Today’s fixture took me down to Bexhill on the South Coast, to watch a Southern Combination Premier Division match between seventh placed Bexhill United and fourth placed Steyning Town. Bexhill United’s ground, the Polegrove Stadium, has seen an average crowd of 197, this season and is best known for its unique main stand, which is…
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Faversham Strike Force v Larkfield & New Hythe – Wednesday 15th February 2023 – The Aquatherm Stadium
Having decided, diplomatically, that going to see my midweek game on Wednesday 15th this month was better than risking my marriage by attending the night before, I found myself spoilt for choice of Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFl) and Isthmian League fixtures. I resisted the urge to see the Sheppey v Chatham battle at…
Pembury Fc v Sedlescombe Rangers FC – Sunday 12th February 2023 – Woodside Fields
I came, for the first time ever, to watch a Kent Sunday Football League fixture, between two Division 1 sides, Pembury FC and Sedlescombe Rangers. Pembury play at Woodside Fields ground in Pembury, (on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells) and there was a big crowd for a junior football fixture which was being played out…
Snodland Town v Forest Hill Park – Wednesday 8th February 2023 – Potyn’s Field
This week’s midweek evening fixture brought me to another local ground, to watch Snodland Town, sitting high in second place, in. the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Division 1, against Forest Hill Park, who came into the game in fifteenth place, just two points above the relegation places. Snodland Town managed by Luke Wallond,…
Chatham Town v Three Bridges – Saturday 4th February 2023 – The Bauvill Stadium
I came again to the Bauvill Stadium, for today’s game, attracted by Chatham Town’s seemingly unstoppable home form in the Isthmian League, this season. A rare defeat away, against second placed Beckenham Town, in midweek, still left Chatham top of the league, but ensured they really needed to secure a win in today’s game, for…
Canterbury City FC v Deal Town – Wednesday 1st February 2023 – Woodstock Park
The weather was a little warmer this week, so I decided to venture across to the Woodstock Park stadium at Sittingbourne, temporarily the home of Canterbury City FC. Canterbury City sat, at kick off, bottom of the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division, five points away from K Sports, the side sitting in…
Greenways FC v Larkfield & New Hythe FC – Saturday 28th January 2023 – Cobdown Stadium
This fixture, played on a cold Saturday at the end of a freezing month, which had seen so much disruption to the non league fixture schedule, took me close to home to see a Southern Counties East Football League, Division 1, match. The home side and tenants at the Cobdown, traditionally the home of K…
Welling Town v Hollands & Blair FC – Tuesday 24th January 2022 – The Bauvill Stadium
I returned to the Bauvill Stadium for the second time in four days, but this time not to see the landlords, Chatham Town, but instead to watch the tenants, Welling Town, play a Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Challenge Cup, Third Round fixture. Welling Town sat, at kick off, in eighteenth place in the…
Chatham Town v Beckenham Town – Saturday 21st January 2023 – The Bauvill Stadium
My first visit to the Bauvill in 2023, brought me to a really mouthwatering fixture, between Chatham Town, who sit currently second in the Isthmian League South East Division, and the third place team, Beckenham Town, who have four points fewer. The game attracted a big crowd of 1072, all eager to see who would…
Lewes FC v Corinthian Casuals – Saturday 14 January 2023 – The Dripping Pan
Today the weather was wet and lots of games locally were called off. I decided, at the last minute, to drive across country to Lewes FC at the Dripping Pan Ground in Sussex. The tie between Lewes FC and Corinthian Casuals FC, was an Isthmian League Premier Division fixture. The Dripping Pan ground is surrounded…