OCTOBER 2007
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| 31/10/07 15:48 Harvey Freemantle - Not quite early enough to squeeze
in a double, but Gillford Park's Cumberland Cup Second Round fixture with Aspatria will
kick-off at 1.30pm on Saturday at the Gillford Park Stadium. The same fixture last season
ended 4-4 aet so a competitive encounter is guaranteed. A 24-page programme WILL be
issued, and club badges on sale. To reserve yours please email HarleyFreemantle@aol.com |
| 30/10/07 09:10 Graeme Holmes - Can anyone help with grounds for
matches tonight please 30/10? Darlaston and Wednesbury are both down to play, Bolehall and
Dotshill as well, amongst others, and according to directories these teams share grounds |
29/10/07 17:08 Steve Shirley - Please can anyone help with the
following hop information I need to get my records up to date?
2005 Hellenic League - Kintbury v Holyport - unused sub(s) and Chinnor v
Quarry - Quarry unused sub(s)
2003 hellenic League - Slimbridge v Shortwood - Slimbridge 14 on for who
and time; Shrivenham v Purton - names of Shrivenham subs; Brackley v Hook Norton -
lineups, team colours, scorers, subs, cautions, length of each half
2002 Hellenic League - Malmesbury v Cirencester - Lineups, Malmesbury 15
on for who & time; Clanfield v Kidlington - Clanfield scorers, Kidlington manager,
substitution time (Tallboys for Holden); Chipping Norton v Witney - Lineups, Witney
manager
2001 Hellenic League - Aston Clinton v Prestwood - Lineups, last
goalscorer (89th min); Bicester v Brackley -1st names of Bicester N Neal & A Lynch;
Old Woodstock v Kidlington - Woodstock 1st names - J Clarke & G Brock, Match
Officials; Abingdon v Didcot - 1st name of Didcot’s 14, D Oates.
Thank you |
| 28/10/07 20:51 Rob North - Correction the TFT Directory Part 2
JEANFIELD SWIFTS moved from Simpson Park early last season and now play at Riverside
Stadium, Bute Drive, North Muirton, Perth |
| 28/10/07 00:29 Stuart J. Pykett - In reply to Nic Adamou:
Coincidently,I was thinking of going to Tadley this Sat.27th v Totton & Eling. However
on phoning the Secretary he said they were trying to get a temporary prog.done for
Saturday.As it sounded 'iffy' I visited Horndeans' quaint little ground instead.Well worth
a visit.Twelve page informative prog.issued. |
| 28/10/07 00:06 Stuart J. Pykett - According to the Lincolnshire
League website: "Keelby Utd. have applied to resign from the league with immediate
effect.All the clubs 'matches have been postponed and the matter will be resolved at the
league management committee meeting on 15th Nov." |
| 21/10/07 20:57 Nic Adamou - Went to Tadley Calleva yesterday (20/10)
for the official opening of thier Barlows Park Ground (although they had already been
using it for home games). Facilities are certainly a step up from where they were playing
a couple of years ago although will soon need improving if they want to progress further.
One downside from yesterday was the lack of a programme, which I thought was complsory at
this level. Does anyone know if this was a one off, or do Tadley just not bother ?.
Beginning to wonder if they have ever issued, as I went to 'The Green' a couple of years
back and didn't get one there either. (Webmaster - Sorry Nic I missed this one) |
| 26/10/07 22:10 Chris Bedford - If anyone had doubts, the new Stone
Dominoes ground at Yarnfield is a new venue and is located to the south of the car park.
There is an overlap with the old training area next to the clubhouse. The original four
pitches at the Yarnfield complex (pitches 1-4), which some travellers will be familiar
with, remain intact. Incidently, programmes, for a crowd of 113, sold out hour an hour
before kick-off. |
26/10/07 09:53 Bill Berry - Sunday 28th October - West Wales
Cup-Trostre v West End(2-00)(programme will be issued; details of this match kindly
provided by Len Spierenburg)
Tues 30th October - Gloucestershire Trophy 1st Round-Shortwood v Henbury Sussex Senior Cup
2nd Round-Crowborough v Sidley Sussex RUR Cup 3rd Round-Redhill v Whitehawk Sussex County
League Cup 3rd Round-Ringmer v St Francis
Friday 2nd November - Sussex County League Div One-Oakwood v East Preston |
25/10/07 21:04 George and Maureen Osborne - A PS to our request for
information and subsequent visit to take in a weekend of Dutch football.
