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The Lifeboat

15 Monday Sep 2025

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Saturday 5th July 2025 ko 14:00

Friendly

STOURBRIDGE 4 (Shaw 8 Campbell Freemantle 50 Bood 66)

DUDLEY TOWN 2 (Jae 20 Crook 30p)

Att 586

Entry £8

Programme £2

Any student of the non league game will tell you there’s something of a love/hate relationship between Stourbridge FC and their home at War Memorial Athletic Ground. On one hand, it is an icon of the West Midlands sporting scene, but since it is also a cricket ground the start and end of any football season is always an issue; I remember them playing early rounds of the FA Cup at Halesowen around 20 years ago.

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The Turbine

30 Monday Jun 2025

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Saturday 19th April 2025 ko 18:00

South West Peninsula League Premier West

LAUNCESTON AFC 0

CALLINGTON TOWN 1 (Skews 32)

Att 603

Entry £6

Programme £2

I’m not sure why, but I didn’t expect much from Launceston Town. Even their programme suggested there were better grounds on the Easter Hop than Pennygillam. I surprised myself by arriving before most of the programme enthusiasts, and again when I ssaw what the club were doing for their big fundraising day.

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Creamery

30 Wednesday Apr 2025

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Saturday 15th March 2025 ko 16:30

East of Scotland League- Second Division

BATHGATE THISTLE 0

EASTHOUSES LILY MWFC 3 (Leslie 44 Dyer 53 Elliott 72)

Att 307

Entry £7

Programme £2

Sat on the coach heading from West Calder to Bathgate I checked social media and was a little surprised. I knew we’d lose a few hoppers for the middle two games, despite our normal attempts to minimise this form of drift. I spotted a few (and I do mean a few) hoppers had opted to miss West Calder and Bathgate in favour of one SPFL game. I allowed myself a raised eyebrow but no more.

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If You Want Bloods You Got It

30 Sunday Mar 2025

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Sunday 2nd March 2025 ko 14:30

North West Counties League Division One North

DROYLSDEN 3 (Kasali 11 Kattah 27 Van 49)

DARWEN 2 (Bailey 3 Severino 49)

Att 1,184

Entry £6

Programme £2

On one level it was fairly predictable that this game, the last of this year’s North West Counties League Hop would see a huge crowd but perhaps not this large! You could easily argue it was caused by a former National League Premier side facing off against a former Football League one. There were a few nuances though.

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The History

23 Sunday Mar 2025

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Saturday 1st March 2025 ko 19:30

North West Counties League- Premier Division

GLOSSOP NORTH END 0

WEST DIDSBURY & CHORLTON 2 (Banister 60 Bass 81)

Lazenbury penalty saved 17

Att 830

Entry £10

Programme £2

If the North West Counties Hop was going to New Mills then it was close to inevitable that we’d pair them with Glossop North End as the “High Peak Twins.” But with all due respect to New Mills they were never a Football League club…

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More Stockwood

11 Tuesday Feb 2025

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Saturday 8th February 2025 ko 14:00

Somerset County League Division One

STOCKWOOD GREEN 2 (Templeman 21 Thomas 33)

ASHTON & BACKWELL UNITED 1 (Smart 90+3)

Att 32

Free Entry

You may recall the Stockwood treble, the triumvirate of Bristol Telephones, Stockwood Wanderers and Cutters Friday whose grounds lie in a triangle on Stockwood Lane in the southern suburbs of Bristol. But there is another Stockwood club, Stockwood Green so how do they fit into the scheme of things?

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Legacy

28 Tuesday Jan 2025

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Saturday 4th January 2025 ko 15:00

Sheffield & Hallamshire League- Premier Division

SHEFFIELD CITY 0

JUBILEE SPORTS 6 (Barnsley 25 Turner 60 Evison 65p Taylor 83 Reet 86 90+6)

Att 31 at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium, Attercliffe

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It is a curiosity that the Olympic Legacy Stadium may well be part of the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics, and is the only such stadium built outwith the host city, but its roots lie with a completely different Olympics.

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Gloucs’ in Somerset

20 Monday Jan 2025

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Thursday 28th December 2024 ko 14:00

Gloucestershire County League

TOTTERDOWN UNITED 5 (Tobin 2 24 45 Lowell 21 C Hemming 69)

ALMONDSBURY 4 (Lancastle 43 Hill 45+3 Alrawi 71 Mannings 90p)

Morgan sent off 86 (2nd booking)

Free Entry

Programme online only (non-downloadable)

With Robyn my wife being from Bristol, it’s fair to day I’ve seen plenty of the city and since she’s from Knowle West I’ve seen plenty of Totterdown. If you’ve ever been past Temple Meads station then headed south and climbed up the Wells Road you’ve been to Totterdown.

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The BSA

18 Saturday Jan 2025

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Saturday 21st December 2024 ko 14:00

Oxfordshire Senior League, Premier Division

BICESTER TOWN COLTS 1 (Patrick 39)

THAME UNITED RESERVES 4 (Johnston 3 64 Bonwick 46 Carr 55)

Att 4 at Bicester Sports Association, Akeman Street, Chesterton

If finding a far flung game on the Friday I finish work is part of my pre-Christmas routine, then finding one closer to home on the Saturday is too. The rationale is easy, I’m part of a pub quiz team, we organise a Christmas meal out each year and since one of us requires it, we eat early.

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Penpole

09 Thursday Jan 2025

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Tuesday 10th December 2024 ko 19:45

Gloucestershire FA Challenge Trophy- 2nd Round

SHIREHAMPTON 0

HALLEN 2 (Thomas-Barker 27 79)

Att 120

Entry £6

Programme- online only

With Robyn my wife being from Bristol I was a little surprised I hadn’t paid Penpole Lane a visit sooner. Shirehampton’s elevation to the Western League for last season has produced the frankly amazing position where they, Avonmouth, Cribbs, Hallen and Bristol Manor Farm are all within 3 miles of Penpole Lane, and all play at Western League level or better! You’ll pass by the alleyway entrance of Avonmouth’s King George V Recreation Ground on the way to Shirehampton, the two grounds are less than a mile apart!

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