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A Change of Plans We were due to visit Redcar Town’s Mo Mowlam Memorial Park back in November, but the game was postponed. Today, we tried once more, as Town were due to take on Chester-le-Street Town in the Northern League Division Two. However, the weather once again thwarted our best-laid plans, and with standing…
Alnwick Return This week sees us returning to Alnwick, just a couple of weeks since we watched the Shrove Tuesday football game there. Alnwick is a lovely little town, and I don’t need the excuse of a new football ground to return. It will be a new ground, which is a bonus, on top of…
A New Mission Begins This week, we visit Maiden Castle (part of the Graham Sports Centre), home of Durham United, as a new mission begins for HG. Having hit the 200-grounds mark with last weekend’s trip to Guiseley AFC, the quest for ground number 250 begins! We start the new mission by visiting Durham United,…
The Mission Continues With two of the eight Northern League grounds I still needed to visit at the start of the season already in the bag, it’s time to visit another, in Darlington. Darlington Town versus Esh Winning at the Eastbourne Community Stadium will leave me with just five unvisited grounds. Not too bad for…
Doing the Pools This week, we continue our mission to visit all the Northern League clubs, with a trip to FC Hartlepool. Ironically, they will be facing Grangetown Boys Club in a Division Two game, after we visited their home last weekend. Boysie will be hoping for a very different result from that FA Vase…
New Beginning for Newbiggin AFC Newbiggin are one of the latest two teams to join the Northern League for the first time in their history. They join Durham United in their newly-earned NL Division Two status and will look to kick off the new season with a bang. That won’t be an easy task, with…
This is the second edition of the Northern League round-up which follows the games played on the 15th and 16th of September in Divisions One and Two. Content supplied by Andy S, who runs the Northern League Fan Page on X (Twitter) Division One We start off with Friday’s action at Grounsell Park as Heaton…
This is the very first edition of our Northern League round-up which is following the games played on the 9th of September in Divisions One and Two. Content supplied by Andy S, who runs the Northern League Fan Page on X (Twitter) Division One We start off with current Northern League leaders Birtley Town who…