Hoppers Do It Together
Coast to Coast Time for another trip from the east coast to the west coast. Having already visited Carlisle United and Barrow this season, it was time to tick off the other big club in Cumbria – Workington AFC. Of course, they haven’t always been this far down the league pyramid. In 1977, Workington AFC…
Strikes Are Back It’s been a little while but the train workers are striking again. The remedy for this for any groundhopper is to find a local club that you haven’t yet visited. For us, that just happens to be Newcastle Blue Star. Blue Star currently ply their trade in the Northern Football Alliance League…
To Hull and Back This week saw us visit Hull City and me re-ticking one of the ninety-two grounds of the English Leagues. I first visited Hull City when they were still playing at Boothferry Park. The 15th of August, 1992 to be precise. It was the opening game of the season and a day…
A New Coastline With our semi-regular trips up the northeast coast on the way to Scottish grounds, we are used to the beautiful coastline that runs along the eastern coast of Britain’s north. Today, we would start just inland from the Durham Heritage Coast but end up on the other side, to venture down England’s…
Staying Local With the latest train strikes finishing on the 3rd of February and the knock-on effect they always have on the following day, we decided to stay local this weekend and visit one of the nearest football grounds to our town, Seaham Red Star. Seaham is a small town on the northeast coast and…
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…
Nearly Thirty-Seven Years Nearly thirty-seven years… that’s how long ago it’s been since my first and only previous visit to Brunton Park. It was a wet and windy day for a clash between Carlisle United and Stoke City, in front of a paltry crowd of 2,813. The previous year had seen Stoke City relegated from…
Back Where It All Began While I have visited many grounds over the years, Victoria Park, Hartlepool, is where my groundhopping adventures officially began at the beginning of last year. Ironically, it was for the visit of Blackpool in the FA Cup 3rd Round in January and it would also be a Championship side visiting…
Let There Be Light During the holiday season, travel can be difficult on public transport, or even non-existent. If you combine this negative thinking with the ongoing strikes and chaos surrounding transport, it seems obvious to stay local and that’s what we did. Just nine miles away from our town lies one of the northeast’s…
Options Narrowed This week, we had been planning to visit Seaham Red Star but with the weather all but wiping out football in the northeast, we decided it would be a good time to go and check out St. James’ Park. Although we have been to Newcastle United before, we had been lucky enough to…