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	22/2/06 John Mollitt Does anyone have a contact telephone number for the Manchester Saturday Morning Amateur Football League?
	22/2/06 Peter Jamison I'm travelling to Portugal on Sat 25 Feb (Oporto). Does anyone know how I can find out whether any matches are being played in Porto on Sunday 26th? If so, where?
	21/2/06 Mick Burt Does anybody know if AFC Barnsley have switched their home ground to the main Barnsley FC stadium from the Barnsley FC Academy Ground. It seems that all the fixtures I have seen listed for the club in text lately refers to the venue for home games as being Oakwell Stadium although I'm aware the two venues are in close proximity. Any information gratefully received.
	20/2/06 Ken Allison I am told that the Isle of Wight gold cup game on Tues 21/02 West Wight v East Cowes is being played at East Cowes. The Northern Alliance game on Wed 22/02 at Shankhouse is off.
	20/2/06 Steve Broughton Following Chris Ashbridge's reference to the Algarve Stadium, can anyone confirm if the ground is currently used by a club side? I went there for an England friendly a couple of years ago and I'd be interested to know if it's being used regularly.
	19/2/06 Hedley Dye On Saturday 18th February, I saw LSS Lucarly's defeat a poor Harworth side 6-0. Chatting to a home official, he advised the pitch they played on had been used for the last six games or so. Checking afterwards with Mick Burt's report in vol 19,issue 9, the pitch is the one referred to by Mick as the sunday pitch. This is further away from the dressing rooms, at right angles to the near one, and there is no overlap. The current one is quite a bit wider & has a little more air of permanence, in that behind both goals there are fixed metal barriers, with a canvas screen behind one separating from the rugby pitch. There are new wooden dugouts and the temporary barrier now is the length of the near side, with a high mesh fence behind the other. A 12 page colour programme was issued. The home team are in third with a chance of promotion, although I have my doubts the ground would be god enough. The club official did suggest they may have an alternative venue in mind, although I seem to recall similar sentiments from near-neighbours Grimsby Borough.
	18/2/06 Rob North Following Christopher Ashbridge a further note on Portuguese football. We were in Madeira for a few days stay last week, and I was able to take in the Portuguese SuperLiga game between Maritimo and Vitoria Guimaraes on Monday 13th Feb. Presumably it was the televised game. Football wasn't in the original itinerary, but the game was advertised in our hotel, and you can't look a gift horse in the mouth! I got a ticket at the hotel for 30 Euros, though I suspect money could be saved buying tickets from the club. Plenty of space at the ground as there were no more than 3,000 at the game, though presumably the top clubs would draw more. I presume the top hotels take a block of tickets for each game, but they weren't taken up for my visit as my section seemed sparsely occupied. Maritimo have a club shop in the centre of Funchal, not far from the Cable Car terminus. The ground, Estadio dos Barreiros, is in the western part of Funchal, north of the Lido, and is an athletics stadium with covered seats on one side and the rest uncovered seats, with very few seats at the ends. It's not dissimilar to the Withdean Stadium in some ways. The game itself was a pretty dire contest with the struggling visitors winning 1-0, Maritimo having two sent off. Objects thrown from the crowd after the second dismissal cost the club 800 Euros! I would imagine that the island clubs are well sponsored as I couldn't see Maritimo getting by on the size of crowd that I saw. British Airways have a regular service to Funchal from Gatwick, two flights a day I believe. TAP also fly to and from Gatwick.
	17/2/06 Ralph Pomeroy For Portugese Superliga/National 2/Regional 3/4 and local Algarve League kick-off times try www.algarvedesporto.pt and click on campeanatos to select the league you are interested in ... re the Algarve stadium SC Farense one of the original tenants seem to have gone bust in Division 4 although Louletano are still using it
	17/2/06 Bill Berry FA PREMIER ACADEMY LEAGUE Matches on Saturday 18th February kick-off at 11.00, apart from the following: Nottm Forest at 10.00; Watford at 10.30;Arsenal at 10.45; Cardiff and Leicester at 11.30, and Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Ipswich and Sunderland at 12.00. The games at Manchester City and Newcastle are off.
	17/2/06 Keith Brooksbank The local papers report this week that the South Wirral League is to reform for next season. The league has provided a number of clubs for the West Cheshire League
	14/2/06 Bob Dutton Sheffield Senior Cup match between Wakefield/Emley (Unibond League) and South Kirkby Colliery (County Senior League) to be played Wednesday 8th March at Wakefield Wildcats RL ground.
	14/2/06 Stuart J.Pykett Yes Stephen,London Apsa are playing their home games there.I went the other week against Southend Manor.You can also hear when West Ham score at nearby Upton Park if they are at hame on the same day!!
	13/2/06 Chris Ashbridge With below-average temperatures forecast for Sat 11th Feb, I decided to spend the weekend in Portugal, where the temperatures (almost 20 centigrade at times) were actually the highest I have ever experienced in February anywhere. However, as I did not want to stay over till Monday morning, I had to plan things carefully in order to be able to catch the 19.55 Easyjet flight from Faro to Gatwick on Sunday. My Saturday match was the only option for a 'new' ground - Academica Coimbra v. Boavista (0-2) at the athletics stadium that had been rebuilt for Euro 2004. It kicked off at 7.15pm, and prior to it I had the unusual opportunity to watch Middlesbrough v. Chelsea (3pm) and Portsmouth v. Man Utd (5.15pm) live on TV screens in the new shopping centre that forms part of the stadium complex. After the game, I travelled on the 10pm coach to Lisbon from the bus station, the last train having departed at 21.27 which would have required a taxi ride as the stadium is a long walk from the main railway station. On Sunday I travelled by train from Lisbon to Olhao (near Faro) to watch the 2nd division match between SC Olhanense and Estoril. The home team are pushing for promotion to the top flight and if they suceed, it will be interesting to see how their ground copes as it only holds 6,000 at present - perhaps they might use the new Algarve Euro 2004 stadium? By the way, no programmes or club magazines available at either game although this did not really come as a surprise. A few more points - 1) I would recommend taking in a 2nd division game on the Sunday in order to 'save' the 1st division clubs for Saturday evenings as 2nd division games all seem to be played only on Sundays. There is also usually a 1st division game live on TV on Monday evenings. 2) At many grounds, entry to the main stand is restricted to club members so you may have to go on the far side although at Olhanense I carefully picked the right moment to show my far side ticket to a distracted gateman to get into the main stand! 3)Finding out details of the Sat/Sun timings of games on the internet is difficult and you may have to trawl through individual club websites, unless you are able to purchase a copy of the previous Sunday/Monday's 'A Bola' sports paper in London's West End.
	9/2/06 Stephen Harris Can anyone confirm the situation with regard to London APSA's home ground? Am I right to assume that all home games will now be played at the MacMillan Stadium in Custom House? (Incidentaly, in my free time I play guitar for Iron Maiden).
	9/2/06 Nic Adamou With reference to Andy's note about the Portishead V Larkhall game on the 31st December. I didn't fair any better, I got one from the Saltash game on the 14th January. Looks like they decided it was a quick way of getting rid of thier excess programmes, which is disapointing as we all paid for the correct one.
	9/2/06 Bill Berry In response to Paddy Mooney's posting, and at the risk of beating my own drum (ouch!), the former drummer with REM was.......Bill Berry! I think REM just about edges it over Chas 'N Dave!
	9/2/06 Martyn Girdham With the permission of the club, I shall producing a programme for the Lincolnshire Junior Cup Semi Final between Fulbeck United (Lincoln League) and AFC Friendship (Gainsborough League) on Saturday. Fulbeck is just off the A17, midway between Newark & Sleaford. The club play at the Sports Ground, located on the A607 main road through the village. There is a large clubhouse which the football club shares with cricket and the game kicks off at 2:15pm.
	9/2/06 Mick Burt In response to Paddy Mooney's posting I see the secret is out at last! What isn't known is that the original line from Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit as written by 'er indoors was: - "You won't stop hoppin' why don't you give it a rest!!" Well there we still go!
	9/2/06 Andy Langford The missing programme from the Portishead v Larkhall game on 31st December finally arrived yesterday(Wed 8th).The only problem was that it was for a match v Shrewton,played on January 21st ! I would rather have received nothing,than get a programme from a totally irrelevant match,although some people do like to get an old copy if one hasnt been issued for the match they attend.Dont know if anyone else got the proper one?,or were old copies sent out to all of us? On a better note,2 extra fixtures for this Sunday(not been checked)in the Seaton Challenge Cup 2nd Round. Awliscombe v East Budleigh,and Honiton Town v Sidbury.
	9/2/06 Mick Newey Whilst searching for some info on Liverpool airport I came across the following article stating that Speke's current ground is under threat: Click here
	9/2/06 Scott Struthers Re Steve Broughton and Bruce Robertson - Sunday games in Glasgow / Scotland. You will always get SFL u17 and u19 Youth League matches, the fixtures are always in saturday morning's daily Record, although a phone cal to the SFL will also tell you what is on, if it isn't on their website. You will also normally get a live TV first team game in the SPL too and the occasional junior / non-league game. Below u17 level, you will get a host of senior clubs playing from u11s and u12s (both sat mornings normally) and u13 - u19 all on Sundays, best check club youth websites for them or call the SFA on a Friday afternoon.
	8/2/06 Graham Paine Fair dos to Portishead-their missing programme finally turned up today!
	8/2/06 Paddy Mooney Whilst scanning the "entertainment" section of last nights Birmingham Evening Mail I noticed a review of Monday's Chas 'n Dave concert which eulogised about drummer Mick Burt. Is there something we should be told ?
