After a visit to the Midlands to watch Birmingham City play, I had an extra day to spend so came to see this Hellenic League Division One clash. It was a bit of a vested interest for me, as this club have honoured me with using this blog as a regular feature in their matchday…
Cobham FC v Sevenoaks Town – Saturday 7th August 2021 – Reg Madgwick Stadium
This was an FA Cup extra-preliminary qualifying round match between Cobham FC, who play at Step 5 as part of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South and Sevenoaks Town who play at Step 4 as part of the Isthmian League South East Division. The stadium announcer reminded the fans that it is only 14…
Rusthall FC v Holmesdale Fc – Wednesday 4th August 2021 – Jockey Farm Stadium
This Southern Counties East Premier Division tie was played out on a warm August evening at Jockey Farm Stadium, home of Rusthall FC. The Jockey Farm Stadium is on the edge of Rusthall, down a narrow country road and has a large amount of free car parking spaces. The ground has refreshment stands, a nice…
K Sports FC v Tunbridge Wells FC – Monday 2nd August 2021 – Cobdown Sports Ground
Came up to see this, my first Southern Counties East football league, (Premier Division), game of the new, 2021/22, season. The Scefl predictions for both sides as detailed on the SCEFL website at this link: https://scefl.com/scefl-premier-division-preview-2021-22 shows that Ksports under new boss, Barry Morgan, are aiming to get into the top half of the league….
Swindon Town V Peterborough United – Saturday 31st July 2021 – The County Ground
I was travelling back from West Wales and a projected 90 minute delay on the M4 motorway, at junction 15, convinced me to pull off at Swindon to come and see this preseason friendly game. the entrance ticket was £10 online when I got in the ground there was so much space I sat high…
Whitstable Town FC v Margate FC – Tuesday 27th July 2021 – The Belmont Ground
This evening I decided, after having such a good experience at Dover last Saturday, to follow it up with another East Kent derby game. I travelled to the Belmont ground to watch Whitstable, of the Isthmian League, South East division, (Step 8 of football’s pyramid) play in a preseason friendly against Margate Fc, a league…
Dover Athletic FC v Folkestone Invicta FC – Saturday 24 July 2021 – Crabble Athletic Ground
As I drove upto Dover for this pre-season friendly fixture (and local derby) the sun came out to break through what had, upto then, been a grey and stormy sky. I found free parking on Crabble Road, outside a pub. Then I had a short walk upto the ground, although it’s a steep climb! Dover…
Sevenoaks Town v Brentwood Town – Saturday July 17th 2021 – The Bourne Stadium
This pre-season, friendly game was played on a gloriously hot July Saturday afternoon. The Bourne Stadium, previously known as Greatness Park, is quite basic with two small seated stands along the side of the pitch and a very small seated stand behind the goal. Car parking was free and it cost £6 to watch this…
Hollands & Blair FC v Cray Wanderers – Tuesday 13th July 2021 – Star Meadow Ground
This friendly between Hollands & Blair of the Southern Counties East Football League (Premier Division) and Cray Wanderers of the Isthmian League (Premier Division) was played on a warm sunny Tuesday evening. Star Meadow is a simple ground on the edge of Gillingham. It boasts two covered stands for seated fans and a covered shelter…
Leamington FC v Coventry City FC U23 – Saturday 10th July 2021 – Co-op Community Stadium (The New Windmill)
Today’s match was played at Leamington’s Co-op stadium. This was a friendly that had originally been scheduled with the Coventry City Fc first team, but earlier this week was changed to an under 23 fixture. I was visiting my parents with my children and as a result was accompanied to this game by my father…
