Hoppers do it Anywhere
Into ‘Enemy’ Territory This week sees us back in my home territory to take in the game between Port Vale and Exeter City. The game sees us fulfil a promise to visit and review Vale Park, after the club kindly followed us on Twitter. Despite being a Stoke City fan, I’ve never had the traditional…
Chester-Field-Trip This Saturday we are travelling south, to North Derbyshire for the game between Chesterfield and Barrow AFC. The game is part of the restart of the Football League, with both League One and League Two kicking off their seasons. Unfortunately, I never got to visit Chesterfield’s old ground, Saltergate, and I really wish I…
Goo-in ‘Wom (and Belper) This weekend saw us travelling south to watch Belper Town take on Bromsgrove Sporting in an FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round match-up. It also saw us visiting family and catching up with friends old and new in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire… my home town. We only get down there a couple of times…
A Late Change Ilkeston Town wasn’t our planned trip for today but with groundhopping, you have to have backup plans. The original target, Belper Town, had their game against Brighouse Town called off due to pitch conditions. A second alternative, Alfreton Town, suffered a similar fate at their game with South Shields. This left us…
Back Wom Stoke City is a club that has become synonymous with long ball football, and cold Tuesday nights, all based in a grim city. Doesn’t sound great, does it? Except for me, it’s completely different. Stoke-on-Trent is my second home, or “wom” as it’s called in Stoke. Maybe I see it through red 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…
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….
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…