Our first game Stormvogels Telstar v Den Bosch presented no problems whatsoever. The
ground is very close to the town centre of Ijmuiden. Ten euros purchased a ticket to the
main stand to what looked like a very English ground. Stands on 2 sides with covered
seating behind one goal. The game was good value, between 2nd bottom v 2nd top and ended
up 1-0 to Den Bosch. An excellent programme was given away and at the end of the game sad
to relate there were loads left, unused. As usual in Holland the people were extremely
friendly and we were invited into the 'fan home' for a drink and a chat.
Saturday night Ajax v N.E.C and here we come up against the hypocrisy of the Premier
League, in theory we should have needed a fan card to allow us to buy tickets, however,
because we were prepared to pay for a 'package' this was waived. The ground is absolutely
superb. The football totally abysmal, lacking in passion, skill and enthusiasm. Not at all
what we expected. Perhaps Japp Stam knew better than we did because he failed to appear
for the second half. Once again an excellent programme with a cover price of 1 euro 95
cents was given away free. An experience but not something we should care to repeat
regularly.
Sunday, the best of all. Vitesse 22 v Veeren in the preliminary rounds of the cup
competition. A definite non-league feel to this (Northern Counties East), the team is
based in the town of Castricum. The ground is 5 minutes from the railway station, the
pitch is dedicated to the first team of Vitesse 22 in a large, extremely well kept sports
area. There is a seated stand down one side of the pitch facing 3 or 4 concrete steps on
the opposite terracing. This was probably the best game of the three ending in Vitesse 22
winning with the very last kick of the game.
All in all a smashing weekend. All 3 grounds were within a 15 mile radius of Ijmuiden, the
ferry terminal for the service from Newcastle. As we've found in Holland the people are
incredibly friendly and the average football fan even more so. This does not include the
officials at AZ Alkmaar who couldn't be bothered to reply to our emails and telephone
call. All the more reason to stick to the Juliper league and below.
PS On our last day we discovered in the local equivelant of W H Smith 'Voetbal
International 2007-2008 DE HOOFDKLASSERS'. This is an excellent full colour magazine
giving details on all teams below the Juliper league. It includes fixtures, addresses and
email addresses. At 4.10 euros it can be considered the bible of the Dutch non-league
game. |
| 24/10/07 10:51 Chris Bedford - The Stone Dominoes v Leek CSOB game
originally scheduled for last night will now be played tonight (Wednesday) at their new
Yarnfield ground. |
| 22/10/07 22:25 Webmaster - OUT NOW - TFT DIRECTORY PART 2 JUST £4-00
(inc P&P). contact the TFT office (01386 853289) for more details, cheques payable to
'The Football Traveller' TFT DIRECTORY PART 1 ALSO £4-00 (inc P&P). |
| 19/10/07 14:15 Graham Paine - Does anyone who went to Llangefni v
Haverfordwest on Sunday have a spare programme? Only 40 were printed and they were sold
out when I went in the ground. Cost plus postage and packing would of course be paid.
(PaiMelin@aol.com) |
| 18/10/07 19:58 Mark Bembridge - Can anyone please advise on buying
tickets for Spain v sweden on 17th November at the Bernabea. Me and my friend are going
madrid to see it but would prefer to have tickets beforehand without paying silly money
for them. Does anyone know an official ticket website or telephone number were i can
purchase tickets beforehand. |
| 18/10/07 17:32 Dr Kenneth Nisbet - After a successful trip to Geneva
at the September holiday weekend (took in games at Etoile Carouge and Servette), we are
planning our April jaunt. Budapest very much favourite it seems. Has anyone got any useful
info, tips, dos and don’ts about games there? Thanks in advance! |
| 18/10/07 12:36 Peter Ford - Went to Llandudno last night - discovered
that Bodedern have resigned from the Cymru Alliance with immediate effect - they could not
raise a team for last Saturday's match, and this Saturday's game at Llandudno has been
cancelled. Bodedern's reservices will continue in the Gwynedd League |
| 18/10/07 08:02 Chris Freer - I've noted with interest recent postings
regarding entry to Dutch football grounds and thought I'd add the following to the mix. In
November this year we're going to Willem II and arranged tickets (13euro each) via e-mail.