	8/2/06 Richard Rundle Today a programme for Portishead v Shrewton United arrived on my doormat. Not the game I went to (the prog of which they said was done, just not photocopied), but better than nothing.
	8/2/06 Bill Berry Before all the letters, phone calls, e-mails, etc. I know this week's magazine has the wrong number. It should be Issue 24 not 23 - not my mistake (this time!). The contents (hopefully) are correct.
	7/2/06 Graham Paine Re the missing Portishead programme v Larkhall. I was one of many hoppers on the day who was deprived of a pound and promised a programme which I am still waiting for six weeks later. The whole thing leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. Anybody any further news on this?
	7/2/06 Rob Davidson In response to Steve Broughtons request on London League and London Legal League,the standard is the same as watching Amateur Football Combination,Arthurian League etc.Some of the venues are better than others.They are all artificial,some water based,some sand based[Paddington Rec has one of each]There are normally refreshments to be found,but not in all cases.I've never come across a programme.
	6/2/06 Steve Broughton Has anyone been to games in the London League or the London Legal League? They have regular floodlit midweek games on artificial pitches, and as I may be in the London area next week I might go to one. What's the standard like?
	6/2/06 Kerry Miller Reference the posts on Portishead FC. For those a little confused, up until last season (the club's last in the Somerset Senior League, they played on the pitch just to the right of the old tennis courts, now semi-derilict and used as a car park. They had for a number of years a breeze block stand which stood where the scruffy looking portacabins are now, and as a matter of interest now lies in a heap to the left of the car park having been knocked down and dumped. The first team also played a few games on the pitch in the corner behind the new set up, and are now on the pleasant and purpose built pitch which runs along the top of th complex, so for those anoraks among us, they are three pitch sites, none of which overlap, therefore three new grounds! Don't hold your breath for a programme as I was at the Senior Cup quarter-final with Bridgwater Town and there was none printed for that match.
	6/2/06 Chris Ashbridge Re; Paul Broadhurst's query - although I have not yet been to Malaga, I do have a map which was supplied to me by a fellow groundhopper. I can send you a photocopy, please email christopherashbridge@yahoo.com. *** Important note - I was told by the other groundhopper that Malaga's ground is currently being rebuilt along one side, therefore it may be best to put this one off until next season.) Yesterday, as I thought it was a bit too cold to go to France or Belgium, I made a daytrip by Ryanair to Valencia-based 2nd division club Levante UD for their home game against Ferrol (result 2-1).I could have gone by Easyjet, but their return flight departs 35 mins earlier and so I wanted to be sure of getting back to the airport on time, particularly as the metro extension (yes, Valencia does actually have an underground system) has not yet been completed and you need to catch a bus. Levante's ground (a 7 minute walk from the nearest metro station) is an impressive all-seated 28,000 capacity venue and as there are three different prices available for the main stand, my advice is to buy the cheapest one (25 euros) and you will be able to sit anywhere you like in that stand as there are plenty of empty seats. A welcome bonus was a glossy colour A5 programme given away free behind the main stand. So, a great day out and a few more tips from me - 1) the match kicked off at 5.30pm (due to TV) rather than the more usual time of 5pm, so if you go for a 5pm ko, you should be able to get back in time for the Easyjet flight. 2) While on the subject of ko times, remember that in Spain, exact Sat/Sun timings are not announced until a week in advance, so don't be tempted to book your flights too far in advance.
	5/2/06 Andy Langford : Today i went to the West Wales Senior Cup Quarter Final between Winch Wen, of the Swansea League, and Haverfordwest County of the Welsh Premier League.Winch Wen play in Carmel Road,Swansea, opposite The Halfway pub.An 8 page programme was issued for todays match(quid with admission) which was won 6-3 by the visitors in front of 158 spectators. Another QF tie of note is Ragged School v Swansea City,which according to the West Wales FA website is to be played by Sunday February 12th,although the Ragged School Secretary informed me this date has yet to be confirmed.The game is due to be played at RTB Landore,Beaufort Road,Swansea,which is where i saw them comfortably beat Seven Sisters of the Welsh League Division 3 in the last round.
	5/2/06 Gary Spooner re Malaga - get the train from airport into centre of Malaga - this is just a couple of euros - it's then a fair walk north away from sea to ground - however it's just as easy to grab a taxi as they are cheap - Malaga is an excellent opportunity to visit on a day trip as you can get early flight out and late flight home though it is a bit of a waste not to take advantage and stay a while!
	4/2/06 Mick Newey Today I took advantage of Boroughbridge being drawn at home in the quarter finals of both the WRCFA Challenge Cup and the WRCFA Challenge Trophy. The first team played Golcar Utd on the main pitch whilst the reserves played East End Park WMC(first and only team)on the pitch in the grounds of the adjacent Primary school. The 16 page programme (�1) gave equal prominence to both games with full team line ups and potted histories of both visiting teams. The Trophy game I watched finished 3-1 to Boroughbridge and, bizarrely, many of the crowd at the Cup game spent much of the time peering over the hedge at our game rather than concentrating on theirs.
	4/2/06 Paul Broadhurst Can anyone help me with directions to Malaga football ground from the airport?
	4/2/06 Mike Floate Those who know me may enjoy a laugh at my expense... Got the latest Welsh Football mag, saw an action photo with a very solid toilet block labelled GENTS behind a goal. Thought 'I recognise that - it's Tonyrefail'. Checked by reading the caption - correct! Then read and and found I'd taken the photo!! Getting old?
	3/2/06 Peter Abbott Additional fixture Tues 7 Feb 2006 Notts Senior Cup Rd 3 Boots Athletic v Radcliffe Olympic (7-30) at Radcliffe
	3/2/06 Steve Broughton In reply to Bruce Robertson - one option for Sunday games in Scotland is the Scottish League Youth Under 19 Division. This Sunday there are scheduled matches at Albion Rovers, Alloa, Berwick, Cowdenbeath, Elgin, Queens Park, Stirling Albion and St Mirren. Kick-off times vary but are often lunchtime/early afternoon. The Scottish League website may be updated with times before Sunday but I wouldn't bank on it (http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/scottish_football_league.cfm?showtype=match&show=youth19bymonth&init=Y&curpageid=1090) For venues and times it's best to contact the clubs direct. Queens Park usually play at Lesser Hampden which would be a good option if you're in Glasgow. Further afield, there are two BUSA University games scheduled this Sunday - St Abndrews v Abertay and Dundee v Stirling.
	2/2/06 Bill Berry FA Premier Academy League Fixture Update for Saturday 4th February: Charlton v Ipswich (1.00) and Everton v Manchester City (11.00) brought forward to Fri.3rd. Bolton v Stoke, Manchester Utd v Crewe and Southampton v Norwich are postponed. Leeds, Nottm Forest and Sheffield Wed k.o. at 11.30; Cardiff and MK Dons at 12.00.
	1/2/06 Bruce Robertson In Glasgow this Sunday morning and looking for a game to attend. Any one any ideas?
	31/1/06 Chris Carrington I believe that some people from The Traveller were at Chapel Town against Gamesley at the weekend. Does anyone here know anything about this???
	31/1/06 Peter Abbott Re-arranged Chelmsford City fixture - home versus Margate (Isthmian Lge Prem) is now Friday 3 March 2006 (ko 7-45). A sorry end to last nights (Mon 30 Jan) Chelmsford City's Essex Senior Cup Semi Final versus Braintree Town which was abandoned after 65 mins due to a mass player brawl. Although I don't know whether anything had been said from the City bench, it seemed to all go off after a Brintree player shoved City manager Craig Edwards. All players and both benches got involved in some way and I genuinely felt for referee Keith Yeo. He clearly didn't want to continue and after a delay when both Chairman were apparently trying to change his mind, he finally took the decision to send us all home ! Over then to the Essex FA ! For the record, Braintree were ahead 2-0.
	30/1/06 Martyn Girdham Further to the message from Nick Bainbridge, I visited Forest Town on Saturday and they are indeed playing on the 'top pitch'. The top pitch is in fact the old cricket ground that still has a resident scoreboard. It is fully enclosed and has steeply banked terracing on part of one side, backed by a recently refurbished patio area complete with tables and chairs. The terracing was probably once the home of seating for the cricket. A Forest Town official said they had played there since around November and would continue to do so as far as he knew ! The club issued their normal informative programme. Further to the comment on Limestone Rangers resigning from the Lincolnshire League, I can confirm they continue to field a side (struggling) in the Scunthorpe & District League, in case anyone still wishes to visit this rural setting in Willoughton, near Kirton Lindsey. Fixtures can be found on the fa full time website. Be careful where you search as the Scunthorpe League is not under S or even under F (for Fallen Hero - the sponsors) but actually under the letter A !!!.
