I decided to drive 45 minutes East, in bright Autumn sunshine, on the A27 to reach the home of Infinity FC, south of Chichester, to watch their Southern Combination Football League (SCFL) Division 1 tie against Ringmer AFC. Sidlesham Recreation Ground, located off Selsey Road on the Manhood Peninsula, is a community hub home to Infinity…

The Wyatt Homes Stadium, traditionally known to groundhoppers as New Cuthbury, represents a brilliant blueprint for modern non-league ground design. Opened in December 2020 on Parmiter Drive after Wimborne Town FC left their historic century-old home, this purpose-built facility was constructed by S&C Slatter to meet stringent FA Sports Ground Grading C specifications. With a total capacity of 3,250, the ground is smartly laid out to…

I travelled after work for about 40 minutes tonight to attend a match at Hill Park Stadium, the proud home of Saltdean United F.C. (affectionately known as the Tigers). Tonight’s game was an FA Women’s National League cup group stage fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion U21 Women’s team. Hill Park stadium offers a quintessential, community-driven non-league football…

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…