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The History

23 Sunday Mar 2025

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Football, Football League, glossop, Glossop North End, groundhop, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, news, Non League, North Road, North West Counties League, NWCL, Premier League, soccer, Sports, Surrey Street, West Didsbury and Chorlton

Saturday 1st March 2025 ko 19:30

North West Counties League- Premier Division

GLOSSOP NORTH END 0

WEST DIDSBURY & CHORLTON 2 (Banister 60 Bass 81)

Lazenbury penalty saved 17

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Entry £10

Programme £2

If the North West Counties Hop was going to New Mills then it was close to inevitable that we’d pair them with Glossop North End as the “High Peak Twins.” But with all due respect to New Mills they were never a Football League club…

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The Pleasure Is Mine

22 Sunday Mar 2020

Posted by laurencereade in W

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Football, groundhopping, Non League, North West Counties League, NWCL, West Didsbury and Chorlton, Wythenshawe Amateurs

Saturday 7th March 2020 ko 11.00

North West Counties League- Division One South

WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS 1 (Howard 4)

WEST DIDSBURY & CHORLTON 0

Att 546

Entry £4

Programme £2

It seemed to me that the Saturday schedule of the North West Counties League could be summed up as being 2 pairs. First up were the two Wythenshawes followed by the two Cheadles. What I didn’t foresee was how those two pairs of clubs would react to the other in their pair… Continue reading →

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The Hopsters!

17 Wednesday May 2017

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Brookburn Road, Chris Berezai, Congleton Town, Easter Hop, Football, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, Hipster, North West Counties League, West Didsbury and Chorlton

Monday 14th April 2017 ko 14.30

North West Counties League Premier Division

WEST DIDSBURY & CHORLTON 3 (Bayunu 70 Henderson 90 Mendes Gomes 90)

CONGLETON TOWN 1 (Gardner 84)

Att 295

Entry £5

Programme £1.50

The coach picked its way through the affluent leafy suburbia of Chorlton-cum-Hardy as we worked out exactly where to park, the club had earmarked a car park near to a pub, but that was full, and even when empty had a height barrier precluding coach entry. Eventually a club official found us, we disembarked, and Godfrey the driver found alternative parking arrangements. I saw him later in the cafe, so Plan B was clearly a good one! Continue reading →

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