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…
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Newcastle United, St. James’ Park – Hopper Tales #50
Options Narrowed This week, we had been planning to visit Seaham Red Star but with the weather all but wiping out football in the northeast, we decided it would be a good time to go and check out St. James’ Park, home of Newcastle United. Although we have been to Newcastle United before, we had…
York City, LNER Community Stadium – Hopper Tales #36
Too Long This opening section is called ‘Too Long’ for a very good reason. First off, York is one of my favourite cities in the UK (second only to Edinburgh) and secondly, it’s been far too long since I saw my sister who lives there. The last time I visited York was seven years ago…



