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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This Southern Counties East Football League, (SCEFL) Premier Division match, was played at the Efes Stadium at Glentworth Sports Club, which is situated in Dartford, on a chilly and wet, October Saturday afternoon. Welling Town came into the fixture languishing in sixteenth place, on the edge of the relegation zone, after six league matches, although…

This National League South fixture was played on a warm but cloudy Autumn Saturday afternoon in Tonbridge. The petrol shortage left me looking as close to home as I could find for today’s fixture. I chose this tie at a ground I had never visited before and was looking forward to, what I predicted would…