning to publicise the hop one last time, then get a lift to the other side of town to collect the last of our 3 minibuses before pick-ups at Steventon and Didcot Parkway station. Continue reading
24 Wednesday Sep 2014
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AFC, Ansons field, East Hendred, James Hicks, MARCHAM, North Berkshire Groundhop, North Berkshire League, Phil Annets
Saturday 20th September 2014 ko 16.00
North Berkshire League Division Two
MARCHAM 1 (Armstrong 82)
EAST HENDRED AFC 7 (Moss 18 29p Sutton 26 Hummel 32 Doig 42 Wise 56 Hicks 86)
Att 201
Entry & Programme £4
Badge £3
Catering: Baked Potatoes with various fillings. Cakes
Beer: Loose Cannon
When we put together these hops one of the many things we co-ordinate is catering. On reflection we should have added another item to the menu, on top of the baked potatoes with a myriad of fillings, curry included, and that was celery soup. Why, I hear you ask, well the March in Marcham is derived from the old English word, merece meaning a place where celery grows! Ham means settlement so we visited the village where celery grows! Continue reading
25 Sunday Sep 2011
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Saturday 24th September 2011 ko 10.30am
North Berkshire League Division 2
STEVENTON 3 (Margetts 7 McArdle 18 Cooper 69)
MARCHAM 2 (Northcott 15 Banks 33)
Att 190
Entry by Programme £3
Badge £3
Tea and Bacon Roll £2.50
The North Berkshire League hop had been over a year in the making, and as organiser its never easy bringing a league and its clubs up to speed on what to expect and how to go about making the most of the day. The league were, and are a pleasure to deal with, but you never know…. until the coach drove past Steventon Green for the pick up at Didcot station , and there was the barbeque fired up, the pitch roped off and the the hoppers already tucking in.
I’d picked Steventon because of the league rule that all grounds have to be within 20 miles of Steventon Green, so why not start at the centre of things!
Raffle tickets were sold, the programmes sold out, and people enjoyed a cracking game, in the autumnal sun. Neither side seemed capable of defending which believe me hoppers love! I’ve never met a hopper would didn’t like goals!!!
I did hear a lovely comment from one visitor when we announced the attendance, ” I bet that’s double what they normally get!” Little did they know, when I first visited Steventon FC, the attendance was 7!
I climbed back aboard the bus, knowing things were all going to work out nicely. Thanks guys!
