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Devon, Easter Hop, Football, Newton Abbot, Non League, Phil Hiscox, South West Peninsula League, Spurs, SWPL, Teignmouth
Thursday 29th March 2018 k0 19.30
South West Peninsula League Division One East
NEWTON ABBOT SPURS 2 (O Aplin 13 Metters 51)
TEIGNMOUTH 1 (Ayre 18)
Breslan sent off 83 (2nd booking 83)
Eves sent off 90 (2nd booking 90)
Att 318
All games Hop ticket £25 (entry only)
Entry £4
Programme £1
I was around half-way down the M5 heading for the South West Peninsula Hop and was debating whether to stop for a coffee. Robyn was, as normal, fast asleep in the passenger seat, so I delayed my stop for another service station; there are no lack of them in this part of the world. I spent the extra few minutes imagining what hop organiser and League General Secretary Phil Hiscox was doing at that moment. I knew what I’d been feeling on eve of the Easter Hop I’d helped organise the previous year but as the Thursday and Friday games in Devon proved, I didn’t succeed in coming remotely close. Continue reading