Hoppers do it Anywhere
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…
Class of ’92 – A ’25 Update This week saw us heading to Greater Manchester for a League Two game between Salford City and Accrington Stanley. Think of Salford City and you inevitably think about United’s ‘Class of ’92’ and their takeover in ownership of the club. Brothers Phil and Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan…
A Giant Axe to Grind Lancaster City play in one of the more interesting ground names in the UK… the Giant Axe. How did that name come about? I’m looking forward to doing a little research and finding out the answer to that and other things. Discovering the history and strange little facts is part…
Bring Me Sunshine Morecambe and Wise were a comedic duo that I grew up with, and John Eric Bartholomew hailed from this week’s destination. Born in Morecambe on May 14th 1926, Bartholomew changed his name to that of his hometown on the northwest coast of England, to form one of the UK’s best-loved comedy duos,…