	30/1/06 Rob Hornby / Bill Berry The schedule for the 2006 Easter Hop is... Good Friday 14th April: Bentley Colliery v Askern Welfare (10.30 am); Thorne Colliery v Newark Town (1.45pm); Bottesford Town v Yorkshire Main (5 pm) and Appleby Frodingham v Barton Town Old Boys (7.45 pm). Saturday 15th April: Kiveton Park v Harworth CI (11.30 am); Dinnington Town v Holbrook MW (2.30 pm); AFC Barnsley v Bolsover Town (6.15 pm). Rob writes..."Hi Folks In 2004 The Central Midlands Football League decided to set up 5 matches in one day to create a New World Record for groundhoppers not only all over England but from around the world. Last season we set up 5 matches, 4 in one day. This season sees 7 games over 2 days over Easter, Good Friday and Easter Saturday. MATCH PACKAGE TICKET �20..INCLUDES ADMISSION TO ALL 7 GROUNDS AND 7 MATCHDAY PROGRAMMES. COACH TRAVEL IS AVAILABLE AT A EXTRA FEE. FOR BOOKING FORM PLEASE E-MAIL hornby60uk@yahoo.co.uk or RING 01623 486678 AND SPEAK TO ROB HORNBY. If you purchase a advanced ticket you will save yourself �8.50 and also it is the only way you are guarented a matchday programme. Regards Rob Hornby Abacus Lighting Central Midlands League Clubs Liaision Officer"
	30/1/06 Bill Berry Further to Keith Dawson's posting there are also two CML Floodlit Cup 2nd Round Replays on Wednesday evening - Harworth v Radford and Dinnington v Holbrook
	30/1/06 Dave Bradley I went to Wythenshawe Amateurs last Saturday and was advised by their helpful secretary that a move to a brand new stadium is imminent as they intend to progress to the NWC league.
	30/1/06 Chris Ashbridge Barcelona - based club L'Hospitalet (of the Spanish 3rd division, confusingly known as division '2A') have been playing on a new ground since 1999, in case you hadn't realised. I visited their new ground yesterday (Sun 29th Jan) as part of a weekend trip to Spain. Although I had visited their old ground (now covered by apartment blocks) almost exactly 10 years previously, in March 1996, I did some diligent checking and found out about the move. But to start from the beginning - my first match of the weekend was a 6.30pm kick-off at Gimnastic Tarragona, an hour by train from Barcelona. The ground is not easy to find, being located among steep hills to the north-east of the town and I only arrived some 35 mins before ko. Please note that although the ground is called the 'New Stadium' (when translated from Spanish, obviously)it is not all that new, I would guess it was built sometime in the 1970s or early 1980s. (If anyone knows more about this, please advise.) In front of a crowd of 5,605, the match finished 0-0, which was not good news following my visit to Hadley on Wednesday! I have never seen 3 goalless draws in a row (surely justification for suicide) so it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I approached the noon ko at L'Hospitalet on Sunday. Mercifully, my prayers for a goal were answered as the visitors scored after just 5 mins and went on to win 2-1. The new stadium, called Feixa Llarga, is a very impressive 8,000 all-seated affair, although surprisingly, the pitch is synthetic (which was probably just as well as there appeared to have been some very heavy rain overnight.) It was opened in March 1999 and is a 10 minute walk from the last station at the western end of metro line 1 (the red line) Finally, my third match was a 5pm ko at the Montjuic (Olympic) Stadium where I saw Espanyol defeat Malaga 3-1. Espanyol have plans for a new stadium, although this will probably not be until 2007-08 at the earliest. (While on this subject, I believe Valencia also plan to move at a similar time.) So, all in all, a good weekend in Spain. Various types of programmes or club magazines were available at all 3 games - details will appear in my 'Programme Monthly' column in due course.
	30/1/06 Chris Bedford For those interested, I've got an incompete list of forthcoming fixtures for the Watson Associates Mid Wales League (South): 4/2 Newcastle-on-Clun v Builth Blues; 11/2 Gwernyfed v Llandrindod Wells; 18/2 Llandrindod Wells v Sennybridge; St Harmon v Newcastle-on-Clun; 25/2 Rhosgoch v Llandrindod Wells; Newcastle-on-Clun v Sennybridge. Members of the league are: Brecon; Builth Blues; Builth Wells; Gwernyfed; Hay St Marys; Knighton Reserves; Llandrindod Wells; Newbridge; Newcastle-on-Clun; Penybont; Presteigne Reserves; Radnor Valley; Rhosgoch Rangers; Sennybridge; St Harmon; Vale of Arrow. Newcastle and Llandrindod Wells have websites which can be found on google.
	30/1/06 Dave Norris Anybody looking for a Thursday night game this week. AFC Wimbledon are at home to Met Police in the Surrey Senior Cup kick off 7.45, with reduced admission prices of 6 pounds for terrace or stand.
	28/1/06 Keith Dawson Anybody thinking of going to limestone rangers in the lincolnshire league please note that they have withdrawn.In the central midlands league both Heanor and Askern have been having problems with their floodlights and kicking off early,this has also led to the reversal of the Heanor v Greenwood Meadows fixture on Wednesday 1st February which will now take place at Lenton Lane,Nottingham.
	27/1/06 Andy Langford The only game still scheduled for this Sunday in the Bishops Castle Charity Cup is at Montgomery.The date for the Bishops Castle v Newbridge tie is still to be arranged(Newbridge requested the game be played on Jan 22nd,then cancelled it the night before)As previously reported,Craven Arms won 4-1 last week.
	27/1/06 Bill Berry Amendments and Additions to TFT No.22: Mon 30/1 - Add Essex Senior Cup Semi-Final-Chelsmford v Braintree Tues 31/1 - Delete Northern League-One-Newcastle Benfield v Whitley Bay Add Midland Alliance-Biddulph v Racing Warwick Add Westerby Cup 2nd Round-Hinckley v Coalville(7-15) Wed 1/2 - Add Northumberland Senior Cup 2nd Round-Bedlington v Alnwick, West Allotment v Newcastle Benfield Northern League Cup 3rd Round-Add Norton & Stockton v Newcastle BS, Delete Bedlington v Darlington RA Add Brighton Charity Cup 1st Round-Steyning v Wick, 2nd Round-East Preston v Shoreham Add South Western League-Plymouth Parkway v Bodmin
	27/1/06 Peter Abbott Additional midweek fixtures at Chelmsford City's Melbourne Park Stadium: Monday 30 January 2006 versus Braintree Town Essex Senior Cup Semi Final (ko probably 7-45 although ESC games can ko at 7-30) Wednesday 8 March 2006 Isthmian Lge Premier versus Hendon (7-45)
	26/1/06 John Bower Re-Bishops Castle Charity Cup.Craven Arms Town v. Newcastle played Sunday 22nd January.4-1 to Craven Arms as per www.newcastleafc.co.uk .Hopefully Craven Arms will be home in next round!! Also I was at Portishead match on 31st of December and am awaiting promised programme!!
	26/1/06 Nick Bainbridge i've heard rumours that forest town fc of the central midlands league are now playing on the top pitch at forest town welfare and this has just been confirmed by the central midlands league general secretary as being correct.
	25/1/06 Tony Incenzo Having enjoyed the Hadley match last night at the athletics track in St Albans, I have found out today that Hemel Ladies play at the Dacorum Athletics Track in Hemel Hempstead. I have also discovered that football is played at four running tracks in London - Sutton Arena, Southwark Park, Kingsmeadow Athletics Stadium and Tooting Bec Arena. Can anyone tell me which Sunday sides use those venues and how I can find out their fixtures? Thanks in advance.
	25/1/06 Richard Garbitz Anyone embarking on car trips to the continent may wish to know that Trans Europa Ferries run a service from Ramsgate to Ostend. I booked a journey leaving Ramsgate on a Saturday at 12.00 and returning from Ostend at 18.00 hours on Sunday for a total price of �21 !!!!!
	25/1/06 Chris Bedford http://bishopscastlefc.intheteam.com/modules/page/page.aspx?type=home&mid=13178&pmid=0
	25/1/06 Andy Dakin With regard to Andy Langford's post on the Bishops Castle Charity Cup, if you get any confirmations, Andy, would be grateful if you could let me know (andy_dakin@hotmail.com) as so far have been unable to even locate the BCTFC website. On the subject of Portishead, did you get from Sea Mills to Portishead in eight minutes??
	25/1/06 Peter Ford Len S and I were at Romford last night - the only highlight being the news in the programme that London APSA are moving in to the Terence MacMillan stadium ,281 Prince Regent Lane, Newham (with access to the stadium from Maybury Road) with the first match on Saturday 4 February against Southend Manor.
	24/1/06 Chris Ashbridge Regarding Peter Ford's post, isn't Syon Lane where the club are currently based? (different entrance though when used by Harrow Hill Rovers, hence different address.) I think the purchase is simply to gain security of tenure over their present ground.
	24/1/06 David Denton Real Madrid Castilla are now playing their Segunda Divisie games at Ciudad Deportiva (Sporting Centre) which is a new development not far from Barajas Airport. One side is fully seated with a small amount of cover for dignatories only. Further seating is available behind one goal and half the oppostive side. Capacity is around 2,500 - for the match I saw against Numancia the gate was quoted as 2,000 which I though a huge over-estimation. However this pitch will be replaced, probably next season, by a larger stadium being built just behind the present one.
	23/1/06 Andy Langford According to the Bishops Castle Town website,this Sunday(Jan 29) sees the first round of the Bishops Castle Charity Cup. draw- Bishops Castle Town V Newbridge,Knighton Town Res. V Churchstoke,Craven Arms Town V Newcastle and Montgomery V Dyffryn Banw. I dont know if these games are confirmed yet,so they would need checking first. On another subject,I was one of a dozen or so travellers who went to Portishead on New Years Eve. No programme was issued,but everyone who paid a quid and left their address was promised a copy be posted on (the programme was done,but the photo copier had broken down that morning), however 3 weeks on, nothing has arrived. Has anyone else received anything? I must say when last doing this, Holyport had sold out 12-Apr 2004, the promised programme duly arrived 4 days later!
