The hottest September day for a very long time, with temperatures scheduled to hit 32 degrees in West Kent, saw me heading to Snodland Town’s Potyn’s Field Ground, regaled in a sun hat and plenty of sunscreen! Snodland Town were newly promoted to the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division in 2022-23. Since then…

A warm September Saturday afternoon found me meeting a friend, to watch a Kent County Football League Premier Division fixture between Welling Park and Chipstead at Oxford Road, Sidcup. Welling Park’s home ground is set in Sidcup, South-east London. The ground boasts a covered grandstand, a grass pitch, with a huge slope and a clubhouse…

A cool and cloudy Wednesday evening, at the end of August, saw me at the Jubilee Ground, home of Staplehurst Monarchs to watch my first Southern Counties East Football (SCEFL) Development League fixture of the season. This fixture is Staplehurst Monarchs first development league fixture of the season. Ramsgate played and lost 1-2, at home…

So, after a night of storms and heavy rain, the sun was peeping out for today’s early kick off between Horley Town and AFC Croydon Athletic in the FA Cup Preliminary Round. The tie today was also being screened live on BBC’s red button, hence the 12.30 pm kick off time. The New Defence is…

The second match of the day brought me from Horley Town, a short three mile hop to Oakwood FC. The home team play in the Southern Combination Football League Division 1 and their opponents in the league today were Alfold FC, whose home ground is located between Horsham and Guildford. The league has started well…

A warm summer Friday evening saw me visit Radcot Road, home of Clanfield 85 FC for a Midland Hellenic League Division 1 fixture. Radcot Road has good parking, a large clubhouse, built into the main stand and high quality floodlighting. The pitch is grass and the club are currently building a new covered standing terrace…

A visit to family in the Cotswolds, meant I could come with my father, son and nephew to watch Worcester Raiders, of the Hellenic League Premier Division at the impressive Sixways Stadium. The future of the Sixways stadium has been somewhat in the balance since the financial demise of the Worcester Warriors RFC. It is…

The weather had stayed unusually dry all day. I traveled in rush hour traffic, through the Dartford tunnel to visit the Parkside (Aveley) Stadium, to see May & Baker FC play Park View FC in the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League Division 1. The Parkside (Aveley) Stadium is modern, has good parking and boasts a…

At the end of another wet summer week, Thursday brought a cool, dry evening and a friendly fixture between Westfield FC (Sussex) and Hastings United of the Isthmian Premier League. Hastings United, managed by Paul Barnes, ex of Dulwich Hamlet, Welling and Margate, have built steadily over the summer as they attempted to move forward…

After a cool and rainy week, Friday night’s fixture brought me, for a first ever visit, to Redbridge FC’s Oakside Stadium in Barkingside, East London. Redbridge FC play in the Isthmian league North Division and tonight’s pre-season friendly saw them matched up against Hornchurch FC, of the Isthmian Premier Division. Oakside Stadium boasts a clubhouse,…