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Tag Archives: Peacehaven and Telscombe

Returning Heroes

18 Friday Dec 2020

Posted by laurencereade in P

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East Beach Cafe, England, Football, groundhopping, Littlehampton, Non League, Peacehaven and Telscombe, Piddinghoe Avenue, Southern Combination, Steyning Town, Sussex, Sussex County League

Saturday 12th December 2020 ko 15.00

Southern Combination Premier Division

PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE 2 (Benson 50 Webber 78)

STEYNING TOWN COMMUNITY 1 (Cousins 10)

Att 153

Entry £7

Programme online only

Lockdown #2 ended up lasting a couple of weeks longer than either Robyn or I planned, and the irony of both of us contracting Coronavirus during a lockdown isn’t lost on me. We were fortunate, very fortunate to contract only a mild strain of the disease and although we were pretty wiped out for a few days we quickly recovered, with fatigue being the last symptom to fade away. But that fact did influence where we went. I wanted to break up the driving a little, I wasn’t comfortable with the marathon stints I’ve taken on in the past. That brought an idea from the past into my head…. Continue reading →

All About Wickhurst Lane

27 Monday Jan 2020

Posted by laurencereade in B

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Broadbridge Heath, Football, groundhopping, High Wood Hill Sports Ground, Leisure Centre, Non League, Peacehaven and Telscombe, Southern Combination, Sussex, Wickhurst Lane

Tuesday 8th November 2019 ko 19.45

Sussex Senior Cup 2nd Round

BROADBRIDGE HEATH 2 (Jones 27 Wanstall 61)

PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE 3 (Wiltshire 38 Ford 50 Bant 90)

Att 64

Entry £6

Programme £1

After all that had gone before, it seemed strange to be returning to pyramid football. Not in any perjorative sense, although the inevitable battle with the M25 evening rush hour was as unwelcome. As hellish as the traffic was, it was familiar I’d passed Broadbridge Heath’s new ground on the way to Horsham a couple of months earlier. I found myself wishing my journeys were a little more straightforward, but then that is skill that Broadbridge Heath are rather good at! Continue reading →

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The Town That Didn’t Stare

26 Wednesday Nov 2014

Posted by laurencereade in E

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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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