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ARCHIVE 29/8/06 to 31/12/06
	30/12/06 Phil Hiscox In response to Chris Ashbridge. Both Elburton Villa & Holsworthy have applied to move upto the Step 6 Division of the new South West Peninsula League. They are amongst 29 clubs from the 39 currently playing in the 2 leagues looking for a space in the 18 team Premier. The 11 that don't make it, plus the 10 that have not applied will go into the 2 Division 1s, East & West where they will be joined by 11 clubs from the 6 feeders below to make 32, 2 x 16 in each Division. Clubs moving from Western League 1 would go straight into Premier and reduce the number of new clubs from the feeder leagues. A statement is expected early in January of the clubs who have applied to move up from the 6 feeder leagues.
	28/12/06 Chris Ashbridge I was disappointed to miss Steve Coulson's post about Harlow Town kicking off at 1.30pm, as I would certainly have gone there had I known (I prefer to go to early ko's in the winter months), but the message board must have been updated after I last viewed it on Fri 23rd Dec. As it was, I decided to go to Elburton Villa, who I saw defeat Holsworthy 7-1 in the Devon League. Elburton issued an excellent programme, which remarked that this was to be Holsworthy's last ever league visit to Haye Road. Presumably this means that one of these two clubs will not be applying to join the merger between the SWL and the Devon Lge next season. Anyone know the full list of clubs applying? By the way, I was a bit amused to read Peter Chappell's comment that he did not want to "travel too far because of the fog". Hanley was one of the places considered most likely by the BBC to be affected by fog on Saturday, although fortunately for him it seems that only Buxton in the north-west was badly hit! 29/12/06 Reply by Peter Chappell: it was the Hanley Town sec who told me there was very little fog in the area not the BBC, so if he wants to go by someone from Bracknall or someone who lives in the area it`s up to him
	24/12/06 Peter Chappell On Saturday i didn`t want to go to far because of the fog, so i went about 35 miles to hanley town of the staffordshire county senior league they are current league champions, the ground is not the easyest to find up an unmade track it would have help with a signboard,but when you get there it`s a good ground at this level cover on the far side and clubhouse and changing room in the corner and a tea bar in the club house also they issue a 24 page programme for all first team matches. On the 13th of jan they play at home meir ka in the staffs vase for anyone wanting a good day out.
	23/12/06 Rod Allsworth For the local derby in the West Lancs between the top 2 -Frecketon v Kirkham the home side produced a programme. The cost being Ł1 which included admission. The programme with a full colour cover consised of 24 pages-mostly ads-but they took the trouble to issue! At Blackpool Mechs last saturday they issued for the game v Ashton-but the programme was issued for a game against Winsford?
	22/12/06 Steve Coulson Harlow Town's game against Sudbury on Saturday 23rd December will now kick off at 1.30 pm. This is due to floodlighting problems at Barrows Farm.
	22/12/06 Dave Norris There don't appear to be any West Lancs League fixtures after 23rd Dec until 6th Jan 2007.
	22/12/06 John Keogh are there any west lancs league fixtures on boxing day?
