ATT: circa 150
Additional: Entrance £5.00, Programme run out
Afoneitha Road in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 6, Structures/Terracing 5, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 7 Total 25
Another Cymru Alliance tick at Afoneitha Road, the home of Penycae FC.
Date: Friday March 23 2012
Ground: Y Morfa
Comp: Cymru Alliance (Welsh step two)
Match: Conwy United 0 Llandudno 4  HT: 0-2
ATT: circa 150
Additional: Entrance £5.00, Programme £1.50
Y Morfa in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 8, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 31
This was an evening of good and bad but little in between.
Date: Saturday Mar 10 2012
Ground: Memorial Playing Fields
Comp: Cymru Alliance (Welsh step two)
Match: Ruthin Town 1 Rhyl 3  HT: 0-2
ATT: circa 150
Additional: Entrance £5.00, Programme £1.00
Memorial Playing Fields in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 5, Structures/Terracing 3, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 7 Total 22
Whilst I have a vague ambition to complete all 16 Cymru Alliance clubs at some point Ruthin Town
was never near the top of the list, as it was one of a few without floodlights and, from what I'd
seen on the net, the ground looked like part of a public park.
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 6, Structures/Terracing 5, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 7 Total 25
Prestatyn Town was the last of the northern based Welsh Premier clubs I had left to do.
Date: Friday Dec 30 2011
Ground: Edgar Street
Comp:Â League Two
Match:Â Hereford United 1 Accrington Stanley 1 HT: 1-0 Arquin 5: Evans 72
ATT:Â 2,057
Additional: Entrance £14.00, Programme £2.50
Edgar Street in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 7 Total 30
Filed under: Groundhopping, Non-League, Stadia, Grounds, Travelog Tagged: Dudley Town, Evans Park,
Non-League, Stafford Town, west midlands regional league
Date: Friday Dec 30 2011
Ground: Edgar Street
Comp:Â League Two
Match:Â Hereford United 1 Accrington Stanley 1 HT: 1-0 Arquin 5: Evans 72
ATT:Â 2,057
Additional: Entrance £14.00, Programme £2.50
Edgar Street in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 7 Total 30
Filed under: Groundhopping, Non-League, Stadia, Grounds, Travelog Tagged: Dudley Town, Evans Park,
Non-League, Stafford Town, west midlands regional league
Coronation Park in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 7, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 6 Total 27
Filed under: Groundhopping, Non-League, Stadia, Grounds, Travelog Tagged: Dudley Town, Evans Park,
Non-League, Stafford Town, west midlands regional league
Coronation Park in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 7, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 6 Total 27
Filed under: Groundhopping, Non-League, Stadia, Grounds, Travelog Tagged: Dudley Town, Evans Park,
Non-League, Stafford Town, west midlands regional league
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 9, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 32
Newtown marked my completion of the mid-wales Welsh Premier clubs.
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 9, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 32
Newtown marked my completion of the mid-wales Welsh Premier clubs.
City Ground in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 7 Total 29
By a coincidence, just days before going to the City Ground of Darlaston Town, Neil
Chambers emailed me.
City Ground in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 7 Total 29
By a coincidence, just days before going to the City Ground of Darlaston Town, Neil
Chambers emailed me.
Date: Saturday Aug 20 2011
Ground: Garden Walk
Comp: FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Match: Gornal Athletic 2 Shifnal Town 2 HT: 0-1
ATT: 60 Head Count
Additional: Entrance £4.00, Programme £1.00
Garden Walk in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 6 Total 28
Gornal Athletic are a small unassuming club that have been around since 1919, taking over from
an earlier incarnation called Gornal Wood Excelsior.
Date: Wednesday Jul 27 2011
Ground:Â Campo Municipal de Juan Cayuela
Comp: Pre-season Friendly
Match: Club Olimpico de Totana 0 FC Cartagena 7 HT: 0-4
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 6, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 30
Another friendly for Cartagena, in the area (well more or less!
Date: Wednesday Jul 27 2011
Ground:Â Campo Municipal de Juan Cayuela
Comp: Pre-season Friendly
Match: Club Olimpico de Totana 0 FC Cartagena 7 HT: 0-4
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 6, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 30
Another friendly for Cartagena, in the area (well more or less!
Date: Wednesday Apr 13 2011
Ground: Whitcombe Road
Comp: Staffordshire County Senior League (step seven)
Match:Â Foley 0 Ball Haye Green 5 HT: 0-1
ATT: 24
Additional: Entrance FREE, Programme NONE
Whitcombe Road in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 7, Structures/Terracing 5, Hospitality 4, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 24
Foley FC were formed in 1947 and are named after a now forgotten area of Fenton, one of the six
towns of Stoke on Trent, which is in the south east of the city.
