Hoppers do it Anywhere
The Great Bury Shake Off This weekend, we head south once more, with Bury’s Gigg Lane the target. Like last week, I’ve been lucky enough to catch a game at Gigg Lane, with the FA Cup giving them a home tie against Bromsgrove Sporting. When I booked train tickets, Bury were due to play Avro,…
Back to the Start… Luckily! This weekend, we’re visiting Hallam FC’s Sandygate Road, the oldest continuously used football ground in the world. Although today could have easily become a disaster, I got lucky. With me expecting an NPL East Division game between Hallam and Blyth Spartans, I was surprised to see they were actually playing…
The Re-taming of the Shrews This week, we’re heading to Shrewsbury Town and their New Meadow ground. We are down in the Midlands for the weekend visiting family and friends, and while we are there, I am taking the opportunity to tick off another of the 92, and a club I visited at their old…
From the Toon to the Blue Toon This week sees the re-emergence of Mrs Hopper, as we take a weekend break in Peterhead. Balmoor Stadium is one of the four Scottish league grounds I have yet to visit, so obviously I’m excited to get one step closer to my goal of visiting them all. Given…
Seaton Carew, Is it You? This week, I am taking a break from long-distance travel, as I head to the coast for my first visit to Seaton Carew. Newly promoted to the Northern League Division Two, they will be facing off against near neighbours FC Hartlepool in a local derby. Seaton Carew is one of…
We Camelon-g Way This week, I will be heading back north to the Scottish town of Camelon (pronounced Came-uh-lun), near Falkirk. This will be a Scottish Cup Preliminary Round game between Camelon Juniors and Whitletts Victoria. Originally, I had planned to take a week off from blogging and head to Easter Road with a friend…
Back to the Lane This week sees me pay a rare visit to the home of a Premier League team, as I head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. My last visit to watch Spurs play at home was back in the days of a Klinsmann, Sheringham, and Anderton forward line. The 1994/95 season, when Klinsmann…
Here we Glasgow Again! This weekend we return to the Glasgow area for a game between Clydebank and Troon. Clydebank are a former SPFL club, and it’s good to see the new phoenix club moving towards restoring that status. The Bankies will be facing Troon FC, who we saw at Pollok last weekend, and they…
Into the Lion’s Den This weekend I will be visiting The Den, home of Millwall Football Club. They will be playing a friendly against Belgian Pro League team Royal Antwerp. For us, this will be the first of two friendly games in the capital over the next couple of weekends. I will be putting in…
Never Mind the Polloks, Here‘s the Hoppers Guide This week sees us take our first long trip of the season, as we head to Pollok FC in Glasgow. After two local games to get us back into the swing of things, we travel across the northern border into Scotland once more. Scotland is one of…