	22/12/06 Martyn Girdham The Lincs League fixture for this Saturday (December 23rd) between Horncastle Town & Skegness Town has now been replaced by the two outstanding Lincs Junior Cup Fourth Round ties. Harvest v Horncastle & The Fiddler v Skegness (both home teams are from the Grimsby League) which were called off on each of the previous two Saturdays, will now take place this weekend BUT at the opposition venues of HORNCASTLE & SKEGNESS. Source : Lincs League web site
	22/12/06 Bill Berry Additional Fixtures: Sat.23rd.Dec.(2-00) Mid Wales League-Berriew v Kerry, Carno v Tywyn Bryncrug, Four Crosses v Newtown Res, Llanidloes v Waterloo(2-30), Llanrhaeadr v Llanfyllin Montgomeryshire Amateur League-One-Bishops Castle v Bettws, Meifod v Waterloo Res Two-Defaid Du v Llanfechain Tues.26th.Dec.-Mid Wales League-Presteigne v Knighton(2-30) Montgomeryshire Amateur League-Llanfechain v Churchstoke(2-00) Sat.30th.Dec.-Mid Wales League-Carno v Kerry(2-00), Four Crosses v Waterloo(2-00), Knighton v Presteigne(2-30), Llanfyllin v Llanrhaeadr(2-00), Llanidloes v Caersws Res(2-30) Montgomeryshire Amateur League-(2-00)-One-Abermule v Llanfyllin Res, Llangedwyn v Llanfair Two-Churchstoke v Four Crosses Res, Llanfechain v Bishops Castle Res Mike Harris Trophy 2nd Round-(1-30)-Bettws v Meifod, Dyffryn Banw v Bishops Castle, Severn Valley v Newtown Rngrs
	21/12/06 Bill Berry Additional Midland Alliance fixtures: Mon.1st.Jan.(3-00)-Boldmere v Stratford, Cradley v Atherstone, Leamington v Alvechurch, Market Drayton v Causeway, Oadby v Coalville(7-45), Quorn v Friar Lane & Epworth, Rocester v Tipton, Studley v Racing Warwick, Westfields v Oldbury Tues.2nd.Jan.(7-45)-Barwell v Loughborough Dynamo, Biddulph v Romulus
	21/12/06 Peter Abbott I'm glad that Barry Davies enjoyed his trip to Brussels. The change in ko time for the Molenbeek game meant that my intended Brabant Prov 1 game between RWDM and CS Brainois on the Stade Machtens synthetic pitch that same afternoon had to be moved (FC Brussels needed to use it for parking, etc apparently) to the far from salubrious Stade Jesse Owens, a former I believe, Anderlecht training ground and close to the Stade Constant Vanden Stock. Stade Jesse Owens is a very basic athletics setup positioned between a golf club and a ski slope, with no cover, portakabin dressing rooms and no bar ! I guess, no real problem as it's another new ground, however it does delay me finishing off the Brabant Prov 1 until the New Year.
	20/12/06 Dave Woodings In response to Graeme Askham the best place to look is on www.fff.fr which gives details of all football in France. Click on Championnats down the left hand side then under the relevant league fixtures are shown under Calendriers (for CFA and CFA2 click Resultats first). Exact dates and kick off times are not always given too far in advance, especially for the games in higher divisions. If you click on "detail" against each match it gives the kick off and stadium address - from recent experience be careful in the lower leagues as this is not always accurate ! Most of the bigger clubs have websites many of which contain ground locations etc. Except at Marseille which sometimes sells out and for local derbies or games against PSG/Lyon you should have no trouble with tickets and you will find prices very reasonable. In addition to the National Leagues 1,2 and National the relevant groups for CFA and CFA2 are CFA : B and CFA2 : C and D. If you want to go lower click on "Regionaux and Departmentaux" and choose "Mediterranee". In answer to Paul Hawkins a team called "James King Blisworth" has appeared in Div. 2 of the Northants Combination, with the same ground address as the now apparently defunct Blisworth FC.
	20/12/06 Kerry Miller The Boxing Day game between Stockbridge and New Street in the Wessex League will now kick-off at 11am and not 3pm as per bulletin
	20/12/06 Bill Berry Fixture Amendments and Additions Thurs.21st.Dec.-Addition: Spartan South Midlands League Trophy 3rd Round-Haringey v Holmer Green(at Holmer Green) Sat.23rd.Dec.-Additions: North Hants Senior Cup-Otterbourne v Ludwig Leisure (delete Lyndhurst v Ludwig Leisure in Hampshire League) Southampton Senior League-Botley Village v Nursling, Comrades v AFC Target (delete AFC Target v Nursling, Comrades v Botley Village) East of Scotland League-(1-45)-Premier-Easthouses v Civil Service, Edinburgh Univ v Annan One-Peebles v Dalbeattie South of Scotland League-(2-00)-Fleet v Wigtown & Bladnoch Tweedie Cup 1st Round-Mid Annandale v Abbey Vale, St Cuthbert v Crichton(3-00), Threave v Dumfries(3-00) 2nd Round-Stranraer Ath v Nithsdale Tues.26th.Dec. Welsh Premier League-Llanelli now kick-off at 12-30 Sat.30th.Dec.-Additions: Hampshire League-Broughton v Netley, Four Marks v AFC Wolversdene, Mottisfont v Sporting BTC (delete Broughton v AFC Wolversdene, Sporting BTC v Netley South of Scotland League-(2-00)-Wigtown & Bladnoch v Dalbeattie Res Cree Lodge Cup 1st Round-Dumfries v Fleet, Mid Annandale v Creetown, Newton Stewart v Threave, Nithsdale v Abbey Vale, St Cuthbert v Annan Res(3-00) 2nd Round-Stranraer Ath v Crichton Mon.1st.Jan. Welsh Premier League-Port Talbot now kick-off at 1-00
	20/12/06 Dave Norris AFC Wimbledon are sending a side to play Raynes Park Vale on Thurs 21st December kick off 7.45 pm.
