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Parkhouse

16 Monday Sep 2024

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Saturday 3rd August 2024 ko 15:00

United Counties League Division One

CLAY CROSS TOWN 5 (Macaskill 26 75 Clegg 46 54 63)

Clegg missed penalty 12

CLIFTON ALL WHITES 1 (Jasper 89)

Att 161

Entry £6

Programme £2

I’m a contrary soul, so you would have thought after a weekend watching 5 games in the United Counties League, the very last place you’d expect me to be at is another UCL ground. But there were some extenuating circumstances…

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The Owls Revisited

26 Monday Apr 2021

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Tuesday 20th April 2021 ko 18.30

North Berkshire League Division One
EAST HENDRED 4 (Parrott 5p 9p L Eltham 59 B Eltham 82)

HAGBOURNE UNITED 3 (Smith 25secs 67 MacDonald 79)

Att 26 at Mill Lane, East Hendred

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My attendance here was due to one thing really, Hendred chairman Steve Mulford invited me! Most will remember the club from their beautifully presented game on the 2015 North Berkshire League hop, the club managing to produce of all things, an Owl display and a quite amazing array of food and drink. It is a matter of regret that I hadn’t been back since.

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Peredurus

07 Sunday Apr 2013

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Saturday 30th March 2013 ko 15.30

Northern Counties East Premier Division

PICKERING TOWN 3 (Shepherd 30 Heads 41 Taylor 82)

WORKSOP PARRAMORE 0

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Entry £5

Programme £1.50

As we headed north from Bridlington the scene gradually changed. We’d already moved from industrial Wakefield to tripperish Bridlington, but now we moved into the North Yorkshire Moors and the pretty market town of Pickering.

According to legend the town gets its name from King Peredurus around 270BC. It states that the King lost his ring and accused a young maiden of stealing it. Later that day the ring was found in a pike caught that day in the River Costa for his dinner. The king was so happy to find his ring he married the young maiden. The name Pike-ring became corrupted over the years to the present name. Continue reading →