This Sevenoaks and District Premier League clash was played at the K Sports stadium in Ditton, Maidstone. K Sports play at step 5/6 in the Southern Counties East League, with their facilities reflecting this, and West Kingsdown are also based at the ground with the game being played on the 3G main pitch. The game…
Potters FC v Blackham & Ashurst Saracens – Saturday April 24th 2021 – Potters Mede Sports Ground
I visited the Potters Mede Sports Ground at the request of the club, after they had retweeted a link to my blog after last week’s match at Kemsing. The Sevenoaks and District Premier League clash was set for a 12.30 kick off. I arrived to find a beautifully set ground on the edge of Borough…
Kemsing United FC v Potters FC – Saturday April 17th 2021 – Common Field Kemsing
This Sevenoaks & District league match followed on from my visit to a league game at Hawkenbury last weekend. The league table showed that Potters were second in the league and Kemsing United just two places lower in 4th. The teams gathered for a minute’s silence prior to kickoff, to honour the memory of HRH…
Hawkenbury Fc v West Kingsdown FC – Saturday April 10th 2021 – Hawkenbury Recreation Ground
This Sevenoaks and District Football League match was played on a wet and windy Saturday afternoon. As the game began the tables showed that West Kingsdown were 3rd in the Premier Division, with Hawkenbury back in 6th. West Kingsdown play in red and black vertical stripes and black shorts, with Hawkenbury in gold shirts and…
Phoenix Sports U18 v Folkestone Invicta U18 – Sunday April 4th 2021 – Phoenix Sports Club
I enjoyed a welcome return to watching football on a gloriously sunny Sunday April morning. Phoenix Sports Club Stadium is a nice venue for watching football, with lots of local free street parking. Phoenix Sports, who play in green, have senior team in the Isthmian League South East Division.m (Currently Step 4 of the non…
Lockdown Interview – Nick Gearing
Today’s blog is different. I was very fortunate to secure an exclusive interview with Nick Gearing. Nick is well known in the League and non-league football circuits from his time in the coaching teams at Gillingham and Leyton Orient, as well as a brief period as manager at Herne Bay. More recently Nick has been…
Memory Lane – WBA Women’s FC v Liverpool Feds – Sunday 14th April 2019 – Rugby Town FC Stadium – FA Women’s Plate Competition Final
This was the Women’s FA Plate Competition Final, which I attended because my very good friend’s daughter, Natalie Murray, plays for the Baggies, as West Bromwich Albion are known. I had been to watch her play in the semi final, against Gillingham, which WBA had lost, only to then find out that Gillingham had fielded…
Memory Lane – Evesham United FC v Halesowen Town – Saturday 12th October 2019 – The Spiers & Hartwell Jubilee Stadium
This was a windy October Saturday and having visited my parents, I went to watch Evesham play Halesowen Town (who play a league above them in Step 4), in the FA Trophy Preliminary Round. The Evesham stadium is modern, set on land surrounded by hills a little outside the town. The ground has a main…
Memory Lane – Birmingham City Fc v Leeds United – December 29th 2019 – St Andrew’s Stadium
I went to the game with my eldest son and was expecting a good game, with Leeds sitting 2nd and Birmingham 15th before the match. Manager Pep Clotet wrote explaining that he was trying to develop a football philosophy and style at the club and asked the fans to get behind this. There was a…
Chatham Town FC v Flackwell Heath – December 19th 2020 – The Bauvill Stadium
In getting a ticket I had been very fortunate for this FA Vase 3rd round fixture. Due to being in Tier 3 Chatham had limited tickets to 150 and I tried to get two tickets for myself and a friend but was only able to secure the one, which turned out to be the final…
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