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…
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Chatham Town v Punjab United – Tuesday 2nd November 2021 – The Bauvill Stadium
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…
Margate FC v Beaconsfield Town – Saturday 30th October 2021 – Hartsdown Park
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…
Canterbury City v Tunbridge Wells FC – Friday 29th October 2021 – Aquatherm Stadium
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…
Littleton FC v Bourton Rovers FC – Saturday 23rd October 2021 – Five Acres Ground
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…
Aveley FC v Maldon & Tiptree FC – Friday 22nd October 2021 – Parkside Stadium
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…
Hythe Town FC v Hastings United – Tuesday 19th October 2021 – Reachfields 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…
Ramsgate FC v Burgess Hill Town FC – Saturday 16th October 2021 – Southwood Stadium
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…
Holmesdale FC v Welling Town FC – Wednesday 13th October 2021 – Oakley Road Ground
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…
Chatham Town FC v Tunbridge Wells FC – Saturday 9th October 2021 – The Bauvill Stadium
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…