They are very helpful and there was no mention of the dreaded 'clubcard' here. We are also
visiting Ajax but we have had to buy one of their packages, in our case a meal and drink
prior to the match. This has cost us the princely sum of 85 euros each (including match
ticket). Our Friday night game is at Excelsior who are playing Sparta in a local derby. No
response from the club so I contacted one of their fan-sites and the guy there is buying
tickets for us and meeting us at the ground - a fine gesture as he doesn't know us from
Adam! Prior to arranging this schedule I contacted Alkmaar and Heerenveen. The former
informed us it was impossible to gain entry without a clubcard, and they couldn't sell us
a clubcard because we didn't live in Holland - forward-thinking club, this! Heerenveen say
they only sell to members, as their ground is over-subscribed. Possibly the same tactic we
employed getting tickets for Excelsior might work with these two, maybe. From last season
we can report no problems getting tickets for NAC Breda (ring in advance and purchase from
their ticket office), Roda (ring in advance and fill in clubcard application at ground
when paying for tickets) and Vitesse Arnham (ring in advance and tickets are waiting for
you at ground). Hope this info is of use to someone. |
| 15/10/907 03:52 Harvey Freemantle (sorry this message was initially
missed) - Northern Alliance Second Division outfit Shields United will producing their
first ever programme for Saturdays league encounter with the divisions only unbeaten club,
Killingworth YPC. Shields play at the Chuter Ede Community Association on Galsworthy Road,
South Shields, and you can reserve your copy by emailing editor/secretary Gareth Allen at
gareth.allen@essengineering.co.uk or via |
| 16/10/07 12:06 Leon Murray - Tividale v Dudley Town Tuesday 16th
October 7.45 pm kick off |
| 16/10/07 11:15 Tony Dunmore - Out of interest, I went to Germinal
Beerschot v Charleroi last month, buying tickets at the stadium just before the game
without any need for any id (or even speaking anything but English!). Only tricky thing
was that for drink you had to buy a voucher at one kiosk which you could exchange at the
bar. Antwerp is a fantastic weekender, lovely city, great beer and the ground is easily
accessed from the metro from Centraal Station. Highly recommneded. |
| 16/10/07 06:56 Trevor Pike - (Message forwarded to Steve Shirley) |
| 15/10/07 22:45 John Delaney - Bodedern have today (15 October)
resigned from the Cymru Alliance. Last Saturday they were unable to raise a team for the
planned fixture. It seems that the Reserve team will continue in the Gwynedd League. A few
fixture changes this coming Saturday: the Llandudno v Lex XI game is postponed and
Llandudno will be without a game (although they are playing Holyhead this coming Wednesday
evening, 17 October). Lex XI will play Bala Town in a CA League Cup fixture with a 2pm
kick off. The reduction of teams in the CA to 17 will, of course, mean one club having a
fixture free Saturday from now on. John Delaney (Secretary Llandudno FC) |
 15/10/07 09:52 Steve Hardy
- Further to Roderick Grubb’s query on the Warley Rugby club ground in Oldbury, I
watched the FA Sunday cup derby there yesterday between Bartley Green Social and Bartley
Green Sunday. Upon entering the ground there is a properly railed off ground with dugouts
in front of you which is where the match was played. Behind that there is a second
unrailed off football pitch, and way off in the distance is a rugby pitch. B.N.J.S Mann
play on this railed off pitch I was told, but I can’t confirm that Albright &
Wilson used it as I never saw them play. Incidentally, for fellow paper chasers, the
Bartley Green Social programme is a regular issue for games in the Warley & District
Sunday league. |
| 12/10/07 22:31 Mark McIntyre - Dudley Town v Wolverhampton Casuals@
The Dell Sports Stadium KO 1.00pm. I believe Dudley Sports v Bustleholme is still
3.00pm - best for fans to check |
| 12/10/07 11:14 Dave McClean - Anyone travelling to Brandon United
should be aware that the club was a victim of recent vandalism, to their dugouts,
resulting in Wednesday's match being postponed as FA rules don't allow matches to take
place without dugouts. |
| 12/10/07 10:39 Bill Berry - Additional early kick-offs for tomorrow:
FA Cup 3rd Round Qualifying - Harrogate T v Clitheroe is at 1pm; Sussex County League Cup
2nd Round - Crowborough v St Francis and Rustington v Shoreham are both at 1pm. Premier
Academy League fixtures are as published, all at 11am apart from the following: Stoke
(10-00), Watford (10-30), Arsenal (10-45), Leicester, Newcastle, Norwich and Wolves(all
12-00). Part Two of the Directory is now at the printers and should be available in the
not too distant future.......subject to the post! |
| 12/10/07 10:24 Bob Odell - Despite the comments of Andy Langford
(02.04.07) as to the standard of soccer in the Republic of Ireland I am gradually working
my way through the grounds. Unfortunately, however, his thinking is undoubtedly correct.