Date: Wednesday Apr 13 2011
Ground: Whitcombe Road
Comp: Staffordshire County Senior League (step seven)
Match:Â Foley 0 Ball Haye Green 5 HT: 0-1
ATT: 24
Additional: Entrance FREE, Programme NONE
Whitcombe Road in pictures
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 7, Structures/Terracing 5, Hospitality 4, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 24
Foley FC were formed in 1947 and are named after a now forgotten area of Fenton, one of the six
towns of Stoke on Trent, which is in the south east of the city.
Date: SundayApr 10 2011
Ground: Park Avenue
Comp: Welsh Premier (Welsh step one)
Match: Aberystwyth Town 2 Airbus UK Broughton 0 Â HT: 1-0 McCarten 45, Morgan 67
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 9, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 32
My second game of the weekend, this time Aberystwyth itself and the Welsh Premier division.
Date: SundayApr 10 2011
Ground: Park Avenue
Comp: Welsh Premier (Welsh step one)
Match: Aberystwyth Town 2 Airbus UK Broughton 0 Â HT: 1-0 McCarten 45, Morgan 67
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 9, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 32
My second game of the weekend, this time Aberystwyth itself and the Welsh Premier division.
Game One
Date: Friday Mar 25 2011 19.45
Ground:Â Kinsley Playing Fields
Comp: Central Midlands League Supreme Division
Match: Kinsley Boys 1 Harworth Colliery Institute 0  HT: 0-0
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 5, Structures/Terracing 3, Hospitality 5, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 5 Total 18
Game One
Date: Friday Mar 25 2011 19.45
Ground:Â Kinsley Playing Fields
Comp: Central Midlands League Supreme Division
Match: Kinsley Boys 1 Harworth Colliery Institute 0  HT: 0-0
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 5, Structures/Terracing 3, Hospitality 5, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 5 Total 18
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 6, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 5 Total 25
Holywell play in a step three Welsh League the Welsh Alliance.
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 6, Structures/Terracing 7, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 5 Total 25
Holywell play in a step three Welsh League the Welsh Alliance.
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 8, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 31
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 6, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 29
Filed under: Groundhopping, Stadia, Grounds, Wales, Welsh football Tagged: cymru alliance, Rhyl,
Technogroup Welshpool, Welshpool, Welshpool FC
Ground Statistics (marks out of ten, maximum 40)
Character 8, Structures/Terracing 6, Hospitality 7, Backdrop/Scenery or aesthetics for larger
stadiums 8 Total 29
Filed under: Groundhopping, Stadia, Grounds, Wales, Welsh football Tagged: cymru alliance, Rhyl,
Technogroup Welshpool, Welshpool, Welshpool FC
Date: Saturday Feb 12 2011
Ground:Â Abbey Lane
Comp:Â Staffordshire County Senior League (step seven)
Match:Â Hanley Town 0Â Newcastle Town (reserves)Â 1Â Â HT:Â 0-0
Date: Saturday Feb 12 2011
Ground:Â Abbey Lane
Comp:Â Staffordshire County Senior League (step seven)
Match:Â Hanley Town 0Â Newcastle Town (reserves)Â 1Â Â HT:Â 0-0
If my imagination could expand just a little bit more, then this video is everything I would
expect from a Brazilian freestyle futebol video. Beautiful Brazilian scenery and skills filled with
high swank to spare. There are incomprehensible skills that simply give off an abstract aura of
athleticism.
All eyes were on Rio de Janeiro today, and for once the local "scenery" was not the focal point.
Rather, eyes were on Jarome Valcke, FIFA Secretary-General (definitely less appealing,) and his
tiny little balls. [read more]
The USA has taken a few team walks so far in Japan, not only to get the players out of the
hotel, but to stretch the legs, get some sun and help acclimate to the time difference here in
Japan (13 hours head of the East Coast, 16 ahead of California).
It is clear that among the many things that the Japanese do well, gardens is certainly one of
them.
Their Words "We are surrounded on all sides by the Alps, with fantastic scenery and lovely clean
air. The training pitch is 4,000 feet which means they have to physically adapt to the altitude. As
to whether it's long lasting when the players get to ground level remains to be seen, but they
certainly enjoy it.
It's been less than 24 hours since the team arrived in Panama City, and already there's been a lot
of activity.
The journey started at 6:45 a.m. MT in Phoenix and ended at 8 p.m. ET in Panama City. In between
there was a stop in Houston, where guys got their last American food for a couple days, got a few
extra bucks (Did you know the currency of Panama is the U.
Thing No. 1, an explainer on some stadium rakings that caused a stir.
Thing No. 2, A few words about what makes Livestrong Sporting Park such a great place – and it
may not be what you think.
A few folks got their undies in a bunch over my Power Rankings of MLS stadiums (they are at the
bottom of my weekly Five Things to Know about the MLS piece at SI.
While the U.S. players who ventured to Germany today experienced nary a drop of rain, apparently it
was pouring all day back at the team hotel in Austria, and as the team bus pulled onto the final
road to the hotel, a magnificent rainbow appeared that several players said was one of the nicest
rainbows they've ever seen, which certainly fits in as some of the scenery is among the nicest
they've ever seen.