	23/1/06 Martin Wray Further to Chris Ashbridge's posting dated 19/01 and regarding the forthcoming games to be played by Hadley of the HSCL (ie v Sandridge Rovs on Weds 25th Jan and v Evergreen on Weds 15th Feb)at the Westminster Lodge Athleics Track. Having being to the venue on several occasions during the athletics season, travellers may find a map, directions and some photos on the following GB Athletics website link: www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=stalbans
	23/1/06 Chris Ashbridge While I was in Paris yesterday, I noticed an interesting item in a newspaper, which may be of interest to anyone planning to watch next weekend's French Cup tie between St.Genevieve and Calais. Apparently, the ground capacity has been set at 1,600 and Calais have been allocated only 120 tickets. Consequently, it is possible that this match may be a sell-out, given the popularity of the French Cup and the home side's inability, or reluctance, to switch the game to a bigger stadium.
	23/1/06 Chris Ashbridge Further to my entry of 16/01/06, I made an Eurostar daytrip to Paris yesterday to watch Levallois lose 1-3 at home to Viry-Chatillon in a CFA2 match. As stated on www.fff.fr, the venue was not Levallois's usual ground (which is situated very close to the inner city boundary) but a temporary venue in Gennevilliers, which turned out to be where their reserve/youth teams, plus their tennis section, are based. It appears that they will be playing there for the rest of the current season. (It is not clear why they have moved, but as there are so many stadiums in France, it is commmonplace for local councils to close one at a time for maintenance or improvement work to be carried out.) There is no cover for spectators, although there is slight banking on one side of the pitch, which is enclosed by a modern infilled railing of the type often found in France. No programme was issued, although this didn't come as a surprise, given that they had also failed to issue on my visit to their main ground some 5 years. Good news for ticket collectors though is that the standard issue tickets sold at all CFA/CFA2 matches now include the name of the home club printed neatly on the face. I'm not sure whether many of you will want to 'tick' a venue without cover, but anyone interested should ask me for a photocopy of a map, as the ground is mysteriously omitted from all the maps I have seen and it is also a fair walk from the nearest RER/metro stations. Incidentally, I took the opportunity to walk past an interesting old stadium (in the adjoining suburb of Villeneuve-la-Garenne) which was used by Stade Francais when they were in the 2nd division in 1982-83, which sadly was a few years before I started groundhopping abroad. It is still used regularly for local football though.
	23/1/06 Peter Ford I visited Hounslow Borough on Saturday - playing in the same complex as they were about 4 years ago, but on a completely different pitch. According to the programme, the President of the club has bought 23 acres of land in Syon Lane (I imagine that will cost a bob or two), and the club are now going to consider relodcating to a new ground there, with floodlights. They are planning to groundshare next season if they do secure promotion. A 4-2 win on Saturday (all goals in the first half) will have done them no harm in that direction
	21/1/06 Paul Roach Additional fixture for Tuesday 24th January 7.45 p.m. Warrington Town v Burscough A full match programme will, as always, be issued. There is not much else on that night so feel free to come down and make yourself known. You will be most welcome.
	21/1/06 Colin Peel Portsmouth train at the Southampton Uni ground opposite Eastleigh FC, maybe this is where the Academy sides play also? Quite low security for normal training, unlike most FAPL training venues.
	21/1/06Andy Molden The very short and boring answer to the query on why some clubs don't let on as to where their Youth teams play is the "Child Protection Act". Basically anyone involved with players 17 and under should be vetted and regsitered before they can get involved (including referees - confirmed by paragraph in O.F.A. handbook). Some pro clubs stick rigidly to the rules and less people at games involving 17 and unders means less chance of an infringement of the rules.
	19/1/06 Michael Burt With the permission of the club, I shall producing a programme for the Oxfordshire Senior Cup tie between Oxford University Press and Chipping Norton Town at Jordan Hill on Saturday. Please note that Kick-Off is at 1.30pm
	19/1/06 Steve Hardy I can tell Kerry Miller that he is not alone in not getting any information from Portsmouth about where their Academy side play. I had the same problem at Derby who said they wouldn't tell me where their game was being played as they don't encourage spectators to watch them. Seems strange that when they produce a proper match programme for every game. Anyone know what is behind this?
	19/1/06 Kerry Miller Reference Saturday morning youth games, it is always a good idea to completely ignore press and website info as there is often a change of venue or kick-off right up to the night before. The Bristol City website religiously gives their kick-off times as 11am at Abbots Leigh but they rarely do, as it could be anything from 11.30am to 1pm, depending on who they are playing. Team sheets available in the upstairs area beforehand. At Southampton, they always play at 11am at the old RS Southampton ground at Marchwood which is superb and has the original stand and has been Saints training centre for ages. Team sheets usually but they tailed off towards the end of last season. Bristol Rovers play on pitch 2 at AXA, the Glos County League ground at 11am, so if you time it right you could do the two pitches one after the other. This is at Cribbs Causeway, next to Clifton Rugby ground. Beware that some clubs now play Sat morning games behind closed doors. I have had poblems at Reading, who needed me to apply for press accreditation and Portsmouth who refuse to divulge where their games are. However, a quick call to the opposition usually solves that one. Finally, Yeovil play their games outside Huish Park on the training pitch, and if you don't fancy the Glovers, Westland Sports is 2 mins away
	19/1/06 Bill Berry Amendments & Additions to TFT No.21 Sat 21/1-FA Premier Academy League-Watford ko at 10-30; Arsenal at 10-45; Huddersfield, Ipswich and Newcastle at 11-30; Norwich and Wolves at 12-00, and Sunderland at 1-00. Tues 24/1-Midland Alliance-Add Coalville v Malvern South Western League-Add Newquay v Falmouth
	19/1/06 Chris Ashbridge Many of you will have read in this week's magazine about Hadley playing a home game v. Sandridge Rovers at Westminster Lodge, St. Albans on Weds 25th Jan. In fact, they are also playing Evergreen at the same venue on Weds 15th Feb, also at 7.15pm - so no need to rush there next Wednesday! The ground appears to be an athletics venue and is located opposite St. Albans Abbey station.
	18/1/06 David Dixon According to last night's Bradford Telegraph & Argus Bradford Park Avenue's game with Matlock Town on Saturday will kick off at 1pm. Apparently the league have stopped them playing under floodlights until the lux value has been checked and the deadline they were given has expired. The article indicates that the Council were asked to carry out readings by the club, but have not yet done so.
	18/1/06 Chris Bedford Thursday's Staffs Senior Cup game at Stafford has been postponed.
	16/1/06 Mark Evans Long Crendon of the Oxfordshire Senior League are now playing home games back in Long Crendon as the refurbished pavilion has been completed
	16/1/06 Ken Allison Whilst at Lothian Thistle last Saturday (0-0 AET v Edinburgh City) I was told that Spartans historic ground on Ferry Road in Edinburgh has been sold for housing. Sadly the old stand which gave impressive views over the Forth as well as the pitch was demolished about two years ago, but anyone still wishing to visit the ground should do so as soon as possible.
	16/1/06 Martin Girdham Re Youth teams playing on non league grounds. Hull City are playing at Winterton Rangers this season whilst Scunthorpe United play their games at Brigg Town. However watch out for fixture clashes as Scunthorpe's Youth Coach Tony Daws informed me recently that because of Brigg playing at home, Scunthorpe have played several Saturday morning games at Goole.
	16/1/06 Stephen Harris On the subject of Saturday morning youth team football. Leyton Orient are playing this season at the Ive Farm Sports Ground, Ive Farm Lane, London E10 (although early in the season they played one home game each at St Margaretsbury and Barkingside's grounds). No programme or teamsheet is issued except for FA Youth Cup games, which are played at Brisbane Road.
	16/1/06 Chris Ashbridge Looking at www.fff.fr, it appears that Paris-based CFA2 club Levallois are playing at a different ground than usual this Sunday (22nd Jan) at 3pm. Also, further Sunday games in CFA or CFA2 at Chantilly (2.30pm), Gap and Jarville, and I haven't even finished looking at the fixtures yet! All these 4 games are against visiting teams that are NOT reserve sides of bigger clubs.
	16/1/06 Chris Oakley Thanks for those who responded to my bit about Sat morning u-18 games...sorry Im new to this noticeboard thing so have been a bit slow in responding. Molins Sports is in Princes Risbrough in Mill Lane...but I saw Wycombe there years ago (that's for travelleur extraordinaire Chris Ashbridge), and for Tony Incenzo Ive had programmes over the years at Wycombe, Colchester, Crystal Palace when they were at the National Sports Centre, but more recently they were back to a team sheet having taken over the old CUACO ground,Chelsea at Imperial College's ground, and of course the one that you mentioned: West Ham...otherwise it's team sheets...if you are lucky, because they are often pretty hard to track down (Southampton and Birmingham City, it was a fluke). Ive seen Stoke juniors at Newcastle Town but I dont know of any other that use non-league grounds...did Bolton use Accrington for a while? but the Garrison ground in Gillingham is a gem, and Iffley Road in Oxford, albeit an athletics stadium still has a fine stand and is obviously steeped in history.The O's use Eton Manor's old ground where you can see traces of old terracing. But it is hard to keep up with which ground is being currently used, so much of what I am saying may be hopelessly out of date...you really have to check with the club in the week of the game that you want to see.(Do Brentford still play out in Tolworth?) Anyway Im really grateful for the info that this has flushed out, and obviously welcome any more, either regarding enclosed grounds or programmes.
