Hoppers do it Anywhere
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,…
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…
Boysie II Men This weekend, we will be resuming our attempt to visit every Northern League ground, with a trip south, to Grangetown Boys Club. Opponents, Tadcaster Albion, would come in the opposite direction, from the North Yorkshire town situated between Leeds and York. Nicknamed Boysie, Grangetown BC are one of three teams in the…
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…
Oh, I do Like to be Beside the Seaside… Today saw us heading south, to Marske, or Marske-by-the-Sea to give it its full Sunday name, on the fantastic Northeast Coast. I’m lucky enough to live in an area with several coastal teams to visit, which means plenty of opportunities for fresh sea air and, more…
A Double Game Weekend I have visited North Shields before but with the FA Vase games starting to spread out over the country, the closest and easiest game to get to was here, at the Daren Persson Stadium. It would be the first fixture of a rare double-game weekend for Hoppers Guide! Tickets for Rangers…
Landlords versus Tenants Both Sunderland West End and Chester-Le-Street United, currently call the Ford Hub Complex home. I have visited the complex before but neglected to do a blog review at the time. So, with both of today’s teams calling the ground home, it was a perfect opportunity to rectify that prior neglect. With Stoke…
Washington? How Capital! This weekend saw us head to Washington! Nope, not that one, the less famous original version in the Northeast of England. As someone lucky enough to have visited the USA’s capital city, it was interesting to find out that there was a connection between the two places. More on that later. Most…
The Other Prudhoe This week we headed to the town of Prudhoe, for a game between two teams sharing the same ground. Both Newcastle University and Prudhoe Youth Club call Essity Park ‘home’. Despite sometimes being called ‘The Essity Park Derby’, neither of today’s teams owns the ground. Prudhoe Town men’s team folded during the…