With the weather warmer and some holiday time on my horizon, I decided to come up for an evening midweek kick off, to Staplehurst, home of the Monarchs, for their Southern Counties East Football League fixture. This game had been reorganised twice before due to the pitch being unplayable, but tonight the weather was much…
Little Common FC v Midhurst & Easebourne – Saturday 25th March 2023 – Little Common Recreation Ground
So on the day the clocks went forward and we finally felt as if Spring was here, I chose to return to the Southern Combination Premier Division, to the home of Little Common FC, on the edge of Bexhill on Sea. The weather chose to be cold, windy and wet, to remind everyone that winter…
Welling Town V Bearsted – Tuesday 21st March 2023 – The Bauvill Stadium
The first official game of Spring brought me on a very wintery night, to the Bauvill Stadium, to watch a Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division fixture between two sides battling to stay clear of the relegation places. Welling Town sit in eighteenth place just above the relegation zone, with thirty points from thirty…
RSC Anderlecht Vrouwen v KAA Gent Ladies – Saturday 4th March 2023 – Gemeentelijk Sportstadion
I took advantage of a trip to Brussels, with a friend, to see this women’s Superleague Vrouwenvoetbal fixture at Gemeentelijk Sportstadion, at Zaventem, right on the edge of Brussels Airport. The ground has a modern clubhouse and covered seating all down the length of one side of the pitch. A major sound system, putting many…
Tooting Bec FC v Faversham Strike Force – Saturday 18th April 2023 – High Road
This fixture on paper looked really attractive, with both sides pushing for play off positions in the Southern Counties East Football League, Division 1, one of the highest scoring and most competitive, of the local non league divisions. With less than ten games left this season for both sides this is a must win fixture…
AFC Valour v Simla Fc – Sunday 12th March 2023 – East Peckham Recreation Ground
My first visit to the East Peckham Recreation ground in Pippin Road, was to see a West Kent Sunday Football league Division 1 fixture between AFC Valour and Simla FC. Simla FC once played at East Peckham Recreation ground themselves so while AFC Valour were the home side, there was little advantage. Simla FC sat…
Birmingham City V Rotherham United – Saturday 11th March 2023 – St Andrew’s Stadium
A journey to bring my step daughter to visit Aston University, as part of her preparation for making Uni choices for next year, meant that I could come to see my home team, Birmingham City play in the Championship against Rotherham United. I was sat in the railway end (now named the Gil Merrick stand)…
Paddock Wood v AFC Green Court – Sunday 26th February 2023 – The Elm Tree Ground
I came out, on a bright Sunday morning, to the Elm Tree Ground, Paddock Wood for a West Kent Sunday League, Division 3 fixture, between Paddock Wood and AFC Green Court. Paddock Wood have struggled this season, languishing at kick off, in twelfth place with just three wins and eleven defeats from their fourteen games….
Whitehawk FC v Sheppey United – Saturday 25th February 2023 – The Enclosed Ground
The Isthmian League (South East Division) is a favourite of mine and there are only four grounds left out of the 20 sides that I have yet to visit. Being accompanied by my visiting football loving father, it was an ideal opportunity to get to the coast to visit Whitehawk FC, who play on the…
Insulators v Dormansland Rockets – Sunday 19th February 2023 – Memorial Ground, Paddock Wood
This West Kent Sunday Football League tie was held at the Paddock Wood Memorial Ground. The ground sits at the back of the new primary school and is served by an attractive location, a decent grass pitch and a clubhouse. Dormansland Rockets came into the fixture in eighth place with nine points from eight games….