I decided to brave a rush hour crossing of the Dartford Bridge to visit Basildon’s Hive Ground, home of both Basildon United of the Isthmian League North Division and Basildon Town of the Eastern Counties League First Division. The Hive Ground sits down a quiet lane on the edge of Basildon and is backed by…

A bright and warm Saturday afternoon with a 2,00 pm kick off, attracted me to drive on a busy M25 and A3 down to Aldershot to watch a friendly between Tommy Widdrington’s Aldershot Town of the National League and the team I have supported since boyhood, Birmingham City, newly managed by Chris Davies as well…

After work tonight, I drove for an hour, to visit the home of Havant & Waterlooville FC of the Southern League Premier Division, after their relegation from the National League South last season. The home team play at Westleigh Park, where the capacity of 5300 with covered seating for 710. The record attendance was 4400…

A hot summer’s evening brought the chance to watch a Medway derby in a friendly between Chatham Town of the Isthmian League Premier Division and League Two’s Gillingham FC. The Bauvill Stadium is always a great venue for watching football and a decent crowd of 1286 had packed themselves in to watch tonight’s friendly fixture….

A late decision to travel after work to Wimborne took me to see this local derby fixture, between Wimborne Town, who play in the Southern League Premier Division South and Weymouth Town, of the National League South. Wimborne Town, known as the Magpies, play at the Wyatt Homes Stadium, with a capacity of 2800 and…

With the Euro final and potential drama looming the next day, I decided my Saturday would be spent making a first visit to Flamingo Park, the new home to Cray Wanderers FC, of the Isthmian Premier League. Neil Smith’s Wanderers moved to the ground this summer and since the inaugural game was played on the…

A visit to Weymouth for work saw me within a short journey of a visit to St Mary’s Field, Bridport, for a summer evening’s friendly fixture. The weather in the day had, for once, stayed dry so I went hopeful of an exciting evening fixture. Bridport FC, known as the Bees, play in the South…

The first fixture of the 2024-25 season came for me at Oaklands Park, Chichester, where Chichester City, newly promoted into the Isthmian Premier Division, faced Pagham FC of the Southern Combination Football League Premier Division. Chichester’s Oaklands Park was opened in 2008, with the club moving from their Church Road ground. The ground boasts a…

I decided that my final game of the 2023-24 season would involve a DLR trip from Lewisham, near to where I had been working, up to Stratford and then back to West Ham, where I could access Plaistow and the Memorial Park ground. Tonight’s fixture was a late catch up fixture in the step 7…

As the season raced towards its conclusion I came to watch the Kent County Inter Regional Challenge Cup Final between Guru Nanak FC and Stansfeld (O&B) FC. Today’s final was played at the home of Larkfield & New Hythe FC and as it was a final, attracted a loud crowd of 245. Guru Nanak are…