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…
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Royal Engineers AFC v Upton Park FC – Saturday 17th May 2025 – The Number One Ground
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…
Dover Rangers FC v Old Roan FC – Saturday 10th May 2025 – The Bauvill Stadium
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…
West Wickham 4th FC v Minster 1911 FC – Saturday 3rd May 2025 – The Bauvill Stadium
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…
Kennington FC v Snodland Town – Saturday 26th April 2025 – The Homelands Stadium
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…
Rusthall FC v Whitstable Town FC – Saturday 19th April 2025 – Jockey Farm
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…
Lordswood AFC v Whitstable Town – Thursday 17th April 2024 – Martyn Grove
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…
Littlehampton Town v Eastbourne Town – Saturday 5th April 2025 – The Sportsfield
A very warm April day took me down to the south coast, to visit the Sportsfield ground, home of Littlehampton Town of the Isthmian League South East Division. This game meant that I had been to every ground in the division The Sportsfield Ground has a published capacity of 4000, having been in receipt of…
Folkestone Invicta FC v Chatham Town – Saturday 29th March 2025 – The Alcaline Stadium
So the last Saturday in what had been a very mild March, saw me head down to Folkestone to see the Isthmian Premier League fixture between two giants of Kent non-league football, in Folkestone Invicta, who recently parted company with manager, Andy Drury and Kevin Hake’s Chatham Town. The Alcaline Stadium, sited on Cheriton Road…
Steyning Town v Margate FC – Saturday 22nd March 2025 – The Shooting Field
After a week in which Margate manager, Ben Greenhalgh, had found BBC press coverage with his account of life in the non-league, after playing for Inter Milan as a youngster, I decided to follow “the Gate” down to Steyning Town’s, The Shooting Field, for their Isthmian League South East Division match. The weather, although not…
