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• ✔577 Recreation Ground

  

  Alloa Athletic 1-1 Raith RoversScottish League OneSaturday 5th August 2017Alloa is a small town in Clackmannanshire on the north bank of the Firth of Forth,... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Junior Kickstart

  

  Friday 28th/Saturday 29th July 2017After a half-hearted launch into the new season, I finally kick-started the new campaign last weekend by visiting three Junio... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✖ Camp Municipal De Futbol

  

  S.D. Portmany (Ibiza)SD Portmany were formed in 1923 and play in the Regional Preferente de Ibiza y Formentera, which is the fifth level of football in the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔573 Silksworth Sports Complex (3G Pitch 1)

  

  Silksworth CW 2-2 Easington CWPre-Season friendlyFriday 14th July 2017Another Wearside League using temporary accommodation this summer is Silksworth Colliery... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔572 Craghead Millennium Field

  

  Annfield Plain 1-4 WhickhamPre-Season FriendlyWednesday 12th July 2017Wearside League club Annfield Plain continued their pre-season programme with the first... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔571 Ainslie Park

  

  Ronnie Swan Trophy - Day 1Spartans 1-0 Hearts XI (noon ko)Edinburgh City 1-1 Hibernian XI (3pm ko)Saturday 8th July 2017Unless you’re one of my dozen loyal... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔570 Wharf Lane Recreation Ground

  

  Radcliffe Olympic 3-3 South Normanton AthleticEast Midlands Counties Premier LeagueWednesday 24th May 2017Radcliffe-on-Trent is a large village and civil... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Around the Alliance - Part Nineteen

  

  The last Around the Alliance feature for this season saw me complete the grounds needed to tick off the top two divisions. For both matches I travelled by car... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔568. Humbug Park

  

  Crossgates Primrose 1-3 Lochgelly AlbertEast Region - South DivisionSaturday 13th May 2017Crossgates is a former mining village in Fife, two miles east of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✓566 Gayfield Park

  

  Arbroath 3-2 Elgin CitySPFL - League 2Saturday 29th April 2017Arbroath is a former royal burgh and the largest town in Angus, on the North Sea coast of Scotland. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Around the Alliance - Part Eighteen

  

  Just the one new ground ticked off and the first of this season’s cup finals in this latest edition of Around the Alliance. Grounsell Park was the venue for... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Manc Treble

  

  Monday 17th April 2017Although I've had this leg of the Easter Groundhop marked as a “must do” since it was announced over a year ago, it wasn’t until last... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✓561 Old Shielfield

  

  Tweedmouth Rangers 2-1 Burntisland ShipyardEast of Scotland LeagueSaturday 15th April 2017Tweedmouth RangersFounded in 2010North Northumberland League... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔560 Langwith Road

  

  Shirebrook Town 1-1 Eccleshill UnitedNorthern Counties East League Division OneSaturday 25th March 2017Shirebrook is a former mining town in the Bolsover... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Welcome to The 100 Football Grounds Club

  

  Welcome to Shaun Smith's Groundhopping blog ... 'The 100 Football Grounds Club'(est.2006) ... the original internet ground logging website. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔558 Stokeld Stadium

  

  Carlton Town 2-0 TeversalNottinghamshire FA Senior Cup - Semi-FinalWednesday 22nd February 2017Carlton is a suburb in the east end of Nottingham in the borough... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Trail of the Scottish Holy Grail

  

  My first book 'On the Trail of the Scottish Holy Grail' AKA "From the Toon to the Joons" is now available to purchase via Amazon in both paperback and kindle... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔557 Hull & East Riding Sports Ground

  

  Sculcoates Amateurs 8-1 Goole UnitedHumber Premier League Saturday 18th February 2017Sculcoates Amateurs AFC was founded in 1947. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔556 Eastbourne Sports Complex 4G

  

  Darlington 1883 Reserves 4-1 South Shields ReservesWearside LeagueSaturday 28th January 2017Horden Colliery Welfare were giving a lifeline in the summer from... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS

• ✔555 Shaw Lane Sports Club

  

  Shaw Lane AFC 1-0 Stocksbridge Park SteelsEvo-Stick Division One SouthSaturday 21st January 2017Barnsley based Shaw Lane were first established in 1991 as a U-1... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2017 SOCCER, SPORTS