I was staying with family up in the Cotswolds so for the second local game of my stay, I travelled with my father to watch this game at a ground which was new to us both. The Hellenic League Division 1, however, is a league I have visited before, having seen Littleton, FC Stratford, Bourton…

A Saturday afternoon in the middle of, what had now been, a 4 week heatwave, took me on a first ever visit to Surrey’s New Defence Stadium, home of Horley Town of the Combined Counties Premier League. They were drawn in the Extra qualifying round of the Emirates FA Cup, against Sevenoaks Town FC of…

Brought my wife for her first non league game ever, to accompany me to Fetcham Grove, home of both Leatherhead FC and Epsom and Ewell FC, in a one off friendly, which was played for the Stella Lamont Trophy. The trophy was named after the long serving president of Epsom & Ewell FC who has…

This was the opening weekend for the Southern Counties East Football League and what better game to see than the two sides who came third and fourth last year, behind the promoted runaway leaders Sheppey United and Chatham Town. The Charles Sports ground is welcoming, has plenty of free car parking spaces and decent facilities,…

Tonight’s game saw my second ever visit to the home of Corinthian FC, to see the home side, of the Isthmian League, South East Division, play against Ebbsfleet United of the National League South. Corinthian FC enjoyed a positive start to life in the Isthmian league in their first season there in 2021-22, finishing in…

My first venture of the season across the Dartford crossing to Essex, took me to see Chadfields, the home of “the Dockers”, as Tilbury FC are known. Tilbury was used as the location for Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy “Grimsby” and may not be the most aesthetically pleasing location for the ground. However on arrival Chadfields,…

The heatwave had broken, for a tiny window in what had been a stifling week of hot weather and some welcome rain fell as I arrived at the ground. The coolest evening of the week, saw Chatham Town welcome a Gillingham XI FC to the Bauvill Stadium, for a pre season friendly. The last time…

Redhill FC, of the Combined Counties Premier League, are known as the Lobsters. That was a suitable name for the home team, on a day when temperatures reached 29 degrees. My failure to sunscreen in the last Saturday game had left me looking like a lobster so today I took no chances and was ready…

The War Memorial Sports Ground is based in the heart of Carshalton. It is a really impressive non-league ground, with bags of character and the staff provided a great welcome. There is a free and extensive car park and once I’d paid the £8 entrance fee for this friendly fixture, I was entering a ground,…

This friendly tie was played on the Croydon Postal ground, which took some finding, being located on a quiet road in Warlingham, on the borders of Croydon and Surrey. There was good car parking even with the clubhouse being packed with people enjoying a live band. The ground boasted a sloping and dry grass pitch…