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The Town That Didn’t Stare

26 Wednesday Nov 2014

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Cup, East Court, East Grinstead, EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN, GAC stadium, Guinea Pig Club, isthmian league, Mike Gatting, Peacehaven and Telscombe, Sir Archibald McIndoe, Sussex County League

Tuesday 25th November 2014 ko 19.30

Isthmian League Cup 2nd Round

EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN 2 (Campbell 3 Joseph 37)

PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE 1 (Gatting 62)

Att 59

Entry £8

No Programme

Tea £1

It would be all too easy to treat East Grinstead as part of that sprawl of London commuter-belt south of the M25. Are you in Surrey, or are you in Sussex (the latter!) the endless affluent suburbia making the county irrelevant. But this is one of those towns where you need to park your prejudices and look at little deeper. Continue reading →

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The Two Green

20 Thursday Feb 2014

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Imperial, Knights Templar, Leicestershire, Leicestershire Senior League, Madeleine McCann, Mike Gatting, Rothley, Rothley Court Hotel, Sileby Town, Thomas Babington, William Wilberforce

Tuesday 18th February 2014 ko 19.30

Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division

ROTHLEY IMPERIAL 2 (Love 33 Howard 70)

SILEBY TOWN 1 (Jelly 53)

Att 29

Entry £3

No programme

Tea 50p

Regular readers on these travels will know that I like to tell both of you, dear readers, a little about where I visited. The trouble with the small Leicestershire village of Rothley is where to start and what to leave out!

The village is centred off two greens, the Cross Green and the Town Green, both reached from the crossroads on the A6 that is the village’s raison d’etre. Continue reading →

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