	15/1/06 Steve King Saturday 14th January 2006 - Great Wyrley 4, Ludlow Town 1 - West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division - Att : est 50 - Admission �3.00 including 8pp. On Saturday 14th January I ventured up to the West Midlands to see unbeaten Great Wyrley take on mid-table Ludlow Town. I travelled to Birmingham by train and took the 13.12 local train to Landywood station, this being an hourly service from New Street at 12 mins past each hour journey time about 30-35 mins. Coming back again it is an hourly service into New Street at 34 mins past each hour. The club's Hazel Lane ground is about a 10 minute walk from Landywood station. On arrival I paid �3.00 admission including a basic 8 page unstapled programme that had an attractive card cover in the club's colours of red & black. On talking to an official, Great Wyrley have now gone over 50 games unbeaten when including the end of last season, and their record this season before this match of 13 wins, 10 draws and no defeats suggested a comfortable win against mid-table Ludlow Town but a less than inspiring 1st half saw few chances but the home team went in a goal up at the interval! . However the 2nd half was a different story, and despite a controversial equaliser by the visitors, Great Wyrley stepped up a gear and dominated the game to eventually win 4-1 to extend their unbeaten run. The ground is not too bad, being north of Walsall but away from the bustle having quite a scenic setting of hills and countryside on one side. As you enter there is a large clubhouse and function room behind the goal beyond the car park, and a busy tea bar area outside did a brisk trade in hot food and drinks etc. In the corner next to the clubhouse is a covered area with bench seating where you can either stand or sit. The club have floodlights and the pitch is railed off on all sides of the ground. There is a reasonable pub about 200 yards past the ground called The Star which served Banks's Original and a guest beer on handpump and an enjoyable day was rounded off back in Birmingham after the game with a few pints in what must be one of the best pubs in Britain v! ery near New Street Station - The Wellington in Bennetts Hill which had their usual 15 handpumps on selling excellent real ale from a number of breweries.
	13/1/06 Gary Foxall Most accademy games that I have attended have produced team sheets. Man City,Ipswich,Sheffield Utd,Barnsley and West Ham who issued a decent programme to name a few.Wolves did not issue last season, either did Portsmouth or Northampton in the Youth league.Also for any body who is not aware Racing Club Warwick kick off at 4pm tomorrow due to the horse racing.They will also have a similar kick off time for one of there February fixtures.
	13/1/06 Scott Struthers To Dave Woodings and others, re UD San Pedro, Spanish Regional (Andalucian) Div 3. I was there on Tuesday, it is Estadio Municipal in the town of San Pedro de Alcantara, just along from the resort of Puerto Banus. The ground is three sided, with a high built covered centre section of the main stand, at the middle of the pitch, sitting atop light brown painted high terraced steps /seats, just continuous concrete. Opposie the main stand and behind goal to left all same, high stepped terrace, which you can also sit on. The left hand goal is virtually similar to that at Stirling Albion's Forthbank Stadium. They average crowds of 300 I'm told. They frequently play Malaga or Seville in friendlies.
	12/1/06 Tony Incenzo Further to the comments here about Saturday morning youth games, most issue teamsheets but how many clubs issue proper programmes? I got one at West Ham under-18s a few years ago and I believe that Derby County youth also issue a full programme. Any more information please?
	12/1/06 Bil Berry AMENDMENTS & ADDITIONS TO TFT NO. 20 Sat.14th.Jan.-South Western League-Delete Porthleven v Callington. Hampshire Senior Cup Quarter Final-Add Basingstoke v Aldershot. Mon.16th.Jan.-Premiership Reserve League-South-Delete Chelsea v Southampton. Tues.17th.Jan.-Midland Alliance-Add Alvechurch v Causeway. Derbyshire Senior Cup Quarter Final-Add Belper v Alfreton. Durham Challenge Cup Quarter Final-Add Chester-le-Street v Darlington RA. Premiership Reserve League-North-Delete Aston Villa v Birmingham (now Wed.18th.). Wed.18th.Jan.-Northern League-One-Delete Brandon v Chester-le-Street. Craven Cup 2nd Round-Delete Darlington RA v Kennek Ryhope South Western League-Add Porthleven v Truro. Premiership Reserve League-North-Delete Sunderland v Manchester Utd. Thur.19th.Jan.-Staffs Senior Cup-Add Stafford v Tamworth.
	11/1/06 Bruce Robertson Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesboro Juniors usually play on the accademy pitches rather than using non league grounds. This sometimes does happen if double booked or because of weather. The best chance of a Saturday morning game on a non league ground is usually if a representative junior side is playing and we only find out about them on the Wednesday before if not the day of the game. Whatever you do enjoy Crook!!
	10/1/06 Keith Brooksbank 55 clubs have applied to join the new liverpool county league for next season.as membership of county comb and i zingari lge is 52 it doesnt mention who the new clubs are.there is also still time for clubs to apply
	10/1/06 Andy Langford Newcastle United U18s are using the Newcastle United Training Centre,Darsley Park,Whitley Road,Benton(next door to West Allotment FC.)for their Premier Academy matches.This may only be a tempory arrangement,as the 1st Team are currently using the Academy ground on Greenlee Drive.The home match against Middlesbrough is scheduled for Friday January 27th 12.00 kick off,with all other home matches on Saturdays with varied kick off times.
	9/1/06 Mark Herron Staffs County League - Travellers may like to be aware that the Staffs County League (http://www.staffordshirecountyseniorleague.co.uk/index2.html) is advising clubs to leave pitch inspections as late as possible, and warning against early morning inspections! Northern League & Wearside League - In December the NL announced to the press that only 1 club will be relegated after no WL clubs applied for promotion. The WL is claiming that it put 3 clubs forward (Birtley, Willington and Whitehaven), though some reports also include Stokesley. It now appears that the two leagues have been working to different deadlines. Fans of all potentially-affected clubs are still in the dark as to the likely outcome. Glos Northern Senior League - Finally, if anyone needs an insight into the machinations of lower non-League football, check out the first item of this league's September minutes at http://www.glosnsl.co.uk/minutes/Management%20Meeting%20Minutes%20September%202005.htm
	7/1/06 Craig Dabbs Just to let everyone know that after seventeen years of not issuing a programme (they tell me) Brereton Social are now doing so.
	6/1/06 Paul Massey TFT readers may be interested to know that we (Findern) have a 'top of the table' clash against Wirksworth Sports tomorrow (7th) at home (Noel Baker School, Derby) at 2pm. I will be producing a 32-page colour programme (50p a copy) for this game and our remaining 9 home fixtures. We have received visits from 'travellers' from all over the UK and have therefore decided to start up a 'Visitors Book' which we ask everyone to sign. We appreciate all visitors coming to our ground and everyone will be made welcome.
	6/1/06 Gary Spooner Re an earlier post about Saturday AM youth team games - do any clubs use actual non league grounds to play on or are they all on training pitches etc? I am looking to go to Crook on 21st Jan for the vase game and a morning game would make the long journey extra worthwhile. Is there a site where youth fixtures / venues are readily available. Many thanks in advance for any help.
	6/1/06 Mick Burt I have produced a programme for the Dorset Senior Cup Quarter Final tomorrow between Chickerell United and Verwood Town. The match is at The Stalls, Off School Hill, Chickerell and kick off is 1.30pm.
	6/1/06 Phil Loy Leon Gladwell writes regarding fixtures in the north of Holland. If you know that ONS are going to be at home, whilst you are there, my suggestion of ACV Assen will be no good as they seem to alternate home fixtures with ONS. However should it be a week when ONS are away it is to be recommended. ACV have two covered stands along one side of the ground and always produce a very good programme. I would imagine all clubs in this league issue however. As lesser levels LTC also in Assen and de Weide of Hoogeveen issue 8 page programmes, which double as raffle tickets. At de Weide you get 3 programmes for €1. If you are prepared to wait there are dozens of spares available for free after the raffle draw. By the way ACV play in one of the stadia alongside the de Smeldt Ice Stadium about half an hour walk along the ring road, turning left out of the station. Wherever you go, have a great time.
	5/1/05 Martin Wray Following on from Peter Abbott's comments re Chelmsford City on 29/12 I attended the club's first game at the Melbourne Park Athletics Centre ground. The Ryman League Premier Division fixture agaist Billericay was delayed for 20 minutes due to crowd congestion. The near capacity attendance of 2998 saw the Clarets win 2-1. Peter describes the facilities in perfect detail and I can confirm that the venue is impressive. For pictures of the new ground travellers can visit www.footballgroundsinfocus.com
	3/1/05 Leon Gladwell I am travelling to Friesland in Northern Holland in February for a museum exhibition and hope to take in games at Cambuur Leeuwarden and Groningen with the option of an Eredivisie or Gouden Gids Sunday fixture nearer Amsterdam (possibly Ajax). I want to take in a (Saturday) Hoofklasse match before Groningen and wondered whether anyone has watched football at this level in this region. If so, any interesting grounds, places and programmes to report on? I have tentatively pencilled in Oranje Nassau Sneek (Saturday C) but am open to suggestions! Thanks in advance.
