A trip to Buckinghamshire this weekend for Ludgershall United Reserves against Aylesbury Hornets. Ludgershall play at Lower End in Ashendon, about six miles away, at what I imagine is usually a very picturesque ground. Unfortunately, the views of the surrounding Chiltern hills were obscured by...
When Walthamstow opted out of the Essex Senior League's supplementary cup competition, I had visions of visiting some of the country's most unique grounds, bathed in sunshine. The grounds have held up their part of the bargain so far, but the weather has not. Last weekend...
My second game of Easter Monday was in Division 5 South of the Mid Sussex League for Fletching Reserves v Fairfield Reserves. Fletching Recreation Ground is a glorious place to watch football, and with the sun coming out after a morning of snow, it almost felt...
A return to grassroots football after the third national lockdown brought an opportunity for a bank holiday doubleheader in the Mid Sussex League. First up was Copthorne Reserves at home to Hurstpierpoint in the bottom half of the split Championship division. This was both teams' second game...
Probably one of the longer fixture titles this weekend was in Division 2 of the Spartan League as New Bradwell St Peter hosted Pitstone & Ivinghoe United. Both teams have been at step 7 of the pyramid for some time, though in the early 90s they...
Ilfracombe Town 3-3 Portishead Town (Ilfracombe win 5-3 on penalties) FA Vase Prelmininary Round We were on holiday in North Devon for the week, so I made the visit Ilfracombe Town for their FA Vase game with Portishead Town. When Ilfracombe picked out a plot of land for...
First game of (hopefully) the 2019-20 season....