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Communique

16 Wednesday Jul 2025

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Saturday 5th May 2025 ko 15:00

Kent County League Premier Division

METROGAS 3 (Wall 27 Meledje 67 90+1)

PECKHAM TOWN 0

Att 52

Free Entry

The issue I tend to have with some locations is that it can be difficult to predict just how long it is going to take to get there? That goes double for anything within the M25 so with another trip to New Eltham in the offing, I planned a little detour with the idea being that it could be ditched if the traffic misbehaved- on this occasion it didn’t, so we spent a few minutes in Deptford.

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Gary

16 Wednesday Jul 2025

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Saturday 3rd May 2025 ko 14:30

West Yorkshire League-Premier Division

LITTLETOWN 3 (Reece Thompson 8 11 31)

POOL AFC 1 (Farrimond 88)

Att c50 at Beck Lane, Heckmondwike

If you are ever stuck for a game, and wonder where to head to on a Saturday I’ve long opined that a fair stating point are either of Peter Miles’ excellent articles “20 Glorious” and “20 More Glorious Non-League Grounds“

Sadly, the likes of Consett’s wonderful Belle Vue are no more, but there are still some gems to go after, and I for one have always got Pete’s list in the back of my mind when I’m thinking about where to go. Beck Lane in Heckmondwike is on the second list, so it was an easy decision when I spotted they were at home, and I was free…

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Cricket?

10 Thursday Jul 2025

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Thursday 24th April 2025 ko 18:30

Witney & District League Hughes Supplementary Cup Semi-Final

ASTON RESERVES 3 (Harper 18 Wain 53 Pawar 60og)

SHERBORNE HARRIERS 0

Att 30 at Stanton Harcourt Cricket Ground

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I know I’ve said it before, but I do think every football fan ought to go and watch the Sherborne Harriers at least once. I was honoured to take 120 or so hoppers there during the days of the Witney Hop and the day turned into something far more than a fundraiser, important though that is at grassroots.

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Icons

06 Sunday Jul 2025

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Monday 21st April 2025 ko 15:00

EFL Championship

CARDIFF CITY 1 (Salech 56)

OXFORD UNITED 1 (Brannagan 79)

Att 23,407 (3,095 away)

Entry £27

Programme £3.50

There really wasn’t a more appropriate game for Robyn and I. After the Peninsula Hop we’d broken the journey back to Oxford seeing family in Bristol, so hopping over the border to Cardiff for Robyn to tick off the Cardiff City Stadium and me to watch Oxford United just made sense!

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Third Time Lucky

04 Friday Jul 2025

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Sunday 20th April 2025 ko 12:00

South West Peninsula League Premier East

HONITON TOWN 0

SIDMOUTH TOWN 2 (Veal 32 Spalding 86)

Att 444

Entry £6

Programme £2

I remember back in the day, well 2015, GroundhopUK sorted of hosted a game at Cardiff Met FC. For us it was a precursor to a hop over the next two days in the Ceredigion League. There were all the trappings of a hop game, but it wasn’t part of the schedule, and we saw similar here at Honiton. The reason, though was entirely different…

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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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The Prayer

27 Friday Jun 2025

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Saturday 19th April 2025 ko 14:30

South West Peninsula League Premier West

BODMIN TOWN 0

DOBWALLS 3 (Larrieu 12secs Tate 41 Kenyon 48)

Att 316

Advance Ticket for all games on the hop £55

Entry £6

Programme £2

I arrived at Priory Park, to a queue of groundhoppers trying to make sense of the Pay & Display machine. Gone are the days when you simply insert a combination of coins you never seem to have, now you phone an automated number that doesn’t seem to understand English, or manipulate an App you don’t have, and there’s not enough 5G to download it. Here by coincidence my one parking App was the one in use here…. the adage of the chimp and the typewriter comes to mind.

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Bodieve

18 Wednesday Jun 2025

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Friday 18th April 2025 ko 19:00

South West Peninsula League Premier West

WADEBRIDGE TOWN 1 (Harris 80)

CAMELFORD AFC 1 (Bidgood 78)

Att 427

Entry £6

Programme £2

From the crush at Truro the Peninsula Hop returned to a sense of normality at Wadebridge. That said, the rains persisted, and the fact that we’d got a soaking meant I really didn’t fancy another at Bodieve Park.

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Strike A Pose

01 Sunday Jun 2025

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Friday 18th April 2025 ko 11:30

South West Peninsula League Premier West

ST DAY 3 (Marks 16 23 Cleverly 32)

PENZANCE AFC 1 (Smith 56)

Att 416

Advance Ticket for all games on the hop £55

Entry £6

Programme £1

Saturday saw the Peninsula Hop start as south-west as we were going to get, in Redruth’s environs and for the next 2 days plus, basically headed north-east. Despite the geography there was little question that in purely groundhopper terms St Day would be the most popular Peninsula League club on the weekend’s event.

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The Sun Still Shines

21 Wednesday May 2025

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Saturday 12th April 2025 ko 15:00

Championship

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0

OXFORD UNITED 1 (Long 79)

Att 25,646

Entry £33

Programme £3.50

If you’re going to visit all the iconic football grounds in England I’d suggest that Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough would be close to the top of just about any list. The ground dates from 1899, and post World War II became one of the country’s pre-eminent grounds. The first of 26 FA Cup semi finals here here took place in 1915.

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