	3/1/05 Nidge Tovey I watched Merrow f.c. on new years eve. pitch was perfect and they claim never to loose a game to the wet. Secretary very helpful as well. Well worth a visit on a wet day. About 20 minutes walk (uphill) from London Road Guildford station. Merrow's ground is The Urnfield, Downside Road, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8PH
	3/1/05 David Denton The International Community School in London at which I am the Bursar has for several years been running environmental trips for the students to such locations as the Maldives, Galapagos, Amazon Rain Forest, etc. We are now considering whether to extend this facility to special interest groups such as ornithology or indeed football ! To that end I was considering trips to countries with a good football pedegree but which present some difficulties when trying to arrange visits. Serbia with Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) and Partizan certainly fall into that category. Also in the school we have several Serb speakers which should make arrangements that much easier. The trip would be over a weekend, based in Belgrade with matches at one of the big two plus hopefully a couple of other games. Prices would be dependant upon numbers but every effort would be made to keep costs down. I don't know whether there would be any interest but if anybody fancies a football trip to the Balkans - future destinations might include Kiev, Minsk or Tblisi please email at icsbursar@skola.co.uk Look forward to hearing from you
	3/1/06 Chris Ashbridge It was interesting to read what Richard Rundle said about Portishead having used a differnet pitch in the past. However, the covered accomodation at the old pitch has been demolished (if it was there at all in the first place) as there is no visible trace of it. Also, I did not see a cricket square or any cricket sightscreens, only a couple of other footballl pitches. Interestingly, one of these is at an awkward angle to the newly enclosed 'new' pitch, and in one place the touchline of the old pitch is so close that players running too fast out of play run a slight risk of colliding with the barnd-new steel fence! Defintely worth 'ticking' (or revisiting, depending on your own rules) even if you've already been there for a Somerset Senior League game. Oh, and by the way, I had a good trip yesterday to Bradford Town for their 1-0 win over Cadbury Heath, which leaves me with only Longwell Green of the trio of newcomers to do. Nice glossy programme came free with the �4 admission and it was particularly satisfying to have 'ticked' a venue which I had missed out in its brief Hellenic League stint in the mid-1980's.
	3/1/06 Chris Bedford Two reserve games for tomorrow evening in the Central Conference: Stafford v AFC Telford (7.45 pm) and Worcester v Burton (7.45 pm). A4 teamsheets are usually issued by both clubs.
	3/1/06 Peter Ford Ground updates - Cadbury Heath appear to be planning to upgrade their training facilities at Walker Playing Fields (wherever they are), and include floodlights. Biddestone are hoping to have lights in place for the start of next season. The pitch will be moved some 20 yards to the left (as you look from the clubhouse), to avoid the cricket pitch. Finchampstead are still planning to move the other side of the hedge, away from the road, and hope eventually to get floodlights. I was also told that Shrewton's lights will be ready by March
	3/1/06 Scott Struthers Dave Woodings - many thanks on the info re UD San Pedro. On checking the Marbella town website, it has them playing at Estadio Municipal in San Pedro de Alcantara as you say. We (Hamilton Accies) are playing German side Kickers Offenbach there next Tuesday (10th).
	1/1/06 Richard Rundle Re: Chris Ashbridge's comments on Portishead - they did indeed use a different pitch in the same complex until a couple of years ago. It was near the entrance and clubhouse, and had (if I remember correctly) a brick built white-painted covered area, split into several sections. The pitch overlapped with substantial portions of the cricket outfield, so the football club have moved to an area of their own, which as Chris says has had some money spent on it. The club have apparently made a (second?) application for planning permission for floodlights.
	31/12/05 Trevor Pike BISHOP'S LYDEARD seem to have adapted well following their advancement from the Taunton Saturday League and, midway through the club's third season at the higher level, are now well placed in Division Two of the Somerset County League. The club is based at Darby Way which is on the Cothelstone Road a short walk from the village centre. I gather that most strangers approaching by car from the village turn into Darby Way and are puzzled not to find a football ground. I was one of these! Darby Way is the name of a housing estate and the road running around it. The football club is found a little further along the main road where the marked entrance leading into a car-park is on the right. On the other side of the road is an alternative pitch used by local/junior sides and also owned by Bishop's Lydeard FC. The main pitch is railed along most of the near side and there is a section of wooden fencing opposite where good sized concrete block dug outs are positioned. Behi! nd them, and at right angles to the first team pitch, a further playing area can be seen and this is used by juniors - including girls - and Sunday teams. Conifer trees have been grown behind both ends and on part of the far side. On the near side, the old stone dressing-rooms are very basic but there is a section of concrete standing beneath an overhanging roof extension where 30 or so spectators could be comfortably accommodated. Planning permission was granted almost two years ago for this structure to be extended/modernised, but to date no progress has been made. Visitors Peasedown Athletic are in dire straits at present and recently failed to raise a side for a fixture against Dundry. No games have been won so far and the club's immediate target is to simply survive until the end of the season and then regroup. The game I saw was sadly very one sided and Bishop's Lydeard were 7-0 up by half time with all seven being scored by Lee ("I don't train") Hellier. After missing a sitter early in the second period, Lee gave way to one of the club's promising youngsters and a further 4 goals were added. At the final whistle, 3 cheers were exchanged - rugby fashion - by each team which isn't seen in senior soccer too often. Nice touch though. Potential visitors will be encouraged to note that games are very rarely called off here. After heavy morning rain and continuing showers later on, there were no problems whatsoever and the surface remained firm. Bishop's Lydeard do not issue programmes, although a newsletter used to appear from time to time some years ago. Att : 33 The village has 3 real ale pubs and "The Lethbridge Arms" offers good value meals in the bar or restaurant. Railway enthusiasts will be well aware of the local steam line which goes on to Minehead from here.
	30/12/05 Bill Berry MORE CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO TFT NO.19 Saturday 31st December Toolstation League-Premier-Delete Brislington v Welton and Corsham v Odd Down (now Tues.3rd.Jan.) Add Bristol MF v Keynsham(1-00) and Willand v Welton Barnstaple kick-off at 12.00 One-Delete Shepton Mallet v Elmore (now Mon.2nd.Jan.) Chard kick-off at 1.00, Saltash at 2.00 and Weston St Johns at 1.00 Add South Western League-Callington v Millbrook(2-00) St Austell v Newquay(12-00) St Blazey v Truro(1-00) Tavistock v Torpoint(11-00) Add Highland League-Huntley v Fraserburgh Monday 2nd January Northern League-One-Delete Thornaby v Sunderland Nissan (now Wed.4th.Jan.) Two-Delete Darlington RA v Prudhoe (now Wed.4th.Jan.) Central Midlands League-Supreme-Delete Appleby Frodingham v Pinxton Bolsover v Heanor Kimberley v Barton Add Appleby Frodingham v Bolsover Heanor v Pinxton Premier-Delete Blidworth v Santos Matlock Utd v Harworth Add Matlock Utd v Blidworth League Cup 1st Round-Add Santos v Barton Kiveton Park kick-off at 12.30 Toolstation League - Premier-Barnstaple now kick-off at 3.00 One-Almondsbury kick-off at 2.15 Add South Western League Cup Quarter Finals-(2-30)-Falmouth v Plymouth Parkway Launceston v Wadebridge Liskeard v Bodmin Penryn v Goonhavern(11.00) Tuesday 3rd January Add Highland League-(3-00)-Brora v Nairn Clachnacuddin v Wick Forres v Cove Inverurie Locos v Fort William Keith v Deveronvale Lossiemouth v Rothes Submit
	30/12/05 Bill Berry AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO TFT NO.19 Friday 30th December Midland Alliance-Delete Oldbury v Chasetown Add Coalville v Malvern Welsh League-One-Add Bridgend v Bettws Saturday 31st December Midland Alliance-Loughborough Dynamo kick off at 1.00, Romulus at 12.00 and Tipton at 12.00 West Midlands Regional League-Premier-Delete matches at Dudley T, Goodrich, Ledbury, Market Drayton and Smethwick Matches at Tividale and Wyrley Rngrs kick off at 1.00 One-Delete Bilston v Stafford T Tenbury kick-off at 1.00 Anglian Combination-Delete-All Div One matches Two-Delete St Johns v Poringland Reepham kick-off at 12.00 Three-Delete CNSOBU v Oulton Broad Suffolk & Ipswich League Omnico Cup 3rd Round-Ipswich Ath kick-off at 12.30 Essex Olympian League-Two-Delete Canning Town v Mountnessing Three-Delete Hannakins Farm v MetPol Chigwell and Writtle v Westhamians Hampshire League-Delete Durley v Sporting BTC and Upham v Broughton LL Basingstoke kick-off at 12.00, Lyndhurst at 2.00, M & T Awbridge at 2.00 and Mottisfont at 12.00 Mid Wales League-Delete Llanfyllin v Four Crosses Montgomeryshire Cup 1st Round-Add Severn Valley v Kerry(1-30) Welsh League-One-Delete Maesteg Park v Dinas Powys Three-Cwmbran Celtic v Pentwyn is reversed Penrhiwfer kick-off at 1.00 Add Midlands Regional Alliance-Premier-Derby RR v Allestree Ashover v Holbrook St Michaels One-Castle Donington v Beeston Little Eaton v Derbyshire Amat Pastures v Woolley Moor Swanwick PR v Ripley Add South Devon League-Premier-Brixham Villa v Upton Chelston v Bishopsteignton East Allington v Brixham Utd Galmpton v Newton Abbot Res Hele v Kingsteignton One-Ashburton v Dartmouth Res Chagford v Paignton Villa(12-00) Chudleigh v Newton 66 Ipplepen v Bovey Tracey Liverton v Loddiswell Monday 2nd January Add Midland Alliance-(3-00)-Alvechurch v Romulus Boldmere v Biddulph Causeway v Westfields Chasetown v Loughborough Dynamo Malvern v Tipton Oadby v Cradley Quorn v Barwell Racing Warwick v Stratford Rocester v Coalville Stourbridge v Oldbury Studley v Leamington(2-00) Add Hampshire League-(12-00)-Durley v Sporting BTC Upham v Broughton Mid Wales League-Add Four Crosses v Llanfyllin(2-00) Montgomeryshire Amateur League-One-Add Dyffryn Banw v Llanwddyn(2-00)
	29/12/05 Peter Abbott Chelmsford City have received the nod to play their first game back in the county town this coming Monday 2 January 2006, kick off 3pm. Chelmsford Borough Council's Melbourne Park Athletics Centre (official title) will host the Isthmian League Premier Division match against City's recent landlords Billericay Town. The roll-on-roll-off terracing is in place behind the goals and with a new pitch inside the perimeter of the athletics track, a new 1000 seat stand, improved boundary fencing, and new toilets, turnstiles and catering units, its looking good for the 3000 capacity venue. There have also been minor alterations to floodlighting and athletic field facilities and the football club have met the costs of a new clubhouse, changing rooms and social facilities on land leased to them by the Council. The crowd will probably be above average in size for the first game but tickets will be available on the turnstiles on the day. Tickets cost �8.00 and �5.00 for concessions. Unfortunately, I can't be there on Monday as the Wolves are playing at Coventry City's Ricoh Arena the same afternoon. No doubt I will get along to a midweek game there soon.
