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Brinklow, Coventry Alliance, Coventry City, Coventry United, Edward VIII, John E Radford, John E Radford Fields, Keresley RFC, Keresley RUFC, Midland Combination, Midland League, Peter Ndlovu, post boxes
Tuesday 22nd July 2014 ko 18.45
Pre-Season Friendly
COVENTRY UNITED 1 (Stokes 52) Nduna missed penalty 43
BRINKLOW 3 (Cawley 13 90 Nelson 67p)
Att 47 at Keresley RUFC, John E Radford Fields, Burrow Hill Lane, Corley
Entry FREE
No Programme
This was one of those grounds you can’t visit for football during the normal season, but with the pitch at Allard Way being reseeded, the club moved this fixture to Keresley, a village right on the northern edge of the Coventry conurbation. Its a rural location, even the undulating pitch showed signs of its former use as strip-farmed agriculture. As it so often the case with a rugby union ground, the facilities are mostly in the clubhouse, there was no rope, rail, or stand, but to be fair to the egg-chasers, this was the furthest pitch from the clubhouse. And on a warm evening, what facilities did you need anyway? Continue reading
