Heavy rain fell all morning as the muggy heat of yesterday broke with the heavens overnight. I decided to stay closer to home today and attend a local fixture at Rochester United of the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Division 1, whose campaign last year saw them fall outside of the play off places…

A week staying in Bournemouth found me on a Wednesday evening visiting Merley Cobham, a small village outside Poole, where the home side Cobham Sports FC had a friendly against Poole Town. Cobham Sports play in the Dorset Premier League, where they finished in a creditable fifth place last season. They are managed by Johnny…

The sun was shining bright today and a slight breeze was all that protected me from the heat. I travelled over to Snodland to watch the home side, who retained their spot in the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division last season, despite a very close flirtation with relegation Fred Dillon has joined…

A warm but stormy afternoon saw me launch my season with a friendly between Kennington FC, of the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division and YouTube veterans, SE Dons FC, who took over the franchise of Forest Hill Park FC last season, narrowly missing out on promotion from SCEFL Division 1, when they…

Well a fine way to close the 2024-25 season for me, by reporting on a game played between two historic teams, on a new ground I hadn’t visited before, and on cup final Saturday too. The Royal Engineers AFC are a team representing the Corps of Royal Engineers, the “sappers” of the British army. Their…

For the second week in a row I came for a 10.30 am. kick-off, to the home of Chatham Town, at the Bauvill Stadium, to watch Dover Rangers FC play Old Roan FC in the Kent County Junior B Cup Final. Both sides had demolished semi final opposition to get this far, with Old Roan…

An early start at 10.30 am and a beautiful sunny morning, drew me down to the Bauvill Stadium, home of Chatham Town, for the DFDS Kent Junior ‘C’ Cup final between West Wickham 4th of the Southern Amateur League Junior Division 1 South league and Minster FC of the Canterbury and District Premier League. West…

I decided today it would be worth making the journey down the motorway to watch a Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division relegation decider, with all the passion and fire that should bring. Having watched Lordswood FC relegated two weeks previously, I was intrigued to see how today’s fixture between Snodland Town, a…

Having seen this year’s FA Vase finalists, Whitstable Town, dispose of Lordswood AFC in mid-week, I decided to come on their next travels today, to see them play in a crucial league fixture against their Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division play-off rivals, Rusthall FC. Rusthall play at the Jockey Stadium, on the…

After a day of sun on the south coast I traveled upto Kent and Lordswood AFC to find gathering cloud and cooler temperatures off the pitch. M tonight’s game saw the home side finding themselves in a must win fixture, against a Whitstable Town side who had secured their play off place and who also…