Having been over in Thurrock throughout the day, I stayed on to see May & Baker FC play Barkingside in the Eastern Counties League (1st Division). The Parkside Stadium has great parking and comfortable seating in the main stand as well as a decent bar and a smaller seated stand and four covered standing areas….
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Chatham Town v Ramsgate FC – Monday 10th April 2023 – The Bauvill Stadium
After having spent the day away with Chatham Town on Saturday, for their hard earned win at Lancing, I felt duty bound to attend the big game of the day in Kent today. Ramsgate sit in second place in the Isthmian League South East Division and Chatham are now top of the table, just two…
Lancing FC v Chatham Town – Saturday 8th April 2023 – Culver Road
A bright Spring day drew me down to Lancing FC on the South Coast, to see Lancing and Chatham Town of the Isthmian South East Division play a game of much significance, for both teams. Lancing FC moved to Culver Road in 1952 and a 350 seater stand was erected soon afterwards. The ground benefits…
Hawkenbury FC v Halls AFC Reserves – Friday 7th April 2023 – Green Court Sports Ground
My first visit to the Green Court Sports Ground at Swanley was on Good Friday for the 2023 final of the Senior Sevenoaks Charity Cup. This fixture was between Hawkenbury FC of the Sevenoaks & District Football League Premier Division and Halls AFC Reserves, who play in the Kent County League Division 3 (West). Green…
Larkfield & New Hythe v Lydd Town – Wednesday 5th April 2023 – The Taray Community Stadium
I came, with my youngest son, to Larkfield & New Hythe FC, to watch the 2nd versus 3rd tie in the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Division 1. The Taray Community Stadium, home of Larkfield & New Hythe is a simple and welcoming ground, always guaranteed to provide a good atmosphere and a perfect…
Staplehurst Monarchs v Larkfield & New Hythe FC – Wednesday 29th March 2023 – The Jubilee Sports Ground
With the weather warmer and some holiday time on my horizon, I decided to come up for an evening midweek kick off, to Staplehurst, home of the Monarchs, for their Southern Counties East Football League fixture. This game had been reorganised twice before due to the pitch being unplayable, but tonight the weather was much…
Little Common FC v Midhurst & Easebourne – Saturday 25th March 2023 – Little Common Recreation Ground
So on the day the clocks went forward and we finally felt as if Spring was here, I chose to return to the Southern Combination Premier Division, to the home of Little Common FC, on the edge of Bexhill on Sea. The weather chose to be cold, windy and wet, to remind everyone that winter…
Welling Town V Bearsted – Tuesday 21st March 2023 – The Bauvill Stadium
The first official game of Spring brought me on a very wintery night, to the Bauvill Stadium, to watch a Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division fixture between two sides battling to stay clear of the relegation places. Welling Town sit in eighteenth place just above the relegation zone, with thirty points from thirty…
RSC Anderlecht Vrouwen v KAA Gent Ladies – Saturday 4th March 2023 – Gemeentelijk Sportstadion
I took advantage of a trip to Brussels, with a friend, to see this women’s Superleague Vrouwenvoetbal fixture at Gemeentelijk Sportstadion, at Zaventem, right on the edge of Brussels Airport. The ground has a modern clubhouse and covered seating all down the length of one side of the pitch. A major sound system, putting many…
Tooting Bec FC v Faversham Strike Force – Saturday 18th March 2023 – High Road
This fixture on paper looked really attractive, with both sides pushing for play off positions in the Southern Counties East Football League, Division 1, one of the highest scoring and most competitive, of the local non league divisions. With less than ten games left this season for both sides this is a must win fixture…
