Tags
Football, groundhopping, northern counties east, Rossington Main, Wakefield, College Grove, NCEL, Non League, Wakefield and Emley, Wakefield-Emley, Post Office Road, Featherstone Rovers
Saturday 1st April 2023 ko 15:00
Northern Counties East League- Division One
WAKEFIELD AFC 3 (Morrison 14 45p Mole 62)
ROSSINGTON MAIN 3 (Wilson 22 Kianga 43 Harrison 90)
Att 408
Entry £5 (but pay what you like for this game)
Programme £2
I’d very nearly left it too late; this iteration of football for Wakefield had announced they were leaving Featherstone Rovers RLFC’s Post Office Road, to “return” to Belle Vue, home to Wakefield Trinity RLFC. In footballing terms, they hadn’t been around for long, being formed in 2019 initially playing at the Dorothy Hyman Stadium, in Barnsley. They moved to Post Office Road for the start of the 20/21 season, but this was to be their final game in Featherstone, so Robyn and I made a beeline for it while we still could. But the history of Wakefield and the round ball goes back a lot further than 2019. Continue reading