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...

Ground: Ball Haye Green WMC Match: Ball Haye Green 1 Norton 1 HT: 0-1 ATT: circa 68 (hc)
Comp: Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division (Step 7)
Additional: Entrance £2.00 (including programme) Tea/Coffee 50p Ball Haye Green WMC in pictures
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Ground: Canolfan Hamdden Dwyfor
Match: Pwllheli 3 Barmouth & Dyffryn Utd 1 HT: 2-0 ATT: circa 93 (hc)
Comp: Welsh Alliance (Welsh Step 3)
Additional: Entrance £2.50 No Programme Tea/Coffee 50p

Entrance to the Ground

I am becoming more and more enchanted with Welsh football this season, and this game was the first time I'd dipped my head below the top division.

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Date: 27th March 2009
Ground: Plaskynaston Lane
Match: NEWI Cefn Druids 6 Gap Connah's Quay 0 HT: 0-0 ATT: 150
Comp: Welsh Premier League
Additional: Entrance £6 Programme £1.50

Plaskynaston Lane in pictures

Entrance to Plaskynaston Lane

Friday night and another trip to North Wales and its Premier football league, this time to the oldest club in Wales, Cefn Druids.

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Ground: Goodison Park Date: Saturday 14th March 2009, 3.00 pm Competition: Premiership Match: Everton 3 Stoke City 1 HT: 2-0 Att: 36,396 Jo 18, Lescott 24, Fellaini 90 Shawcross 52 Additional: Entrance: £28 (cheapest) £34 (Upper Bullens) Programme: £3.00 Coffee/Tea £1.70 Goodison Park (Stadium) and Stanley Park (Park) in pictures Everton are one of the 12 founder members of the football league, [. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Deeside College Stadium Date: Friday 6th March 2009, 7.30 pm Competition: Welsh Premier League Match: Connah's Quay 2 Airbus UK Broughton 3 HT: 0-3 Att: 215 Additional: Entrance: £6.00 Programme: £1.00 Coffee/Tea £1.00 Deeside College Stadium in pictures Words may follow later Posted in Travelog Click to continue reading...

Ground: Fraser Eagle Stadium Date: Sat 21st February 2009, 3.00 pm Competition: League Two Match: Accrington Stanley 0 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 HT: 0-0 Att: 1,123 Additional: Entrance: £13.00 Programme: £3.00 Coffee/Tea £1.50 Fraser Eagle Stadium in pictures (to follow shortly) Accrington Stanley are not to be confused with Accrington, the club who were one of the twelve founder members of the league. Click to continue reading...

Sandygate Saturday 3rd January 2009;  Northern Counties East Premier Division; Hallam 6 Lincoln Moorlands Railway 1 HT: 3-0 Att: 60; Sandygate in PICTURES Having picked off a rare new league venue last time out at Morecambe, it was back to grass roots football on Saturday at Hallam FC, whose grass lays claim to the oldest pitch in the [. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Christie Park Date: Saturday 13th December 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: League Two Match: Morecambe 1 Darlington 0 HT: 0-0 Att: 1,873 Howe 66 Additional: Entrance: £13.00 Programme: £3.00 Coffee/Tea £1.00 Christie Park in pictures Two grounds backwards, two grounds forwards - finishing last season on 76/92 I am now back on 76/92, Rotherham & Morecambe replacing Rotherham and Colchester, if you [. Click to continue reading...

Ground: St Georges Lane Date: Saturday 22nd November 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round Match: Worcester City 1 AFC Wimbledon 3 HT: 0-2 Att: 895 Wilding 62                     Godfrey 5 Aiteouakrim 41, 68 Additional: Entrance: £10.00 Programme: £2.00 Coffee/Tea £0. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Silkmore Lane Date: Saturday 15th November 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: Midland Combination Premier Match: Brocton 0 Loughborough University 1 HT: 0-1 Att: 42                             Hale 37 Additional: Entrance: £4.00 Concessions £2 Programme: £1.00 Coffee/Tea £0. Click to continue reading...

Ground: The Airfield Date: Friday 7th November 2008, 7.30 pm Competition: Welsh Premier Football League Match: Airbus UK Broughton 2 Bangor City 3 HT: 2-2 Att: circa 200 tbc McIntosh 27,33 Sharp 14, 41(p) Hoy 72 Additional: Entrance: £6.00 Programme: £1.50 Coffee £0.50 or 20p from machine in toilets. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Community Drive Date: Saturday 18th October 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: North West Counties League Div 1 Match: Norton Utd 3 Holker OB 2 HT: 1-2 Att: 65 Hughes 8 Bamber 18 (pen) Own goal 59 [...] Click to continue reading...

Ground: Nethermoor Park Date: Saturday 27th September 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Match:   Guiseley 2    Garforth 2 HT: 2-1 Att: 447                 Merris 31        Piper 40                 Hanson 37      Haywood 80                         Additional: Entrance: £7. Click to continue reading...

: Don Valley Stadium Date: Saturday 20th September 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: League Two Match:   Rotherham 1    Luton 0 HT: 0-0 Att: 4,095                 Rhodes 61   Additional: Entrance: £20.00 Upper Tier £18.00 Lower Programme: £2.50 Hot drinks: Coffee £1.20 Ground PHOTOS of Don Valley Stadium This match was a meet up of members of Shaun Smith's 100 Football Ground club members. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Lyme Valley Stadium (2nd visit) Date: Saturday 30th August 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: FA Cup Preliminary Round Match:   Newcastle Town 0    Skelmersdale United 1 HT: 0-0 Att: 117                                                     Houghton 58             Additional: Entrance: £5. Click to continue reading...

Ground: King's Park (2nd visit) Date: Wednesday 20th August 2008, 7.45 pm Competition: FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay Match:   Meir KA    4    Goodrich    4 AET FT: 3-3 5-4 on pens 2 HT: 1-1 Att: 76               Wright 25            Hughes 35               Maszkiel 87        Morgan 65 (Pen),80,97                                Chin-Shaw 90, 105 Additional: Entrance: £4 Programme: £1 Hot drinks: Coffee 75p Tea 50p This match is what the FA Cup is all about. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Pershall Park Date: Saturday 9th August 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: North West Counties Division Two (first game of new season) Match:   Eccleshall 3 Rochdale Town 2 HT: 2-1 Att: 94               Spence 8, 30  Eastham 21 Att 94               Dematto 56    Russell 69 (Pen) Additional: Entrance £3 Programme £1 Hot drinks Coffee 60p Tea 50p Pershall Park PHOTOS It's the first day of the new season in nearly all leagues, except the [. Click to continue reading...

Euro 2008 Semi-Final Germany 3 Turkey 2 Poor Turkey, eh? They deserved to beat Germany with their team of reserves, but as is the way with football most of the time, the favourites inevitably came through in the end. The worst thing about the evening, which forced me to watch it with the sound down for most [. Click to continue reading...

An ambition of a lot of English football supporters is to become a member of the 92 Club, the 92 Club comprising of everyone who has visited all 92 grounds currently in the league. However, it has become like painting the Forth Bridge (or at least how painting the Forth Bridge used to be before nano [. Click to continue reading...

Ground: Memorial Ground Date: Saturday 26th March 2008 3.00pm Competition: League One Result: Bristol Rovers 0 Brighton 2 HT: 0-0 Att: 7,590                                            Westlake 71, Murray 74 Additional: Entrance £17.00 Programme: £3.50 Hot drinks: £1. Click to continue reading...