After much deliberation, I decided to travel down to Ramsgate’s Southwood stadium for the Isthmian League South East Division tie with Burgess Hill Town Fc. The welcome at Ramsgate was the warmest I’d had anywhere. My father has tasked me to get pin badges for him wherever I go to add to his collection. On…

This Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division, match was played on a dry Autumn evening, under the lights, at Oakley Road in Bromley. The home team, Holmesdale FC, had made a decent start to the season, securing 19 points from their opening 13 games, to secure a top eight position, in what is a…

I came with an old friend to see my first game of the 2021-22 season at the Bauvill stadium, home of Chatham Town. The Bauvill is a modern stadium with good covered seating and standing areas, bars and refreshment provision. Chatham came into the season, having won the post lockdown tournament and with expectations high…

This Southern Counties East Football League, (SCEFL) Premier Division match, was played at the Efes Stadium at Glentworth Sports Club, which is situated in Dartford, on a chilly and wet, October Saturday afternoon. Welling Town came into the fixture languishing in sixteenth place, on the edge of the relegation zone, after six league matches, although…

This National League South fixture was played on a warm but cloudy Autumn Saturday afternoon in Tonbridge. The petrol shortage left me looking as close to home as I could find for today’s fixture. I chose this tie at a ground I had never visited before and was looking forward to, what I predicted would…

This game was played on a warm Autumnal Saturday afternoon at the Charles Sports Ground near the coast in Deal. There had been a range of Kent Senior Cup, FA Cup and league matches to choose from as alternatives today, however this Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division match looked to be a very…

This Combined Counties Premier league tie was played on a warm, wet and misty September evening. Tonight’s game has specific significance because both Beckenham Town and AFC Croydon Athletic, had been moved, in the non league restructure this summer, from the Southern Counties East Premier Division, to the equivalent Combined Counties league. The sides have…

Today’s game was an FA Vase first qualifying round at Lordswood’s Martyn Grove ground, otherwise known as the Bill Bishop Memorial Stadium. Lordswood, of the Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division had been drawn at home against Storrington Community who play a step lower than them, in Division 1 of the Southern Combination League….

This was my second visit of the year to watch Sevenoaks Town. This time the Isthmian League South East Division 1 (Step 4) side were playing in an FA Cup First Qualifying Round Replay against Redhill FC. Redhill FC play in the Combined Counties Premier league (Step 5) so it was impressive that they held…

For today’s game I travelled a short distance from home, to see a much anticipated Southern Counties East League Division 1 clash between two of the early high fliers. Larkfield & New Hythe FC were founded 45 years ago and have made a rapid rise in recent years through the Kent league structure, to the…