	19/12/06 Paul Massey The Charity Match shown in Bill Berry's additions on Wednesday, 27th December 2006 between Shelton Sports FC & The Golden Pheasant is in aid of the local Magic Laser Appeal and to date we have raised Ł1,225.00 from programme advertising and advance programme sales. Kick off is at 12.00 noon at Moorways Stadium, Derby. Admission is by programme at Ł2. (32 page - full colour) Please visit our website at www.sheltonsportsfc.com for more details. Travellers will be welcome to join us in the Golden Pheasant after the game.
	19/12/06 Graeme Askham Am travelling to Nice area Feb 10th to 17th. Would appreciate any details of possible matches, tickets, ground location etc. First trip abroad!
	18/12/06 John Delaney This coming Saturday, 23 December, the kick off in the Cymru Alliance game between Queens Park (in Wrexham) and Llandudno is half an hour earlier at 2pm. QP have floodlights and the reason for the earlier ko is not known.
	18/12/06 John Smith Just a note to all you paper chasers out there; went to Launton Sports on Saturday for Oxon Senior Cup match against Chipping Norton; excellent game (3-5), excellent programme 56 pages packed full of information about all facets of the club, sold for Ł1 to include admission; looks like a regular issuer for all home games.(Launton is situated just north of Bicester close to Junction 10 M40).
	18/12/06 Paul Hawkins I've just noticed that Blisworth have disappeared from UCL1 this season, can anyone shed any light on this? I visited there last Easter Monday and did not get any impression they were in difficulty.
	18/12/06 Bill Berry Tues.19th.Dec.-Additions: FA Trophy 1st Round Replay-Bath v Farnborough Southern League-Errea Cup 2nd Round-Willenhall v Woodford (Delete Stourport v Woodford in One Midlands) Errea Cup 3rd Round-Merthyr Tydfil v Team Bath Northern League Cup 2nd Round-Penrith v Northallerton Midland Alliance-Coalville v Barwell West Midlands Regional League-One-Darlaston v Bridgnorth Res (brought forward from 23/12) Ridgeons League-Div One Cup 2nd Round-Swaffham v Godmanchester Essex Senior Cup 4th Round-Brentwood v Canvey Island Herts Senior Cup 2nd Round-Barnet v Welwyn GC, Sawbridgeworth v Broxbourne Spartan South Midlands League-Prem Div Cup 2nd Rnd-London Colney v Chalfont League Trophy 3rd Round-Haringey v Holmer Green Oxon Senior Cup 2nd Round-Oxford Quarry v Ardley Surrey Senior Cup 2nd Round-Westfield v Ash Hellenic League Cup 1st Round-Pewsey Vale v Old Woodstock Welsh Premier League-Loosemores Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg-Caersws v Aberystwyth Wed.20th.Dec.-Additions: Moore & Co Construction Solicitors League Div Two Trophy 2nd Round-Ashton T v Cheadle (at Cheadle) Combined Counties League-One-Tongham v Staines Lammas(at Cove) (brought forward from 21/12) Thurs.21st.Dec.-Addition: Northern League-One-West Allotment v Bedlington (brought forward from 23/12) South Mids Floodlit Cup 2nd Round-Cheshunt v Oxhey Sat.23rd.Dec.-Additions: FA Vase 3rd Round-Chessington & Hook v Street Wearside League-Birtley v Hartlepool (Delete Jarrow v Birtley, Ryhope CW v Hartlepool) Moore & Co Construction Solicitors League Div Two-Padiham v Ashton T (delete Ashton T v Padiham) West Cheshire League-One-Ashville v Aintree, Heswall v West Kirby (Delete Christleton v Aintree, Heswall v Castrol) West Cheshire Amateur Cup 3rd Round Replays-(1-30)-Christleton v Castrol, Styal v Ellesmere Port Lincolnshire League-Horncastle v Skegness Midland Combination-One-Littleton v Knowle (Delete Stockingford v Knowle, Thimblemill v Northfield, Univ of Birmingham v Littleton) Birmingham Vase 3rd Round-(1-30)-Brooklands v Darlaston, Northfield v Univ of Birmingham, Stockingford v Stockton Essex Premier Cup 3rd Round-Herongate v Ongar Essex Olympian League-One-Mountnessing v Canning Town, Takeley v Harold Wood (Delete Canning Town v Takeley, Mountnessing v Harold Wood) Two-Leigh Ramblers v Shenfield (reversed) Three-Writtle v Westhamians (reversed) Midlands