17 Thursday Mar 2016
Posted in S
Saturday 12th March 2016 ko 17.00
Lowland League
THE SPARTANS 1 (Murray 90)
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING 0
Att 435
Entry £5
Programme £2
Let me tell you a secret, when Chris Berezai a I do a groundhop presentation to a prospective league the explanation normally ends with the rhetorical question, “And let’s face it, there isn’t a non league club that wouldn’t welcome the financial boost a groundhop game gives, is there?” Well, I do wonder whether we did find that one club here….. Continue reading
26 Thursday Mar 2015
Posted in G
Tags
Chris Geddes, Gala Fairydean, Graeme McIver, GroundhopUK, Lowland, Lowland League, Netherdale, Rovers, Scotland, Stirling University, University of Stirling
Saturday 21st March 2015 ko 19.00
Lowland League
GALA FAIRYDEAN ROVERS 1 (Bonnar 49)
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING 2 (Bonar 43 Geddes 90)
Att 323
Entry £5
Programme £2
The sun began to set and as the coach reached Galashiels I relaxed for the first time since we’d left Hilingdon 36 hours earlier. I knew everyone wanted to visit the iconic club of Gala, and in Graeme McIver I had a club contact who was competent to the point where Chris and I knew all we needed to do is let him get on with staging the game. That doesn’t happen very often, clubs at the level GroundhopUK organise hops for aren’t used to having 300-plus crowds so guidance is essential, to do otherwise is at best unfair, and at worst folly. Graeme simply needed to know how many tickets we’d sold and a rough idea of the likely attendance, and he was more than capable of doing the rest. Continue reading
