Tonight a last minute decision brought me to Horsham’s Camping World Community Stadium to see the FA Vase 1st round proper fixture between Roffey FC, of the Southern Combination Football League Premier Division and Kings Langley FC of the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division. Roffey FC has entered an exciting new era for the 2026/27 season, marked…

Well an unusual Sunday morning fixture for me was part of the Southern Combination Football League (SCFL) ground hop weekend. Moved to early October from its usual later slot in the calendar, because the usual Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) ground hop has now exhausted all the Kent step 5 and 6 grounds. For…

Quite a long drive this weekend but with the added benefit of meeting my daughter and her boyfriend near the ground for lunch before all going for a first ever trip to the home of League Two’s Cheltenham Town. The day was autumnal but relatively warm, so it was really nice to have chosen a…

So a wetter week than we have seen for a while, but one which will have brought some delight to ground staff seeking much needed rain to relieve the drought affected pitches after the heatwaves of the summer of 2026. I decided to visit a new ground and to come and see Hailsham Town, newly…

So today I decided to travel to Oxford to visit my 50th of the 92 football league grounds. The home side, managed this season by Aaron Ramsey, ex of Arsenal and Juventus, came into the game on the back of an impressive 0-4 away win last weekend at Leicester City. Burton Albion too had made…

I came back for a second week of Southern Combination Football League Division 2 entertainment, deciding this week to stay closer to home by watching the fifth placed side, Rustington FC play the side sat in seventh, Upper Beeding FC. Rustington play their home games at Woodlands Recreation ground. Their record attendance there was 454…

The heatwave had finally broken and a few days of rain had preceded this Bank Holiday Monday fixture. I decided to venture to Alfold, a village near the Dunsfold Aerodrome, famous for being the Top Gear test track, for the deby day match between Alfold and Rudgwick FC. The season has only just begun and…

I was lucky enough this week to be invited to join my good friend, Trevor Knell and the Sussex Statman, Chris Prior, on their weekly podcast about the Sussex Non-League scene, the Sussex Preview. This podcast has become part of my essential listening, along with much of Trev’s social media and writing each week. The…

So, being such a great father I brought my daughter, on her visit from Northamptonshire, across to Peacehaven to watch FA Cup Qualifying round action between Peacehaven & Telscombe FC and Margate FC, both sides playing this season in the Isthmian League South East Division. To be fair despite I am sure, non-league football not…

A bit of a drive from home, on a warm Friday evening in yet another heatwave to hit the South East, took me to the home of Sandhurst Town to enjoy some FA Vase action against Wokingham Town. Bottom Meadow (The SB Stadium) was built with lottery funding and opened in 1997. The ground has…