Regional Alliance-Premier-Ashover v Rowsley, Dronfield T v Cromford, Melbourne v Carlton Res One-Pastures v Swanwick PR Cambs League-(2-00)-Premier-Cambridge Univ Press v Wickhambrook, Eaton Socon v Sawston, Fordham v Somersham, Gt Paxton v Waterbeach, Littleport v Newmarket Res, Over v Gt Shelford Senior A-Foxton v Mildenhall Res, Gamlingay v Fulbourn, Hardwick v Bluntisham, Hundon v Brampton, Lakenheath v Wisbech Res Senior B-Comberton v Willingham, Haddenham v Barton Mills, Milton v Cherry Hinton, Soham Utd v Outwell, Swavesey v Castle Camps, Whittlesford v Debden Southampton Senior League-(2-00)-AFC Target v Nursling, Comrades v Botley Village, Forest Town v Bush Hill South Devon League-Premier-Bishopsteignton v Brixham Utd, East Allington v Brixham Villa, Kingsteignton v Totnes & Dartington Res, Liverton v Galmpton, Upton v Bovey Tracey One-Chagford v Upton Res, Kingskerswell & Chelston v Ipplepen, Loddiswell v Ashburton, Newton 66 v Abbotskeswell, Riviera v Torbay Gents, Victoria v Kingsteignton Res. (Welsh National League (Wrexham Area)-Matches at Acrefair, Coedpoeth, Corwen, Llangollen, Rhos Aelwyd and Overton are all OFF) Tues.26th.Dec. Conference North-Blyth now kick-off at 1-00 Ryman League-Premier-New kick-off times-Boreham Wood now 12-00 One North-Waltham Forest now 12-00 Midland Alliance-New kick-off times at Atherstone (12-00), Boldmere (12-30), Causeway (3-00), Oadby (12-00) and Racing Warwick (12-00) Ridgeons League-One-Whitton now kick-off at 1-30 Spartan South Midlands League-Two-The 61 now kick-off at 11-30 Combined Counties League-Premier-New kick-off times at Banstead and Dorking - both now 1-00 Wessex League-One-Fawley now kick-off at 1-00 Hellenic League-Premier-Hounslow Boro now kick-off at 1-00, Shortwood at 12-00 One East-Badshot Lea at 1-00, Oxford Quarry (reversed fixture) at 11-00 Toolstation League-Premier-Odd Down now kick-off at 12-30 Cymru Alliance-Llandyrnog now kick-off at 1-00 Wed.27th.Dec.-Additions: Wessex League-One-Liss v Petersfield (reversed) Charity Match-Shelton v Golden Pheasant (12-00 at Moorways Stadium, Derby - 32-page programme) Fri.29th.Dec.-Addition: Welsh League-One-Bryntirion v Maesteg Park (brought forward from 30/12) Sat.30th.Dec.-Additions: Wearside League-Birtley v Guisborough BS, Willingdon v Hartlepool (Delete Birtley v Willingdon, Hartlepool v Guisborough BS) West Cheshire League-One-Newton v Merseyside Police (Delete Upton v Merseyside Police) Suffolk & Ipswich League-One-Bramford v Stanton North Lancs & District League-(2-00)-Caton v Marsh(?), Galgate v Marsh(?), Kirkby Lonsdale v Ingleton Midlands Regional Alliance-Premier-Cromford v Ashover, Derby RR v Shepshed Res, Holbrook St Michaels v Belper Utd, Rowsley v Melbourne One-Castle Donington v Swanwick PR, Derbyshire Amat v Bargate, Little Eaton v Belper Utd Res, Parkhouse v Holbrook St Michaels Res, Pastures v Wirksworth Sports, Woolley Moor v Ripley Two-Selston v Chellaston, Wirksworth Ivanhoe v Bargate Res East Anglian Cup 1st Round-Brentwood v Burnham Ramblers Mon.1st.Jan. Conference North-Scarborough now kick-off at 1-00 Hellenic League-Premier-Almondsbury T now kick-off at 1-00 Tues.2nd.Jan.-Additions: Wessex League-Premier-Gosport v Cowes Dorset Senior Cup 4th Round-Swanage v Wimborne Wed.3rd.Jan.-Addition: Ryman League-Premier-Bromley v AFC Wimbledon Dorset Senior Cup 4th Round-Poole T v Portland Fri.5th.Jan.-Addition: Northern League-One-Darlington RA v West Auckland
	16/12/06 Paul Baston The Sussex Senior Cup Match between Bognor Regis and Crawley scheduled for Tuesday 19th December 2006 is off as per the Bognor Regis Town website and the Argus paper
	15/12/06 Chris Ashbridge Further to my post of 07/12/06, the Lewes v. Oxford Utd game is no longer all-ticket (due to slow sales) but tickets will only be available between 11am and 1pm tomorrow. A temporary stand which has been erected at the Dripping Pan will remain there until after the local derby against Eastbourne Borough on New Year's Day.
