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• My Matchday - 486 Rakesmoor Lane

  

  Holker Old Boys 0v2 Dunston UTSFA Cup Preliminary RoundSaturday 29th August 2015Following on from catching Dunston’s emphatic win in the FA Cup at Crook Town a... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Around The Alliance - Part Fifteen

  

  484. Oxford Centre GroundLongbenton 1v1 Gosforth BohemianNorthern Alliance Division OneWednesday 12th August 2015 Longbenton is a district of North Tyneside,... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Revisiting Millfield

  

  It’s been donkeys years since I last visited The Sir Tom Cowie Millfield which means the ground has never featured on this website. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Pic of the Week Cup - Round 4

  

  100FgC Squad#177 Frans Van Der Berg - AmsterdamYuri (Magshop team) Tayyip Erdogan, Istanbul100FgC Squad#68 Jonathan Elton - Red Bull ArenaStephen Carpenter -... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 482 New Western Park

  

  Renfrew 2v0 Johnstone BurghEuroscot Section League CupSaturday 8th August 2015As part of this continuous journey I was hoping to tick off Renfrew on the day the... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Rutland Groundhop 2015 - Part 2

  

  Sunday 2nd August 20157 Match ticket and Programmes £35After 4 matches on Saturday with each team scoring at least one of a grand total of 17 goals, I was keen... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Rutland Groundhop 2015 - Part One

  

  Saturday 1st August 20157 Game match ticket and programmes £35The first groundhop of the season in England involved clubs from the United Counties League and th... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 474 Borough Briggs

  

  Elgin City 3v2 Stirling AlbionPetrofac Training Cup 1st RoundSaturday 25th July 2015 I decided that for my 50th birthday to go somewhere different and as I'm no... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 473 Abbey Park

  

  Kilwinning Rangers 1v3 KilmarnockPre-Season FriendlyThursday 23rd July 2015 Following on from the match at Kilsyth the previous evening, the second game on my... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 472 Duncansfield Park

  

  Kilsyth Rangers 0v4 St Roch'sPre-Season FriendlyWednesday 22nd July 2015 This was the week of my 50th birthday so I headed off to Scotland for a few days... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Pre-Season Oddities

  

  The good thing about pre-season is the possibilities of watching matches at venues that aren’t generally used by non-league clubs. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - Wirral Double

  

  In 2005 as part of my 40th birthday celebrations, me and the lads had a splendid weekend in Liverpool. So for the tenth anniversary of that memorable weekend(an... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Here We Gan Again ...

  

  466. Catterick Village Sports GroundRichmond Town 1v5 Tow Law TownPre-season friendlySaturday 4th July 2015 My 2015-16 football campaign began in the north... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 465 Newlandsfield Park

  

  Pollok 2v2 Auchinleck TalbotEvening Times League Champions Cup Semi Final(Pollok win 3-2 on penalties)Wednesday 10th June 2015 Just when I was beginning to thin... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 464 Beltane Park

  

  Wishaw Juniors 2v1 Blantyre VictoriaWest Region - Central League Division 1Wednesday 3rd June 2015 I had resigned myself to the fact my groundhopping was over... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Facebook Pic of the Week Cup - Round 3

  

  100 FgC A62 John Blair - Blackburn Rovers100FgC Sq#119 Michael Hudson - SC Saganihara100FgC Sq#81 Jamie McQueen - Armadale Thistle100FgC A11 Laurence Reade -... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• 463 Dimotiko Stadio

  

  My final new ground of the season was on the Greek island of Zante, whilst I was out there celebrating the 50th birthday of my old friend Lynn Ainscow. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 462 Warout Stadium

  

  Glenrothes 1v1 Forfar West EndEast Region Premier LeagueSaturday 16th May 2015 My future publication project continued with the tenth visit to a club that has... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 461 Malorie Park

  

  Ripon City 2v3 BoroughbridgeWest Yorkshire League - Premier DivisionWednesday 6th May 2015One of my favourite places is the small city of Ripon, located in Nort... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• My Matchday - 460 McGrath Park

  

  Cleator Moor Celtic 0v2 Stockton TownMonkwearmouth Charity Cup FinalMonday 4th May 2015It was quite a few years ago when I originally ticked off all but one... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS