Date: Tuesday October 27th 2009
Ground: Brinsford Stadium
Match:Â Wolverhampton Casuals 2 Dudley Sports 2Â HT:Â 2-1 ATT: c45

Additional: Entrance £3, Programme £1.00, Coffee/Tea £0.60

Brinsford Stadium in pictures

This was my first ever West Midlands Regional Premier League game.

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Date: Saturday October 24th 2009
Ground: Bill Stokeld Stadium
Match: Carlton Town 5 Leek Town 2 HT: 2-1 ATT: 97
Gent 26, Ball 38 Jenkins 64p, Whitman 73, 76: Johnson 1, Cope 89
Additional: Entrance £7, Programme £1.50, Coffee/Tea £0.80

Bill Stokeld Stadium in pictures

Leek Town were in need of a win here.

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Date: Tuesday October 13th 2009
Ground: Barton Stadium
Match: Winsford 0 Newcastle Town 1 HT: 0-0 ATT: 97
Boast 79
Additional: Entrance £6, Programme £1.50, Coffee/Tea £0.80

Barton Stadium in pictures

This was a late decision. I was originally going to watch Leek Town at Market Drayton, but MDT had an FA Trophy replay.

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Date: Tuesday September 8th 2009
Ground: Ingfield Stadium
Match: Ossett Town 3 Kendal Town 2 HT: 1-1 ATT: 233
Hardaker 19, Lee 56, Hollindrake 71: Wain 30, Steel 77
Additional: Entrance £7, Programme £1.50, Coffee/Tea £1.00.

Ingfield Stadium in pictures

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Ossett is one of those unusual small towns that boasts two similarly sized non-league football teams.

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Unibond League South
Sep 5 Leek Town 1 Stamford 0 HT: 0-0 ATT: 272
          Miller 51
Sep 12 Shepshed Dynamo 1 Leek Town 1 HT: 0-1 ATT: 141
             Ramsay 90                 Corden 6
Sep 19 Leek Town 1 Spalding 0 HT: 1-0 ATT: 276
             Cope 39

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Leek stay top of the league after another 1-0 victory today, against Spalding.

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In a similar vein to the 1990 book of the same name this is an account of my favourite year, part one.

Brighton & Hove Albion Second Division 6th place (losing Play-Off finalists) FA Cup 4th round League Cup 1st round.

Albion 1990-91 (wearing the worst kit of all time)

The motley bunch above, wearing the lurid pink strip, looking like some Gay World Cup side, is the team from my favourite ever season, 1990-91.

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Date: Monday August 24th 2009
Ground: Coles Lane
Match: Sutton Coldfield Town 1 Bedworth United 1 HT: 0-1 ATT: 158
Matt 90: Blair 22
Additional: Entrance £6, Programme £1.20, Coffee/Tea 60p Full food menu including Faggots.

Coles Lane in Pictures

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Between two Leek Town home matches I had a free Monday evening.

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Aug 22nd Leek Town 3 Mickleover Sports 2 HT: 3-2 ATT: 229
Unibond League South

Aug 25th Leek Town 5 Brigg Town 1 HT: 3-0 ATT: 216
Unibond League One South

Mickleover Sports was my first home game as a Leek Town fan. If I wasn't already addicted on the Saturday, then I certainly was on the following Tuesday at home to Brigg.

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Ground: Noose Lane
Date: Tuesday 18th August 2009
Match: Willenhall Town 1 Leek Town 2 HT: 1-1 ATT: 92
Warren 39: Griffiths 27 (og), Hawthorne 52
Comp: Unibond Division One South
Additional: Entrance £6 Programme £1.50 Coffee/Tea 50p Chips 80p

Noose Lane in pictures

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My first game following Leek Town and their first away game of the season, after a 3-3 draw at home to Loughborough on the opening day. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Rockingham Road
Date: Saturday 15th August 2009
Comp: Conference
Match: Kettering 1 AFC Wimbledon 2 HT: 0-1 Att: 1,746
Thomas 74: Kedwell 9, 66(pen)
Additional: Entrance £18 (stand) £14 (terrace), Programme £3, Hamburger £2.80, Hot drinks £1.00
Rockingham Road in pictures
Despite my decision to follow Leek Town this season, this game was booked in advance as a birthday present from my Dad, an AFC Wimbledon fan. Click to continue reading...

Date: Friday 7th August
Match: Buckley Town 4 Newtown AFCÂ 3 HT: 2-0 Att: circa 75 hc
1-0,2-0,3-0,3-1,3-2,4-2,4-3
Comp: Friendly
Additional: No Programme, Cheeseburger £2.00, Coffee/Tea £0.80

The Globe in pictures

Going to a Cymru Alliance ground on a Friday night for a friendly was taking my groundhopping a bit far, I thought at first.

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The new season is fast approaching like the distant glint of sunlight between clouds on a windy day. It did kind of start already at TNS on 9th July, a start so early for me as to be uncanny, like the sun rising at midnight. So early it's difficult to decide if it was an appendix to last season or a prologue to 2009-10. Click to continue reading...

Date: Thursday 09th July 2009 7.00pm Ground: The Venue (Park Hall) Match: TNS 1 FRAM Reykjavik 2 HT: 1-1 Agg: 2-4 ATT: 933 [Evans 12; Almar Ormarsson 17, Sam Tillen 66(pen)]
Comp: UEFA Europa League 1st Qualifying Round 2nd Leg
Additional: Entrance £8, Programme £3 Cornish Pastie £2 Coffee/Tea £1. Click to continue reading...

Date: Thursday 21st May 2009 7.00pm Ground: Villa Park Match: Aston Villa Reserves 3 Sunderland Reserves 1 HT: 1-1 ATT: 5,337
Comp: Premier Reserve League North/South Play-off Final
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Date: Saturday 25th April 2009 2.30pm Ground: Bracken Moor / Look Local Stadium Match: Stocksbridge Park Steels 1 Retford 0 HT: 0-0 ATT: 385
Comp: Unibond One South
Additional: Entrance £6.00 Tea/Coffee £1 Bracken Moor in pictures This was the last day of matches in the Unibond One South division. Click to continue reading...