Spending the day with Richard, an old friend of mine, saw us both travel down together to Minster, to watch a Kent County League Division 1 (Central and East) match. This was a trip to clock up the 300th ground I had visited. The Minster Recreation ground has decent changing and clubhouse facilities, along with…

A chilly but clear evening found me driving through Weymouth and beyond, for a first visit to the Isle of Portland to watch a Dorset Premier League fixture between Portland United Reserves and Westland Sports FC. The New Grove Corner ground sits on a quiet road leading another half mile towards Portland prison. The ground…

The choice to make my first visit to the Mile End Stadium was a late decision on a rainy day. It’s always entertaining to watch fixtures in the Isthmian League (North) and today’s match up looked to be no different. The Stadium seats 439 with a maximum capacity of 2000, and is a multi sports…

Grigg Lane is home to Brockenhurst FC (the Badgers) even though it was a fully grown stag and their kid that I swerved to avoid as I drove into Brockenhurst tonight. I had come to watch a Southampton Divisional Senior Cup fixture between Brockenhurst FC and Bishops Waltham Dynamo. Grigg Lane is a ground full…

As October starts to turn cold and wintery it is usually time for an annual meet up with an old friend Mark, in Rochester. Last year we went to watch Larkfield & New Hythe, the year before Chatham Town. This year it was even closer for us, with a visit to Rochester United’s ground to…

Another spell of wet weather made me think that I’d be best heading to watch football on a 3G surface tonight. Thankfully not too far away at AFC Stoneham, just north of Southampton, there was a Velocity Wessex League Cup Second round fixture between two teams from the Wessex League Premier Division. Stoneham Lane Complex…

The rain finally broke to reveal some Autumn sunshine, after a week of flooding and torrential rain, which had made driving and playing football really difficult! I decided to come down the Kent County Leagues to see an intriguing tie in Division Two East, between Len Valley FC and Skippers FC. Len Valley FC play…

I made a dash after a later finish at work, to Ringwood, on the fringes of Bournemouth, to see a Southampton Senior Cup fixture between Ringwood Town of the Wessex League Division 1 and QK Southampton FC of the Hampshire Premier League. The Ringwood community hub boasts a new clubhouse, as well as a 3G…

I drove out after working in Weymouth, to Sturminster to watch a Jewson Western League Division 1 match, between Sturminster Newton United and Warminster Town. Barnetts Field, the home of Sturminster Newton United, benefits from a small clubhouse and changing facilities, adjacent to a neat grass pitch and one covered standing area. The ground boasts…

As the weather had warmed slightly throughout the week and the rain finally withdrew, I came back to a more local location, in which to watch one of my favourite leagues, with two sides expecting to battle the season out at the top end of the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division. Potyn’s…