Last weekend saw me at Cork City V. Shamrock (1-0), Cobh Ramblers V. Kildare (1-0) and
Wexford Youths V. Waterford U21 (3-1). If Cork and Shamrock really are two of the four
best teams in the League, then what can I expect from the others? Despite the lengthy
programme notes from their manager about the 'European' way of playing slow, patient
soccer retaining possession and playing through midfield, it seemed that Cork's main
tactic was to pass the ball BACK to their keeper from up to 60 yards away. He then
launched prodigious kicks like Exocet missiles into the Shamrock penalty area. No midfield
play here. It is no fluke that Roy O'Donovan is still the leading goalscorer in the Eircom
League more than 2 months after his transfer from Cork to Sunderland. Shamrock brought on
one of their leading marksmen only 2 minutes from the end! The U21 match at Wexford with
free admission, small but enthusiastic crowd and interesting setting offered much better
entertainment. The sight and sound of Mick Wallace enchanced the occasion. No doubt I
shall continue my search for goals in Ireland next season. Are there any fixtures in
Dublin area on Thursday 8 November? Best regards to Ray Groves who I have not seen for
some time. |
| 12/10/07 09:28 Leo Hoenig - I've provided Steve with most of the
details of the 1992 Good Friday hop (see below for what is still required) |
| 11/10/07 15:42 Chris Dickinson - RE: Tickets for Anderlecht - For
tickets to all games in the Belgian top division you will just need your passport. As far
as I know the fancard scheme has been scrapped. I'd advise getting to the stadium early
then visiting the fine selection of bars accross the road. |
11/10/07 14:38 Steve Shirley - I'm trying to get my Hop details up to
date as my records (especially the older ones) are incomplete, illegible or smudged
through damp
Starting with the Northern League Hops could anyone supply me with the following missing
information please?
1992 Hop - lineups, managers’ names, scores and times,
scorers, substitutes and times, officials names (referee and
linesmen), attendances and the lengths of each half for all the Good
Friday games
1993 Hop - Newcastle BS v Murton - W Davison (NBS) 1st name, length 1st ½
1994 Hop Ferryhill v Guisborough - 1st Name of Ferryhill Manager. Guisborough
manager’s name. Match officials ; Horden v Whickham - Horden Manager’s 1st name;
Shildon v Durham - Name of Shildon Manager
1995 Hop Prudhoe v Peterlee - Both teams 1st names. Officials 1st names
1996 Hop Stanley v South Bank - All details required as I missed this one (lineups,
managers’ names, scores and times, scorers, substitutes and times, officials names,
attendances and the lengths of each half); Eppleton v Murton - Name of Murton manager |
| 11/10/07 12:59 Peter Abbott
- In response to Graham Paine's posting regards Anderlecht, by identity card the club mean
Passport. There is no longer a clubcard system in Belgium. I suggest that you telephone
the club direct and explain who you are and where you are coming from and they will leave
tickets aside (assuming not sold out) for you to pick-up. |
| 11/10/07 09:10 Dave Reed
- The Cray Wanderers game scheduled for tonight has been postponed. |
| 10/10/07 20:16 Graham Paine - Anyone know how easy/difficult it is to
get tickets for Anderlacht home games? I am interested in their game with Hapoel Tel Aviv
on October 25th but their website says that you need an identity card to get tickets and
they have not replied to my e mail. |
| 10/10/07 09:41 Neil Morris - We went to Egypt last week and I hoped
to see two games but Zamalek on Tuesday was behind closed doors due to crowd problems and
Arab Contractors on Saturday was moved til Sunday, after our flight home! But I did pick
up that Al Ahly are building a 150,000 capacity ground in Cairo! |
| 9/10/07 19:35 Rob Hornby - This Thursday 11th October 2007 - Radford
Under 16 XI v Football Far North Coast XI (a member zone of Northern New South Wales,
Australia) KO 7pm No Admission - Programme to be produced - Refreshments Available -
Radford FC, Selhurst Street off Radford Road, Nottingham, NG7 5EH |
| 9/10/07 14:40 Roderick Grubb - With regard to B.N.J.S. Mann and Co
the official title of their ground in the Combination Handbook is Warley Rugby Club, Tat
Bank Road, Oldbury. So do the Rugby Club play on the old Allbright and Wilson pitch or are
there seperate pitches for the two codes? |
| 9/10/07 13:31 Graham Bunn - Called at AZ Alkmaar’s ground on
Sunday (7th October), a couple of hours before the game with Gronigen. Went to the
Information desk and was told we could not purchase a ticket, despite the game not being a
sell-out, unless we had a club card. We were also told that this is a requirement of the
Dutch FA and it takes about two weeks for one to be sent in the post. Also note that it is
