Entering Enemy Territory For anyone raised in Uttoxeter, a market town situated on the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire, an important life decision must be made… Derby County or Stoke City? Pride Park is 20.6 miles from St. Mary’s Church in the centre of Uttoxeter and the Bet365 Stadium is 15.4 miles away. As someone…
Category: Midlands
Lincoln City, LNER Stadium – Hopper Tales #49
We Got Lucky With Lincoln, we got lucky. Frosty, frozen pitches were the order of the day for many groundhoppers and their plans were sadly up in smoke, particularly for fans in Scotland and non-league clubs around the UK. Our game at Lincoln City‘s LNER Stadium was still on despite a 10:00 am pitch inspection….
Leek Town, Harrison Park – Hopper Tales #30
Another Disrupted Weekend Another weekend, another day of strikes by the train workers. Now we also have the Felixstowe port workers, barristers, and postal workers joining in on the ‘fun’. It does feel like we could well be heading towards the first General Strike in the UK since 3rd May 1926. Let’s hope we can…