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…
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‘It’s Football Jim, But Not as We Know it’ – Football from the Other Side
In a rare foray into the dizzy heights of the Premier League, Steve Sharman takes temporary leave from non-league groundhopping to join the prawn sandwich brigade and watch West Ham take on Liverpool from the posh seats at the London Stadium. All photographs in this article are the property and copyright of Steve Sharman. It’s…
Wigan Athletic, DW Stadium – Hopper Tales #97
Happy Days Wigan Athletic is a club I have visited in the past, although, the last time I went they were still playing at Springfield Park. I believe Ronnie Sinclair was making his debut in goal for Stoke that day and I remember standing on a slippery grass bank with a little tin shed at…
Blackpool, Bloomfield Road – Hopper Tales #84
Oh I do Like to be Beside the Seaside Blackpool is a famous Lancashire seaside town on the northwest coast. It is the home of the wild stag/hen night, Pleasure Beach rides, trams, the illuminations, the Tower, Madame Tussauds, a zoo and so much more. Located twenty-seven miles north of Liverpool and forty miles west…
Everton, Goodison Park – Hopper Tales #77
An Everton First and Last Not often can you confirm a first and a last at the same time but that’s precisely what Everton did yesterday. A pre-season fixture between the Toffees and their Portuguese opponents would be the first fixture of the season at Goodison Park and the last ever to be played there….





