So for my final report of 2024 I visited the Arden Garages Stadium, whilst staying with family for a few days post Christmas, home of Stratford Town, knows as “the Bards”. Stratford Town play in the Southern League Premier Division Central, where they occupied fourth place in their efforts to secure a play off place…

As the festive season loomed large, I decided to travel East towards Canvey Island, to see an Isthmian League Premier Division fixture at a new ground, Park Lane, home of Canvey Island FC. Park Lane, as well as sharing a name with the most sought after street in Monopoly, has a maximum capacity of 4500,…

A very cold and chilly, but after the recent Storm Darragh, relatively dry, mid December evening brought me 25 miles from my hotel in Bournemouth to visit the Avenue Stadium in Dorchester, home of Dorchester Sports FC. The Avenue Stadium is the home of Dorchester Town and Dorchester Sports FC. It has a capacity of…

A strange combination of events today brought me to this fixture, seeing Three Bridges FC play at home on Chatham Town’s Bauvill Stadium, some 45 miles, by road, away from their own home stadium. To begin with Storm Darragh, which had closed airports in Wales and the west of England, cancelled today’s Merseyside Derby and…

Tonight as the rain had finally stopped after a week of storms and flooding in the area, I came to New Cuthbury, home of Wimborne Town, to watch a Dorset Premier League fixture between Wimborne Town’s reserves and Holt United. The New Cuthbury 3G is, as the name suggests, a Stadium with a modern artificial…

Today completed my visit to grounds in the Southern Counties East Football League, (SCEFL) with Clapton Community FC of Division 1. This visit to the Old Spotted Dog ground was the final of my visits to complete my visits to all the grounds in both divisions. The Old Spotted Dog ground is based in Forest…

I made my first visit to the Dorset County Ground, which was very close to where I was staying in Bournemouth, to watch a Dorset Senior Cup fixture between Hamworthy United of the Wessex League Division 1 and Shaftesbury FC, of the Southern League South Division. The evening was clear but cold, with temperatures falling…

It had been a long week at work and I didn’t want to travel too far today. I decided that a visit to one of my favourite grounds, the Bauvill Stadium would provide me with entertainment with a Kent derby, seeing the Isthmian Premier Division leaders Dover Athletic, travel to Chatham Town. It has been…

The chance to watch more of the entertaining Southampton Divisional Senior Cup tournament, drew me the 20 miles across from where I was staying in Christchurch, to visit the home of AFC Stoneham, on a mild November evening. AFC Totton moved to the Snows Stadium, previously known as the Testwood Stadium, in 2011. The ground…

Spending the day with Richard, an old friend of mine, saw us both travel down together to Minster, to watch a Kent County League Division 1 (Central and East) match. This was a trip to clock up the 300th ground I had visited. The Minster Recreation ground has decent changing and clubhouse facilities, along with…