	15/10/06 Peter Ford Thanks for the info here, and on Tony Kempster’s web site. For anyone interested, there was a game planned at Puerto del Carmen (where we were staying) at 8pm on the Friday - sure enought the lights were on so we walked there - got there about 7.25pm - saw the last 20 mins of the first half and the whole of the second half of a juniors game, and then the first team match kicked off at 9pm - in unseasonal rain - with no cover, so for some reason my wife decided not to watch the second game, which finished 1-2 On Sunday, she wanted to go to Teguise market - we got there at 9am, and it was very cold, and vey windy, so thankfully after an hour or so, she decided watching OM play in the Spanish Regional league would be more enjoyable - it was, even though it finished 0-0 On Monday night, as we were driving home from our evening meal, she noticed the floodlights were on in Tias (about 3 miles up the mountain from PDC) - so I saw a game there which kicked off at 8.30pm. There was another game due to kick off at the same ground at 10.30pm, but did not stay for that one. The lights at Tias’ ground were also on both Tuesday and Wednesday night, but I thought it unwise to suggest a revisit. We saw other grounds at San Bartolome, Yaiza, and at least 2 more in the capital of Arrecife - all floodlit
	14/12/06 Steven Davey Last Sunday I was in Spain to watch Real Murcia. I turned up at 'La Condomina' but found out they have moved to a new ground 'Neuva Condomina' on the outskirts of the town. It appeared this was their 2nd match at this stadium according to a small brochure. Bus 1 from town to ground took about 10-15 mins but after game to the railway station took almost 40 mins. On the saturday I watched Hercules (Alicante). In the programme co-incidentally the previous week they played away to Ciudad de Murcia & this was still played at 'La Condomina.' I don't know if this ground will remain or not. Anybody knows.
	14/12/06 Barry Davis Peter, thank you for your info re my weekend in Brussels. I didn't get to Bruges which was a shame as it turned to be a cracking game apparently (4-4) but did manage to get a superb seat at Molenbeek for 20 Euros in a game won 1-0 by Anderlecht in stoppage time. I shall definitely be looking to do more in Belgium. By the way, Christopher, the weather was superb all weekend!
	12/12/06 Dave Norris The Surrey Senior Cup game between Croydon Athletic and Tooting that was postponed on Tuesday has been switched to Tooting's ground on Thurs 14th Dec k.o.7.45
	12/12/06 Chris Ashbridge Oxford United v. Woking on Boxing Day has been made all-ticket and with 8,700 tickets having already been sold, this match is likely to break the previous Conference record attendance.
	12/12/06 Leon Gladwell Further photos of Sparta Rotterdam at: http://pub8.bravenet.com/photocenter/album.php?cp=8&usernum=624184639&album=28632
	10/12/06 Mike Roe If Chris or Pete require a few phots of the Sparta ground I'm on 'codofthenorth@hotmail.com'.Sorry for the delay in replying i've been down South working shifts.
	9/12/06 Mick Newey Today's Westella & Willerby programme advised that work had commenced on the Ł1m ground developments at Hill Top and that they hope to be playing there from the start of next season.
