Having seen this year’s FA Vase finalists, Whitstable Town, dispose of Lordswood AFC in mid-week, I decided to come on their next travels today, to see them play in a crucial league fixture against their Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division play-off rivals, Rusthall FC. Rusthall play at the Jockey Stadium, on the…
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Lordswood AFC v Whitstable Town – Thursday 17th April 2024 – Martyn Grove
After a day of sun on the south coast I traveled upto Kent and Lordswood AFC to find gathering cloud and cooler temperatures off the pitch. M tonight’s game saw the home side finding themselves in a must win fixture, against a Whitstable Town side who had secured their play off place and who also…
Littlehampton Town v Eastbourne Town – Saturday 5th April 2025 – The Sportsfield
A very warm April day took me down to the south coast, to visit the Sportsfield ground, home of Littlehampton Town of the Isthmian League South East Division. This game meant that I had been to every ground in the division The Sportsfield Ground has a published capacity of 4000, having been in receipt of…
Folkestone Invicta FC v Chatham Town – Saturday 29th March 2025 – The Alcaline Stadium
So the last Saturday in what had been a very mild March, saw me head down to Folkestone to see the Isthmian Premier League fixture between two giants of Kent non-league football, in Folkestone Invicta, who recently parted company with manager, Andy Drury and Kevin Hake’s Chatham Town. The Alcaline Stadium, sited on Cheriton Road…
Steyning Town v Margate FC – Saturday 22nd March 2025 – The Shooting Field
After a week in which Margate manager, Ben Greenhalgh, had found BBC press coverage with his account of life in the non-league, after playing for Inter Milan as a youngster, I decided to follow “the Gate” down to Steyning Town’s, The Shooting Field, for their Isthmian League South East Division match. The weather, although not…
Faversham Town U23 v Chatham Town U23 – Friday 14th March 2025 – Aquatherm Stadium
Tonight’s game was played on the 3G pitch at Faversham Town’s Aquatherm Stadium and saw the Under 23 teams of Chatham Town and Faversham Town, meet each other in the Southern Counties East Football League (Development League East). Chatham Town U23 came into the fixture at the top of the league, having won 14 of…
Hollands & Blair FC v VCD Athletic – Saturday 1st March 2025 – Star Meadow Sports Club
After a week of travelling for work, I came to the Star Meadow Sports club, in Gillingham, to watch a Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division fixture between Hollands & Blair FC and the team who have put themselves clearly in the driving seat in the battle to win the league, VCD Athletic….
Corinthian FC v Sutton Athletic FC – Friday 14th February 2025 – Gay Dawn Farm
My wife was working on Valentines evening, so for the first year in a while I had a pass to watch football on the 14th February! I decided to venture down to the countryside near Dartford to watch Corinthian of the Southern Counties East Football League (SCEFL) Premier Division, in their match against Sutton Athletic,…
Larkfield & New Hythe FC v Stansfeld FC – Saturday 8th February 2025 – The Eden Estates Stadium
Today I needed a ground that was close enough to home so that I could head straight home afterwards to get sat down in time to watch my team, Birmingham City, in their live FA Cup fixture, at home to Newcastle United. I decided that I’d revert to a fixture in one of my favourite…
Rochester City v Cuxton 91 Reserves – Saturday 1st February 2025 – Bourne Park Stadium
To start the month of February I decided to head for a first visit to Bourne Park Stadium in Sittingbourne. The game was a Kent County League Division 1 Central and East fixture between Rochester City FC and Cuxton 91 Reserves. The Bourne Park Stadium in Sittingbourne was the training ground of Sittingbourne FC when…
