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My Matchday - NCEL Hop 2015 (Good Friday)
Friday 3rd April 2015445. Marsh LaneBarton Town Old Boys 0v3 Cleethorpes TownNCEL Premier Division(11.30am ko)I was the designated driver for this latest Groundhop, departing at 8am to pick up Lee...
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Pic of the Week Cup 2015 - Round 2
Ben Hall - Hertha BerlinPaul Paxford - Bristol Rovers100FgC Squad #143 Joanne Sexton - Real Madrid100FgC A8 Simon Langston - FU MoonOleg Sarayko - Rotor Volograd100FgC A32 Katie Wallace - Whitby...
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Around The Alliance - part fourteen
448. The Longbenton Centre 3GNewcastle University 4v4 HexhamNorthern Alliance Division OneSaturday 4th April 2015During this season Newcastle University have moved around the corner from Cochrane Park...
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My Matchday - 451 Beechwood Park
Auchinleck Talbot 2v1 Hurlford United(Talbot win 5-2 on aggregate)Scottish Junior Cup Semi-Final Second legSaturday 18th April 2015Another trip into the Scottish Juniors for the big clash between...
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My Matchday - 452 Hall Corner
Glapwell 1v4 Clay Cross TownCentral Midlands Football League North DivisionTuesday 21st April 2015 For my 100th game of the season it was Central Midlands League action, with a road trip to Derbyshire....
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3rd Precision Notts Senior League Bonanza
Friday 24th April453.Kingsway ParkAshland Rovers 3v3 Newark FlowserveNotts Senior Football League - Division One7.30pm k.o.For this year’s annual visit to Nottingham I was accompanied by the breadknife...
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My Matchday - 458 Miners Welfare Ground
Bentley Colliery 2v5 BilsthorpeCentral Midlands Football League - North DivisionTuesday 28th April 2015 Following on from last Tuesday's trip to Glapwell, the north-east contingent of the 100FgC were...
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My Matchday - 459 The Ings
Wetherby Athletic 1v2 Leeds CityWest Yorkshire League - Premier DivisionSaturday 2nd May 2015With the majority of the football in the north-east finished, its that part of the season when you look...
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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 the Wearside League grounds. The venue that...
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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 North Yorkshire on the River Ure. The market...
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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 won the Junior Cup during my lifetime,...
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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. Unfortunately for the second occasion this season...
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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 - Guru Nanak100FgC Sq#50 Joris van der Wier...
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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 for this season, before receiving a...
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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 think my football season was finally over,...
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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 Yorkshire village of Catterick. The village...
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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(and for another significant birthday) we...
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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. A good example is the annual Clayton Charity Cup which this year has...
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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 beginning with two nights in Glasgow. I arrived...
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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 Glasgow stopover was 20 miles south of the...
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