	7/12/06 Chris Bedford Brocton FC have finally received planning permission to develop the former Staffs Police Ground on Silkmore Lane, Stafford. Plans include a new stand, floodlights, perimeter netting and reinforced grass car parking. No date has been set for the completion of the upgrade.
	7/12/06 Chris Ashbridge Further to the provisional fixtures fro Sat 16th Dec that appeared in thsi week's magazine, the FA Trophy tie between Lewes and Oxford United kicks off at 2pm and is all-ticket with no sales on the day. Anyone wanting to buy a seat rather than a standing ticket will have to do so from Oxford United (once the deadline for season-ticket holders has passed) as all the seats in the new main stand have been allocated to Oxford!
	6/12/06 Chris Bedford A couple of bits of news from the Staffs County Senior League website. The Secretary of MS Akademik has resigned so contact the Chairman Mykal Whyton on 07837 616730 instead. Also Division One side Biddulph Town resumed fixtures last Saturday having been reinstated following their resignation earlier in the season.
	5/12/06 Chris Ashbridge Regarding Peter Abbott's comments on Sparta Rotterdam, I too hope to revisit the ground one day. However, having seen photographs of it and having passed it on the train, I can say that no trace of the original ground remains apart from the ornate main entrance which used to be behind one goal but is now awkwardly located by the half-way line. The huge stand that Peter refers to which used to be on the east side has been replaced by a 'wrap-around' stand of the same height as the rest of the stadium.
	3/12/06 Peter Chappell I would like to recomend to any ground hoppers North Shields of the Northern League Division 2. What a very friendly club! I went there on Saturday and they could not do any more to help, and as you wonder round the ground the locals wanted to chat to you. They are not having the best time at the moment and before Saturday they had lost there last seven matches, so I hope we brought them some luck as they beat brandon 2-0. Their keeper was man of the match.
	1/12/06 Peter Abbott Re. Mike Roe's trip to Rotterdam, I was also in that part of the world last weekend. I went to the Zaterdag Amateurs game ko 14-30 at VV DOTO Pernis (near Europoort)score 3-5 followed by the Belgian Antwerpen Prov 1 game at Oud Turnhout 5-0 Saturday evening and the Liege Prov 1 game at Couthuin Sports 5-2 Sunday afternoon. Regards your visit to Sparta Rotterdam you make no mention of the layout of the ground since the pitch was turned round 90 degrees a few years ago. I hope to re-visit in due course, but would be interested in details of significant improvements. I beleive that the huge stand previously on the side of the ground remains although is now behind a goal ?
	30/11/06 Paul Roth Re Lanzarote 9th/10th Dec. Peter,you appear to have chosen a bad weekend footballing wise to be in Lanzarote,but looking at the futbolme website there is hope.O Matitima are playing Leganes on Sunday 10th Dec,in Div 2b Group 1, and are a Lanzarote based club.They play at the main city stadium in arrecife.Busses stop right outside the ground.Futbolme is a fantastic website and if you click on the club in question in the fixture list it will bring you to all the relevant games for that particular team.'click' on 'datos'above the fixture card and that will give all the club's relevant details. The 'Tercera',or 3rd division group 12 is the one for all Canarian football at this level,but unluckily no Lanzarote based teams are at home that weekend.Hope this helps.
	29/11/06 Bill Berry Amendments to FA Premier Academy League fixtures: Fri.1st.Dec.-Add Birmingham v MK Dons(1-00) and Everton v Wolves(12-00). Sat.2nd.Dec.-Delete Everton v Wolves and MK Dons v Birmingham. Arsenal will kick-off at 10-45; Nottm Forest and Tottenham at 11-30, and Norwich, Sunderland and WBA at 12-00.
	29/11/06 Mike Roe Just back from a three game weekend in Holland visiting Roosendall(Juliper Div1) on Friday 24th Nov.Excelsior Saturday 25th and Sparta v Ajax on the Sunday.All the Clubs very accomodating with advice and tickets after a quick telephone call.As has already been mentioned,match tickets on the cheap side as is the train and tram travel. On a map the Roosendall Stadium is next to the train station...which it is,but theres a 25 minute walk to get to it because there's no way of getting across the train lines.Tidy ground about 5 years old with a capacity of around 5,000.The Excelsior ground is easier to get to in Rotterdam on tram number 21.The lads in the Club shop couldnt give you enough bumff on the Club.This ground is even smaller with a 3,500 capacity but getting a ticket on the day wasnt a problem against Heracles. Sparta were great on the phone they set aside a few tickets for the Ajax game even with a capacity of only 11,000.The ground is at the end of tram service No 8 destination Stangem,and the ground is the last stop by the front door. Some newspaper/tabac kiosks in town do sell tickets but I found they send them back to the Club the day before the game to ensure they get sold.Hope I've not gone on too long and thanks to other posters on the Dutch scene which helped.Great weekend and 15 goals.
