I came to this game, with my son, on a wet warm Saturday August afternoon. The St Paul’s Stadium sits up against the River Thames in Rotherhithe, South London. There is free local parking on side streets if you check carefully. The ground is approached off Salter Street and has a welcoming feel. Once through…
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Tunbridge Wells FC v Holmesdale FC – Tuesday 17th August 2021 – The Culverden Stadium
This was my first visit to the Culverden Stadium. The game was a Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division match and was played on a dry, but chilly, Tuesday evening in August. The Culverden Stadium has good banked standing terraces behind the goal at one end and two covered seating stands alongside the pitch….
Sheppey United FC v Fisher FC – Saturday 14th August 2021 – Holm Park Stadium
Sheppey United played Fisher on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon, in the Southern Counties East Football League, Premier Division. I had never been to Holm Park before and this looked to be a very exciting second SCEFL fixture of the weekend, with me having been a spectator at Glebe V Punjab United, the evening…
Glebe FC v Punjab United FC – Foxbury Stadium – Friday 13th August 2021
This was a Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division game played unusually on a Friday evening, because Glebe have scheduled a fixture at Foxbury, for two senior clubs in their Saturday slot. Glebe have made a 100% start to their Southern Counties East League season, with a 0-5 away win at Bearsted and then…
FC Stratford v Newent Town – Wednesday 11th August 2021 – Home Guard Club Ground
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…