	29/12/05 Dave Woodings In answer to Scott Strothers, a bit of research on www.futbolme.com and www.faf.es (Andalucian Federation) reveals that San Pedro U. D. play at the Campo Municipal in San Pedro al Cantara and are in Group 3 of the 1st Division of the Andalucia Regional League (immediately below Tercera i. e. Level 5). But they do not appear to have a website and there are no ground guides etc. on the above websites. From my experience at this level pitches can be anything from good old fashioned grass to artificial to impacted sand ! Incidentally, Scott, whom are you playing against ?
	29/12/05 Andy Sneddon Just found a weblink to the Craven & District league which may be of interest to some travellers as info outside the local area is often hard to come across: http://www.cad.leaguemanager.biz/
	28/12/05 Chris Ashbridge Further to my entry of 23/12/05, I attended the Portishead v. Longwell Green match (2pm) on Tuesday 27th December. The games at Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne and Oxhey were all played, but the reports of snow which helpfully omitted to mention that the snowfalls were actually restricted to a small part of Kent had deterred me from going there. The only Kent League game to be called off was at Hythe. There was some frost (and even a very thin covering of snow in one place!) visible from the National Express coach I travelled on from London, but it had all gone by the time I reached Bristol. Portishead is easily reached by hourly buses on public holidays and they go past the ground's entrance. Admission was �4 and an informative 24-page programme sold for a further �1, with the visitors winning an undistinguished game with a late goal. Portishead seem to have spent plenty of money on making their ground fully enclosed and there is a proper turnstile as well, although the presence of Portakabin-type dressing rooms suggests that they may have been using one of the other pitches on the ground in their Somerset Senior League days, particularly as the one they are using now is some way from the clubhouse.
	28/12/05 Trevor Pike AUSTRIA TRIP. Thanks, Leo. That's exactly the kind of info I was looking for. Good to hear from you after so many years!
	28/12/05 Chris Bedford Yesterday's weather did its best to try and thwart my first Bank Holiday 'double' for several years not involving a Stafford Rangers game. Snow in the East Midlands put an end to my first plan (though the game at Bolsover was played but Southwell wasn't) and a frozen pitch forced a postponment at Hook Norton. But, in the end, I had an enjoyable day with entertaining games on two new grounds. There were several travellers at Cadbury Heath for the noon kick-off against Almondsbury FC in which the home side came from behind to win 2-1 with late goals (att 82). Then, I made a comfortable 25 miles drive back up the M5 to watch Slimbridge 3 Almondsbury Town 1 (att 102). Programmes were issued at both clubs.
	27/12/05 Scott Struthers Can anyone tell me anything about the ground of Spanish club San Pedro, in the Malaga area. Just that Hamilton Accies will be playing a German side there in a fortnight! Also, I was at Nairn County (v Clach on Tues 27th) - excellently run place, nice ground, free lime green teamsheets and regular programme issuers should anyone be going there. Fixture Tues 3/1, u19 League, St Johnstone v Hamilton, McDiarmid astro, 2pm
	26/12/05 Leo Hoenig Trevor, for Austrian league information, go to www.bundesliga.at, then click on the word Termine in the menu bar at the top of the page. From the next page, select the competitions of interest to you, I would suggest T-Mobile Bundesliga (top division), Red Zac Erste Liga (2nd division) and Stiegle Cup - Manner, (FA Cup), fill in start and finish dates and click on Afrage Starten for a full set of fixtures What you will find is a series of second division matches on Friday night, and a series of top division games on Saturday night. You may find a lower game on Saturday afternoon or Sunday, quite a few at the regionalliga level are fridays. Nearer the date, you will discover if a match has been switched to Sunday, and if you have picked a cup week. Ask me (via the Message Board if you need more and cannot find it!
	26/12/05 Bill Wheatcroft The Alfreton Town v Workington Conference North fixture, given has Sat 31st is now on Friday 30th, 7.45 ko.
	25/12/05 Trevor Pike AUSTRIA TRIP I'm currently planning one of my regular European sorties for beer, music and football (probably in that order!) and will be in Salzburg and Vienna from 5.4.06 to 9.4.06. Never been to a game here, so would expect to go for a Bundesliga fixture, eg Rapid Vienna v Wacker Tirol. I'd appreciate any thoughts or advice from those of you with relevant experience. Early days, I know, but I booked my flight from Stansted today and am now looking at train schedules between Salzburg and Vienna. Isn't planning great?!
	24/12/05 Dave Norris I know it's a League ground but to save wasted journeys thought it would be worth mentioning that Brentford v Colchester on New Years Eve is definitely a 1pm kick off and not 3pm.
	23/12/05 Bil Berry MONDAY 26TH AND TUESDAY 27TH DECEMBER UPDATE:BOXING DAY UNIBOND LEAGUE-Ossett Town k.o. at 1.00 RYMAN LEAGUE-TWO-Clapton now k.o. at 12.00 NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE-Thackley k.o. at 11.00; Armthorpe, Mickleover and Sheffield k.o. at 12.00 MIDLAND ALLIANCE-Oldbury k.o. at 11.00; Coalville, Malvern, Racing Warwick and Romulus at 12.00; Alvechurch at 1.00; Chasetown at 1.30; Stourbridge at 2.00, and Loughborough Dynamo at 3.00 UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE-PREMIER-St Ives v St Neots is now reversed (still 12.00); ONE-Sleaford v Peterborough NS is OFF RIDGEONS LEAGUE-ONE-Debenham now k.o. at 1.30 WESSEX LEAGUE-TWO-Andover New Street now k.o. at 1.00 DEVON LEAGUE-Appledore now k.o. at 1.00 TUES.27TH.DEC. CENTRAL MIDLANDS LEAGUE-SUPREME-Heanor k.o. at 1.00 PREMIER-Bottesford k.o. at 1.00 and Harworth k.o. at 12.00 SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE-PREMIER-Oxford City now k.o. at 7.45 TWO-The 61 now k.o. at 12.30 KENT LEAGUE-Thamesmead k.o. at 12.00 TOOLSTATION LEAGUE-ONE-Cadbury Heath now k.o. at 12.00 and Wellington at 3.00 CYMRU ALLIANCE-Llandyrnog v Queens Park is now reversed WELSH NATIONAL LEAGUE (WREXHAM AREA)-Delete Acrefair v Penycae & Corwen v Cefn Add Llangollen v Acrefair MONTGOMERYSHIRE LEAGUE-New Fixtures-(2-00)-ONE-Dyffryn Banw v Meifod & Llanwddyn v Llangedwyn TWO-Severn Valley v Waterloo Res
	23/12/05 Keith Dawson For anyone intending to go to Lincoln United on 27th it's 3p.m. NOT 7.45.This is confirmed in tonights local pape
	23/12/05 Chris Ashbridge Re; doubles on Dec 27th - I am planning to do Sevenoaks at 11am, then Oxhey Jets at 3pm (although this one needs to be confirmed, as their website does not do so) or possibly Sittingbourne at 3pm, although the latter is dependent upon someone offering me a lift. (It is true that I could easily do all these 3 clubs for evening games, but I prefer watching games in daylight.) If inland frost is a problem, I may try Portishead at 2pm, although current forecast suggests possible overnight cloud cover along east coast on Boxing Day, hopefully going into the 27th.
	23/12/05 Chris Bedford Tony - there is a treble on Dec 27th in the East Midlands, involving Bolsover (12), CML match (3) and Lincoln United (7.45) but I've not confirmed these games. Also I suspect that Godmanchester is reachable from a 3 pm Central Midlands League game.
	22/12/05 Ray Groves Lingfield v Haywards Heath (Sussex Div.3) on Tuesday 27th December is now 1.45 kick off, not 7.45, due to floodlight problems.
	22/12/05 Dave Woodings Saturday fixtures : According to the league website there are now NO games in Essex and Suffolk Border League on Saturday 24th. The Staffs County League website www.staffordshirecountyseniorleague.co.uk has KO times for some of the games on Saturday, plus a couple of postponements. Chellaston fixture in Mids. Regional Alliance does not appear on league website (FA Full Time site) nor in local press.