	28/11/06 Hoddy Hi Peter, all canary island fixtures on Google try canariasdeportiva.com Its very good inc grounds/k.o. but slow. As usual with Spain run down of fixtures only week before
	28/11/06 Hedley Dye With lots of postponements last Saturday, our original choice of Gregorians in the Manchester league proved inspired.They play on a 3rd generation artificial pitch at Platt Lane, Manchester City's training ground. There is also an adjacent pitch, both floodlit, the lights being used, unneccessarily, for the second half of a 1400 kick off. One to bear in mind for inclement weather.
	28/11/06 Dave Kettlewell Re Lanzarote 9th/10th Dec It would appear that Lanzarote who play in Segunda B 1 are away over that weekend as are the 2 Lanzarote based side in Tercera Grupo 12 which is the Canaries group (U Sur Yaiza & Teguise) However if you are there on the 6th Dec these 2 meet at Teguise on that day. I'm sure there will be Lanzarote based sides in the Regionales Tenerife but the Futbolme site doesn't give much info on regionales clubs. Forgot to look at Orientacion Maritima who are at Home in Segunda B Group 1 to Leganes on 10th Dec
	28/11/06 Andy Harrup WEDNESDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2006 TOOTING AND MITCHAM U16S 'B' -v- AUSTRALIA U15S K.O. 5.30PM IMPERIAL FIELDS STADIUM TOOTING AND MITCHAM U16S 'A' -v- AUSTRALIA U16s K.O. 7.30PM IMPERIAL FIELDS STADIUM
	28/11/06 Nick Bainbridge Ex-Lincolnshire League side Retford Town who now play in the Doncaster Senior League Premier Division have just moved to a new ground which is Bolham Sports Ground, Tiln Lane, Retford. The first game there was on Saturday 25th November when Askern Welfare were the visitors and a programme was produced priced at Ł1. Upcoming home games are Dec 2nd v Radford (1-30), Dec 30th v Eden Grove (2-00) & Jan 6th v Upton & Harewood Social (1-30). The Doncaster Senior League has an excellent website courtesy of www.football.mitoo.co.uk including maps of the member clubs home grounds.
	28/11/06 Chris Ashbridge Barry - FC Brussels play at the Molenbeek ground (Stade Edmond Machtens, full address on www.footbel.com) but as this is a derby v. Anderlecht, it may not be possible to buy a ticket on the day. Try the club's website to see if it possible to book on-line. I'm not sure that planning a trip in winter this far in advance is a good idea until you've checked the weather forecast a few days beforehand.
	28/11/06 Dave Reed With our original choice of game at Bartley Green called off on Saturday last, we ended up at University of Birmingham. Anyone intending to visit should note that (a) they are not producing programmes and (b) they will almost certainly be relegated at the end of the season as they are unable (due to lack of funding from the University) to erect a stand and make other necessary changes to maintain their status. They will probably fold and concentrate on midweek football against other Universities.
	28/11/06 Peter Ford We are off to Lanzarote soon for a week, and will be there for the weekend of 9th/10th December. Any tips on where I can find out who is playing that weekend and where. I looked on the usual futbolme link and could only find Tenerife and Las Palmas - but that could be just me not knowing enough Spanish. Any help gratefully received
	28/11/06 Peter Abbott The FC Bruges match at the Olympic Stadion is Sunday 10 December ko 13-00 (not 12-00). FC Brussels play at Stade Machtens in Molenbeek (the old RWDM ground) not far from the centre of Brussels and ko is 18-00 (not 17-00). You've picked more difficult games than usual to go to so don't be surprised if you have to queue for tickets. I doubt they will sell out, but if no obvious sales points, head for the secretariat office and persuade them to let you in (show passport). Good luck.
