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…
Welling United v Chippenham Town Fc – December 12th 2020 – Park View Road Stadium
The game today was a Vanorama National League South fixture. My first visit ever to Park View Road Stadium. It’s a nice little ground in the heart of Welling and has a real football ground feel with welcoming food, club shop and bar areas as you enter. Two large seated and covered stands flank the…
Cray Valley Paper Mills FC v Corinthian Casuals FC – 5th December 2020 – Artic Stadium
This was a London Senior Cup match at the Artic Stadium in Eltham. The ground was easy to find and had a small tea bar and on the opposite side of the ground a covered stand, with sheltered comfy seating. Corinthian Casuals have a long and illustrious history, and they influenced the England and Real…
Memory Lane – Saturday 15th June 1996 – England V Scotland Wembley Stadium
As the lockdown continues I have been looking back at games I’ve attended over the years. In the 1980’s I had started going to see England play, either through the football supporter’s society trips with the University of Warwick where I was studying, or with friends. It started with a 1980 Home Championship game against…
Tea, Cake and Football - Grounds of the UK 