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…
Wombling Free Today sees us travel down to Hertfordshire to watch National League club, Boreham Wood, take on League One’s Burton Albion in the FA Cup 3rd Round. It’s been two whole weeks since our last trip to Forfar Athletic, so I’m certainly ready for the long journey south that lies ahead. Our intended trip…
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…
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…
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…