	22/12/05 Hedley Dye Another match next week, Wednesday 28/12/5, is Altofts v Hall Green U in the West Riding Co Amateur League. This is shown in the league website as a 1930 kick off,but may be 1915 which is Altofts' usual evening time, such as last night's 4-0 win over Dudley Hill Rangers.
	22/12/05 Tony Incenzo Has anyone worked out any good doubles on Christmas Eve or Tuesday 27th?
	22/12/05 14:13 Peter Abbott Western League game at Shrewton on Xmas eve is confirmed 1pm ko by club secretary.
	22/12/05 Bill Berry Anglian Combination Christmas Eve Fixtures: All matches have now been called off apart from two Division Two fixtures - Caister at 12 o'clock and Reepham at 1pm.
	22/12/05 Bill Berry Additional fixture for Christmas Eve: Coventry Charity Cup 2nd Round-Southam v Witherley(1-45)
	22/12/05 Stan Armett Re the KVV Ardennen Christmas Day fixture, this is now shown on www.footbel.com in two different places as a 1400 KO on Saturday 24th December. No other Oost-Vlanderen Provincial 1 games are listed for either 24th or 25th December, though at 2nd Provincial level there are five Christmas Day matches in total (all at 1430) across Divisions 2a and 2b. There are also a handful of games in the 3rd and 4th Provincial divisions, again all at 1430.
	22/12/05 Chris Ashbridge Re; Peter Abbott's message - the postponement at Ardennen (and any lower division games, although I'm only interested in the top division) was actually due to heavy, localised snowfalls in parts of East Flanders and Hainaut. There is a photo on the Ardennen website showing the pitch covered in snow. (I think their ground is on higher land than most other areas of East Flanders.) Heavy rain is very rarely a problem in Belgium. I actually made an Eurostar daytrip to Belgium that day (I was aware of a risk of snow, but I hadn't paid for my ticket as it had been rescheduled, free of charge, by Eurostar from Sun 11th when the driver had failed to turn up, possible as a result of the chaos caused by the Buncefield oil depot fire.) I was very fortunate in that Brussels had avoided most of the snow and my match at Beersel-Drogenbos went ahead on a near-perfect pitch.
	22/12/05 Chris Bedford The Manor Inne v Stafford Stripes game on Christmas Eve is OFF. Also, regarding the Western League, the Elmore game has been moved to Friday evening and there is no game at Street on Saturday (played Dec 13th). I'm still unsure about the kick-off time ay Shrewton (bulletin 1pm; TFT/website 2pm).
	21/12/05 Bill Berry Hampshire League: Matches for Christmas Eve are as published in Issue 19 with the exception of Durley v Winchester 'A' which switches to Tuesday 27th (2.00). Broughton kick off at 12.00 on Christmas Eve and the remaining matches are at 2.00.
	21/12/05 Peter Abbot In response to Christopher Ashbridge's note, the KVV Ardennen game in question was actually OFF last Sunday due to heavy rain the day before. A number of other Oost Vlaanderen games also fell to the weather and it's been decided to re-arrange all of those for Xmas day too ! So, if you can find a driver, you now have a choice of games ! I've already "done" KVV Ardennen and anyway, I'm sure that I've got something else on at home that day, merry christmas.
	21/12/05 Mick Burt Damion Bone, programme editor of AFC Aldermaston (Wessex League Division 3), has asked me to pass on information re his club's home league game against Tadley Calleva on Monday 2 January 2006. This is the first time in ten seasons that these two local rivals have met at senior level, Kick off is at 12noon and entry will be by programme only. Travellers will be made most welcome.
	21/12/05 Chris Bedford The fixtures in the Toolstation League for Dec 23/24 appear to have changed again according to the latest league bulletin but in disagreement with the league website. I'm confused. Dec 23: Elmore. Dec 24: Bradford (1pm), Clevedon, Shrewton (1pm), ~~Street~~, Westbury. Having said all that, the Street v Weston St Johns game was played on Dec 13th.
	21/12/05 Chris Bedford I've seen two Stripes home games this season and both have been played on the third pitch away from the entrance (which I think from your description would be a 'tick'). Best idea is to contact the Secretary Malcolm Harratt about which pitch will be used on New Year's Eve. There will be a programme.
	21/12/05 Steve Broughton Re Chris Oakley's post - Preston's training ground, where the youth team plays, is the former Springfields FC ground. Springfields now play at Preston's former training and youth venue at Preston Sports Arena (no stand there). Other youth grounds with stands or reasonable facilities (that I know of) include Scunthorpe (Quibell Park Stadium), Hartlepool (Riverside Complex, next to Durham Cricket Ground), Rushden ('pitch 2' at Nene Park is enclised with small stands), Swansea City (play at the St Helens rugby and cricket ground), and Walsall (Birmingham County FC ground). In the Premier Academy League Southampton use the former Road Sea FC ground and Liverpool's academy has an enclosed ground.
	21/12/05 Steve Broughton Re Stafford Rangers Stripes on NY Eve - their ground is listed as 'pitch 3' at Springbank Park, Yarnfield. Is that the pitch furthest from the entrance? I've previously seen Stone Dominoes (opn the middle pitch), and Stone OA (on the first pitch as you enter the ground).
	20/12/05 John Mollitt The Wensleydale League has fixtures on Saturday 24 Dec.Are there any other clubs in the north of England with fixtures on that date?
	20/12/05 Mark Evans All Essex Olympian league games scheduled for Saturday 24 December have been postponed to give the players a day off according to the league website
	20/12/05 Bill Berry Christmas Eve Fixtures: The Essex Olympian League have called off all the matches listed for Saturday. However, on a day when few leagues have fixtures, some games are scheduled in the Midlands Regional Alliance: Premier-Ashover v Chesterfield Ath & Melbourne v Cromford One-Dronfield T v Sutton Res & Pastures v Castle Donington Two-Wirksworth Ivanhoe v Ripley Res Also, there is Div Two game listed for Tuesday 27th December-Chellaston v Wirksworth Ath
	20/12/05 Chris Ashbridge Xmas Day fixture (yes, its true!) KVV Ardennen are at home in the top division of the East Flanders league at 2.30pm on Sunday 25th Dec, as confirmed on www.footbel.com. Weather forecast for Belgium looks good at least up to Sat 24th Dec. If anyone who drives to Belgium wants to get away from the relatives that day, I would be willing to accept a place in your car, regardless of cost, provided you can stop somewhere in North London to pick me up. (North Circular Road would be ideal.) I have checked the Eurotunnel website and they seem to be operating normally that day. If you are interested, and can't stand your relatives (I don't have many of them anyway) please get in touch with me at christopherashbridge@yahoo.com
	20/12/05 Chris Bedford On New Year's Eve, Stafford Rangers Stripes v Congleton Vale has a noon kick-off - prog will be issued.
	19/12/05 Geiff Combes An "Additional fixture" which may be of iinterest. Wednesday 28 December - Herts Floodlight Cup Buntingford Towb v Standon & Puckeridge at norton road baldock (old Baldock Town fc ground) ko 7.45pm
	19/12/05 Andy Sneddon News from WPL site: Grange Quins face fines from the WPL for not providing programmes at recent game(s). Bad news for those intending taking in the game on the 28th.
	19/12/05 Paddy Mooney mooneytunes@blueyonder.co.uk A last-minute diversion on Saturday, caused by the non-existence of the advertised Queens Park fixture, saw us at Ponciau Park, home of Rhos Aelwyd in the Welsh National (Wrexham Area) League. It's a more than decent venue having seen service at a higher level during the 90's. Two sides are steeply banked, and there is cover for maybe 100 standing,fewer if the bench seating is utlilsed, on top of the bank above the half-way line providing a wonderfully elevated perspective. Inside the entrance (behind the goal) is the dressing room block which also houses a refreshment hut dispensing tea,coffee, soup and snacks. To our surprise they also had a bundle of matchday programmes available free (there was no admission charge either) for that day's match against Brickfield Rangers, won 2-1 by the home team in front of a crowd of 37. Finally just a note to say that there are seats available in a car travelling from Birmingham on Boxing Day to the matches at Cleator Moor Celtic (11.00)and Holker OB (15.00). Anyone interested should let me know by contacting the above e-mail address.
	19/12/05 John Williamson Please note that Droitwich Spa (Midland Combination Division Two) are now issuing programmes on a regular basis. The usual edition is 8 pages and priced 30p. Droitwich also have metal badges available for the first time, priced �2.50 or with post and packing at �3.00. The next home game in the league will be on Saturday 21 January 2006 (2.00 pm kick-off) against University of Birmingham.
	19/12/05 Chris Ashbridge I was interested to read Chris Oakley's comment that Molins Sports ground has a stand, is this still the case and exactly whereabouts in High Wycombe is it located? Although not intending to watch a match there, I would like to take a look at it next time I'm passing through the area.
	18/12/05 Sid Blain FA Trophy 1st round tie Barrow vs Clitheroe postponed today will now be played at Barrow on Thursday,22nd december '05 K.O. 7.45pm
	16/12/05 Peter Abbott Change of fixture in Notts Senior League : Mon 2 Jan Magdala Amateurs v Cotgrave CW United OFF; Replaced by Weds 4 Jan Cotgrave CW United v Magdala Amateurs
	16/12/05 Sid Blain According to the Welsh Premier League Website (Http://www.low.org.uk/index2.htm) The Aberystwyth vs Portmadoc fixture is scehuled for Christmas Day. Can anyone verify or deny this and if it is correct does anyone know the kick off time. (Webmaster - The Traveller and Aberystwyth's web site the game is scheduled for 26th Dec)