Being up in the Cotswolds again, I revisited the Midland Hellenic League Division 1 (at step 6 of the non league pyramid) for a fixture between two teams at the bottom end of the league, both with a poor defensive record. Moreton are managed by Nick Timms and came into the game with a point…

This was my first visit to watch football at Hastings United’s The Pilot Field. It also threatened to be a seriously competitive tie, with both sides having had a good start to the season. Cray Valley Paper Mills, managed by the experienced Kevin Watson, sit at the top of the highly competitive Isthmian League (South…

It was a dry and relatively mild November afternoon when I travelled down to the East Kent coast, to see this Isthmian League South East Division match between Herne Bay FC and Sevenoaks Town. Both sides are well placed in the Isthmian league presently, with Herne Bay sitting comfortably on the fringes of the play…

While this Friday night friendly fixture was about 50 miles from home, I thought the opportunity to visit the home of National League Woking FC and see this friendly fixture, was too good to miss. Woking’s Kingfield stadium holds 6000, with 2500 being able to be seated. Entrance for this friendly was just £5. The…

I returned to the Bauvill to see this Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division game between Chatham Town and Punjab United on a chilly Tuesday evening. Chatham came into the game on the back of a 2-4 defeat at home to title rivals Glebe, which left them in 4th place and four points away…

I ventured down to the South East coast line for this FA Trophy match. Margate FC play in the Isthmian Premier League, where this season, somewhat eclipsed by the unexpected league and cup achievements of their coastal rivals, Folkestone Invicta, they have snuck into 5th place, just one point and one place behind them. Jay…

This Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division match, had been rescheduled for a Friday evening. Canterbury City have been groundsharing with Faversham Town, of the Isthmian League, and the lack of income they can access through this arrangement had led them to announce they would be leaving the league, only last month, before a…

I was up in the Cotswolds visiting family, so decided to come to see a Midland Hellenic League Division 1 fixture, at Five Acres. Five acres is a ground set in open countryside and boasts two small covered seated stands alongside the pitch and one behind the goal. It also boasts a clubhouse, with bar…

I went to this Isthmian League (North Division) game on a Friday night in what has been an unseasonably warm, though very wet, October. I decided to brave crossing the Thames at Dartford in rush hour to attend my first match at the Parkside stadium. Aveley FC moved to Parkside in 2017-18. The new stadium…

It was a warm and dry Tuesday night when I ventured down to Hythe’s ground, to see their Isthmian League (South East) fixture with Hastings United. As with South coast rivals, Ramsgate, last Saturday, I had a warm welcome and the club shop (entrance within the stand below) is really impressive. Within 5 minutes of…