quite a walk from the station/town centre, and no buses were operating on the route we
walked. |
| 8/10/07 14:31 Roderick Grubb - Chance for a Nuneaton Double this
coming Saturday! Nuneaton Borough play Stamford in the F.A. Cup at their new ground at
Liberty Way kick-off 1pm and a mile away on the same road Nuneaton Griff are at home
against Continental Star in a Midland Combination Premier Division fixture at the Pingles
Stadium kick-off 3pm. |
| 8/10/07 09:29 Rob Davidson - The Pitch 2 at Rushden has been there
since the ground transformation and there is also another outside pitch. |
| 7/10/07 21:20 Mark Wyver - Cray Wanderers are playing Corinthian
Casuals at Hayes Lane on Thursday Oct 11th in the Ryman Division One South |
| 5/10/07 20:39 Craig Dabbs - In response to David Denton's question
Regarding Birmingham National Junior Sides Mann & Co, playing on the same site as
Albright & Wilson in their WMRL day's it is indeed, and whilst on the subject of them,
although they currently don't do a proggy, when speaking to them recently at Chelmsley
Town, it is something they are seriously considering. |
| 5/10/07 15:25 Graham Paine - Re BJNS Mann - This is indeed the same
ground used by Albright and Wilson in bygone days. |
| 5/10/07 15:07 George and Maureen Osborne - Sincere thanks to Dave and
Darren,for their help.The web site is superb and gives us all we need.Just out of interest
to anyone planning a trip to AZ,we contacted them by phone and we were told that
a"all"the home tickets go to season ticket holders,availability to casual
visitors depends on the number of away fans.It appears all games are ticket only.This
makes the info' provided all the more useful. |
| 5/10/07 09:05 David Denton - Do any of our Midlands based brethren
know whether Mid Comb team BJNS Mann &Co listed as playing in Tat Bank Road, Oldbury
are based on the same ground as that used by Albright & Wilson in their WMRL days |
| 4/10/07 15:44 Stan Armett - Re: Lydney Town. Due to delays in
upgrading their ground to meet Hellenic League Premier Division criteria, all Lydney
Town's home games during October will be played at Cinderford Town's Causeway ground. |
| 3/10/07 17:30 Darren Liney - When i attended AZ Alkmaar i bought a
ticket the morning of the game and had to show my passport and was issued with clubcard
from Alkmaar.Dont know if this system has changed or not. |
| 3/10/07 11:52 Richard King - Go to www.voetbalnederland.nl on the
home page click on 'W1' on the left hand tool bar and 'beker' on the top bar. This should
bring up a menu on the left hand bar. Click on 'KO Ronde1' for all the cup fixtures in
that region for the weekend 20th and 21st. As for AZ, I've found it hit and miss for the
Dutch top division and the fancard. If you can go to the clubshop on Friday or Saturday to
get your ticket, it will be less of a problem - but for a game against Heerenveen, you'll
probably have no difficulty anyway if you turn up on the day. |
| 3/10/07 11:19 Dave Norris - AFC Wimbledon v Horsham in the FA Cup on
Sat 13th Oct has been confirmed as a 1pm kick off |
| 3/10/07 09:04 Bob Lilliman - Re: TNS/Oswestry - The pitch is in the
same place. There is a huge social facility and a large canvas stand for 500. |
| 3/10/07 00:57 Dave Woodings - In response to the Osbornes the best
site for viewing Dutch Amateur football is www.voetbalnederland.nl If you click on Beker
at the top it automatically throws you into the main Dutch Cup (Landelijk). However if you
then look at the top of the left hand section with Ronde numbers etc. there are some small
letters to click (L, N ,O etc.) These represent the various Regions e. g. N for Noord and
a quick look at a couple of them does indeed show KO Ronde 1 for the 20th and 21st October
in Noord and KO Ronde 2 in O (Oost) for instance. Once you have settled on a match on the
same site you can also find full details of clubs simply by clicking on the orange letters
at the top (A to Z) then choosing the relevant club. As for AZ I fear you will have great
difficulty as they not only have a Clubcard system but also usually sell out. This has
already been the subject of an earlier question as to how to get tickets and unless I have
not been paying attention no-one has yet come up with a solution ! |
| 2/10/07 21:47 Chris Bedford - Don't know if this is a newly-built
ground (or more likely I didn't spot it on my visit last season) but there is 'Pitch 2' at
Rushden & Diamonds' Nene Park. It is an enclosed railed-off grass pitch with
floodlights, dugouts and a number of small covered stands, including at least one with
seats. The venue is used for youth, reserves and other matches. See top of this ground
photo (http://www.thediamondsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NenePark/) |
