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Post by Rex on Jul 10, 2017 11:54:28 GMT
I am up in the West Midlands for a couple of days and will be ticking off Leamington FC when they host Worcester City tomorrow night. Not quite as glamorous as a trip to the Netherlands  Really boring ground Leamington, right out of town as well. Finally managed to tick it at the third time of asking in the Playoffs at the end of last season after going to a late postponement and an abandonment. It didn't look great when I checked it out, but it is close to the hotel, so it's an easy one to do. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 12:08:42 GMT
Really boring ground Leamington, right out of town as well. Finally managed to tick it at the third time of asking in the Playoffs at the end of last season after going to a late postponement and an abandonment. It didn't look great when I checked it out, but it is close to the hotel, so it's an easy one to do. Cracking little programme hut though! |
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Post by eppinggas on Jul 17, 2017 7:25:27 GMT
Harlow Town 1 Leyton Orient 6. Pretty decent attendance of 1,274. Horrible plastic pitch. 1 1/2 away from the town centre. No pubs in the area (that I know of). Bit soul-less. Harlow tired 2nd half and Orient took control against pretty limited opposition. O's best players were the trialists... understandable as they still have a massive re-building job to do.
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Post by Rex on Jul 17, 2017 8:17:10 GMT
It didn't look great when I checked it out, but it is close to the hotel, so it's an easy one to do. Cracking little programme hut though! I did see it on the way out. Newly promoted Leamington 3 newly relegated Worcester 1. Worcester were 1 up with 12 minutes to go. Lee Hughes (yes that one) played the first half for Worcester. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 8:50:33 GMT
Back from Holland, had a fantastic if tiring week. Spent Monday evening in Amsterdam then headed down to The Hague on Tuesday. Looked around the city, popped in a few museums and pubs before heading to ADO Den Haag vs MVV Maastricht. Ended up going in the away end after bumping into some MMV supporters. Game finished 1-0 to Den Haag (a division above MMV), pretty poor game and ground tbh...  Wednesday I headed to Utrecht to meet my Scotland supporting pal for England - Scotland. Big fan of Utrecht as a city, it's very pretty and doesn't have the morons Amsterdam does. Anyway, a lovely ground even if it was a bit empty with only 5,000 people in it. The game was great as an Englishman with England winning 6-0 but not that exciting...  Thursday and a trip on the train again to Rotterdam, had a lovely walk around the old harbour taking in the Maritime Museum as well. Then did the three mile walk to the ground making sure we tried a few beers and pizza along the way. The hosts Netherlands were playing Denmark. Holland won 1-0, they were very fortunate and on another day the Danes could have won. A good atmosphere in a sold out Sparta Stadion with a lovely wee pavilion to the right of us...  Friday saw another train ride to Deventer, probably my favourite city we visited mainly due to the weather and pints by the river. After a couple of hours of drinking we head for the main square for more pints and finally the ground, the home of Go Ahead Eagles. Sweden were facing Russia and the Scandinavians eased to a 2-0 win. We caught the sun a little...  Finally on Saturday we go to our last game with our furthest journey to Doetinchem in the East. We weren't expecting a big crowd for Iceland - Switzerland so were surprised (after getting off the train a stop early and walking for three miles) to be greeted by 3,500 Icelandic fans in the fanzone. They provided the best atmosphere of the week and backed their team to the end of a 2-1 defeat. The ground belonging to De Graafschap was probably the most boring of the trip but the atmosphere made up for it...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 7:39:54 GMT
Corinthian Casuals (A) tonight, looking forward to going to such a historical club.
