After a very long day at work, I decided a mild Autumnal evening watching Southern Counties East Football League football was just the tonic! There’s something magical about midweek evening football, under floodlights and each game takes me back to my first evening fixture back as an eight year old at St Andrew’s Stadium watching…

This fixture formed part of the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) annual ground hop. People had travelled from all over the country to see a game last night, three matches today and two more games tomorrow. Today’s first fixture pitted Rochester United, who came into the game sitting in second place in the SCEFL…

I came on a warm autumn afternoon, with a friend and his grandson, to watch Concord Rangers, newly relegated in 2023 from the National League South to the Isthmian Premier League. Their opponents today, were Folkestone Invicta. The Aspect Stadium is found on the water’s edge in Canvey Island, Essex. It has three covered seated…

I travelled out after work on a bright September evening to drive my little car down the A21 to Hastings, to watch a friendly fixture arranged between Hastings United, of the Isthmian Premier League and Havant & Waterlooville, of the National League South. The Pilot Field is a beautiful old ground, dilapidated in parts but…

After a long week at work I came in a relatively short trip down through Lewes to Eastbourne to watch an FA Vase tie, between Eastbourne United AFC of the Southern Combination Premier Division and VCD Athletic of the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division. The two sides have made differing starts to the…

I had arranged to meet my wife up in London later today, so chose a big tie in the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) where the top side, Glebe FC, were at home to Kennington FC, who currently occupied the bottom place. Glebe FC, managed jointly by Danny Oakins and Craig Nelson, have made…

A long week at work ended for me with a drive down the country roads to Horsham, where Copthorne FC share a ground with hosts Horsham FC, of the Isthmian League Premier Division. Tonight’s game was a tie between two sides sitting at the foot of the Southern Combination Football League Division 1. Copthorne FC…

The hottest September day for a very long time, with temperatures scheduled to hit 32 degrees in West Kent, saw me heading to Snodland Town’s Potyn’s Field Ground, regaled in a sun hat and plenty of sunscreen! Snodland Town were newly promoted to the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division in 2022-23. Since then…

A warm September Saturday afternoon found me meeting a friend, to watch a Kent County Football League Premier Division fixture between Welling Park and Chipstead at Oxford Road, Sidcup. Welling Park’s home ground is set in Sidcup, South-east London. The ground boasts a covered grandstand, a grass pitch, with a huge slope and a clubhouse…

A cool and cloudy Wednesday evening, at the end of August, saw me at the Jubilee Ground, home of Staplehurst Monarchs to watch my first Southern Counties East Football (SCEFL) Development League fixture of the season. This fixture is Staplehurst Monarchs first development league fixture of the season. Ramsgate played and lost 1-2, at home…