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With everything around the M25 off, I ventured up the M11 to Barrington, just outside Cambridge for a local derby in the Cambs Senior League Division 2A. Barrington's village green is supposedly the longest in England and having been formed in 1893, there's a fair bit...

Quite a lot of weather going on at this one; glorious sunshine sandwiched torrential hailstones, as well as a howling wind throughout. The game had a strange atmosphere - there was just over 200 in, but it didn't feel like many were that interested in what...

5th v 3rd in the ESL. Takeley's pitch is renowned for being one of the most called-off in the league. I can see why now - it's so nice they don't want anyone playing on it! A pitch inspection was passed at half 10. I suspect...

My first visit to a game this low down the pyramid, lured in by promises of a picturesque village ground. The ground didn't disappoint; surrounded by village houses and a church, though the clubhouse was slightly out of kilter with the rest of the ground. I...

Nothing says lads weekend away more than a watching some football. That football isn't always in the Devon & Exeter Football League though. Still, this game was in the Premier Division at least.   We were staying in Charmouth, a couple of miles down the coast, and after a...

This blog was supposed to be a Walthamstow-free zone. But an FA Cup draw away to Alyesbury United brought the opportunity to visit Chesham and their beautifully old-school Meadow ground.   Having beaten Great Wakering Rovers 2-0 in the Preliminary Round of this season's competition, we were...

Another Saturday without a Walthamstow game gave me the opportunity to take in some Olympian League football for the first time.   Epping Town are one of my closest clubs, but one I hadn't visited since their rebirth in 2018.   Saturday's game against Corinthian had the potential to...

It's not even the end of August and Walthamstow were already without a game on a Saturday. We've only played two league games so far this season. Tower Hamelts, on the other hand, have played six.   But this Saturday saw the start of this season's FA...

Where do you draw the line between someone who likes taking photos of grounds and a groundhopper?   After years of struggling with an ancient entry-level SLR, I took the plunge this summer and went for something far more respectable… Still almost ten years old, but respectable...