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Post by Rex on Jul 31, 2017 13:38:56 GMT
Corinthian Casuals (A) tonight, looking forward to going to such a historical club. Damn, I forgot that. Are we sending a first team? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 13:53:25 GMT
Corinthian Casuals (A) tonight, looking forward to going to such a historical club. Damn, I forgot that. Are we sending a first team? Ha, no. The youth. |
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Post by Rex on Jul 31, 2017 19:21:42 GMT
Damn, I forgot that. Are we sending a first team? Ha, no. The youth. I don't feel so bad then. Are Toby Rennie and Alfie Clarke playing? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 9:07:25 GMT
Nice set up at CC, lots of flags, lots of history, was a lot of fun. A nice tick.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 10:34:01 GMT
Booked up to go to Edinburgh in October to watch Hearts at Murrayfield, another tick. Really hoping that Chelsea will move to Twickenham when they redevelop the Bridge. Also heading to Rhodes in September, hopeful of a game there, if not looking at flights to Athens for AEK or Olympiakos.
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Post by eppinggas on Aug 10, 2017 9:26:39 GMT
Brisbane Road. Visiting Leyton does not have the prestige of a trip to the Womens Euros. First ever home home for Orient in non-league (well for over 100 years).
O's 3 Solihull Moors 1. Chaotic ticketing, long queues. New owners have a lot of work to do. Solihull were really very poor.
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Post by Rex on Aug 11, 2017 19:38:07 GMT
Booked up to go to Edinburgh in October to watch Hearts at Murrayfield, another tick. Really hoping that Chelsea will move to Twickenham when they redevelop the Bridge. Also heading to Rhodes in September, hopeful of a game there, if not looking at flights to Athens for AEK or Olympiakos. I didn't realise Hearts had moved some games to Murrayfield. I have been there a few times for rugby and have seen Celtic play a European game there so I have already ticked it off for football. I really like the place and even easier to get to now the tram stop is there. Which game are you going to? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 19:40:46 GMT
Booked up to go to Edinburgh in October to watch Hearts at Murrayfield, another tick. Really hoping that Chelsea will move to Twickenham when they redevelop the Bridge. Also heading to Rhodes in September, hopeful of a game there, if not looking at flights to Athens for AEK or Olympiakos. I didn't realise Hearts had moved some games to Murrayfield. I have been there a few times for rugby and have seen Celtic play a European game there so I have already ticked it off for football. I really like the place and even easier to get to now the tram stop is there. Which game are you going to? St Johnstone, still not done Tynecastle but had to get this tick. |
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Post by Rex on Aug 11, 2017 19:51:35 GMT
I didn't realise Hearts had moved some games to Murrayfield. I have been there a few times for rugby and have seen Celtic play a European game there so I have already ticked it off for football. I really like the place and even easier to get to now the tram stop is there. Which game are you going to? St Johnstone, still not done Tynecastle but had to get this tick. As much as I dislike Hearts, I always liked Tynecastle. I know it's progress and all that but I wish they weren't knocking down the old stand. I'm sure you already know, but if you fancied a look at Tynecastle it is quite close to Murrayfield. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 20:09:00 GMT
St Johnstone, still not done Tynecastle but had to get this tick. As much as I dislike Hearts, I always liked Tynecastle. I know it's progress and all that but I wish they weren't knocking down the old stand. I'm sure you already know, but if you fancied a look at Tynecastle it is quite close to Murrayfield. Oh I snuck in last time I was up there, used my broken leg as an excuse. |
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Post by skerriesgas on Aug 11, 2017 22:50:31 GMT
A new one for me on Sunday - Portmarnock v St Patricks Athletic in the FAI Cup
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Post by Rex on Aug 12, 2017 6:01:08 GMT
A new one for me on Sunday - Portmarnock v St Patricks Athletic in the FAI Cup I've not even heard of Portmarnock! I'm staying in Swansea for a couple off days next week so it's Cwmamman United v Goytre in the Welsh National League Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup for me  |
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Post by Rex on Aug 19, 2017 13:49:01 GMT
Last minute decision and I'm at Chippenham Town v East Thurrock United. Lovely ground.
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Post by Rex on Aug 28, 2017 13:19:54 GMT
Another last minute decision and I'm at Maidenhead v Orient today.
I quite miss Conference football!
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