	27/11/06 Barry Davis I shall be in Belgium on weekend 9/10 December. Can anyone give me advice please re games at Brugge v Liage at 12.00 and FC Brussels v Anderlecht at 17.00 on the Sunday 10th. Can one just pay on the day and where exactly do FC Brussels play their home games?
	25/11/06 Bob Dutton South Kirkby Colliery from Sheffield County Senior League and Doncaster Premier League are issuing a programme for all their home games this season.
	25/11/06 Harvey Freemantle From qosfc.com: The twice postponed SFA Youth Cuptie between Queens and Aberdeen has now been scheduled for this Sunday at Stenhousemuir's Ochilview Park. Kick-off is at 1.30 pm and admission is free. Let's hope it's third time lucky.
	23/11/05 Stephen Crawley Please note Saturday 25 Nov 2006. Dartford Vs Sittingbourne is now 13.00 Kick Off.
	17/11/06 Harvey Freemantle Further to Scott Struthers message re: SFA Youth Cups, the Q.O.T.S. website has just reported this: "The Queens v Aberdeen third round SFA Youth Cup tie, which was postponed last Sunday, was due to go ahead this Sunday, but owing to the heavy rain has had to be postponed yet again." (lifted from www.qosfc.com)
	16/11/06 Mike Linden A point I forgot to mention (and one whose importance was raised to me by a 'hopper') is that Gillford Park are this season playing on the MAIN pitch, not the side pitch as was the case last season.
	16/11/06 Chris Freer You got me there, Chris, as I have to confess that we didn't get a taxi to NAC's stadium either. A friend of mine who lives in Breda gave use a lift and picked us up after the game. It just SEEMED like a long way out of town ... maybe he took the scenic route! He also took us to the site of NAC's old ground, now covered in housing ... no Highbury-type development here; gone and destined to be forgotten.
	16/11/06 Chris Ashbridge With regard to Chris Freer's entry - no it's not overlong at all, in fact the more there is to read the merrier! However, I should add that it is NOT necessary to catch a taxi to NAC Breda's new stadium. It is within 25-30 mins walk, perhaps less, from the station and in fact it adjoins the railway line if travelling from the west.
	16/11/06 Bill Berry FA Premier Academy League fixture update: Crewe v WBA is off; Chelsea v West Ham brought forward to Friday (17th) at 12-00; on Saturday Watford k.o. at 10-30, Coventry and Newcastle at 11-30, and Barnsley, Fulham, Huddersfield and Leicester at 12-00
	15/11/06 Scott Struthers Some of last Sunday's SFA Youth Cup R3 matches were postponed and rearranged as follows:- Sun 19th Nov - Hamilton v Dalbeattie 4pm; Queen of the South v Aberdeen (David Keswick Centre, 2pm); Mon 27th Nov Morton v Rangers (7pm). Separately delighted to read about the guy's exploits in Holland, have done it a couple of times myself and always worthwhile.
	13/11/06 Mike Linden Gillford Park (Carlisle) will be producing a special one-off programme for our County Cup derby match with Carlisle City, on December 2nd (k.o. 1.30pm). We are not regular issuers and this is the first time we will be doing a professional programme for what is the biggest game in our short history. Due to limited finances, there is just a small print run so it may be worthwhile contacting us to ensure your copy, either by emailing website@gillfordparkfc.co.uk or through our website (www.gillfordparkfc.co.uk).
	13/11/06 Chris Freer I thought I'd post a few follow-up notes after my first dip into the Dutch Leagues, just in case anyone else fancies a weekend away (I'm sorry if it's over-long, but I hope it's of interest). We eventually settled on Friday Night at NAC Breda v Heerenveen. I phoned ahead and was told that this wasn't a high risk game and the presence of barely a coach load of away fans justified that decision. There was a single ticket window - most fans seem to have club card season tickets - and the ticket admits you to the ground - you sit where you like. This is a fairly modern stadium and like the others we went to, entry is via the bar code on your ticket - no old boys collecting money or your ticket stub here. Past the turnstiles and there is a security check. Enter the ground and you are faced with a wall where the pitch should be. Climb up the stand stairs and you can see why - the pitch is raised about ten feet above ground level, creating a natural barrier against invasions. Hence no fences here. The ground is on the outskirts of town and i suggest you taxi it. We moved on to Maastricht as a base for our second match, a visit to Roda (v RKC). Travelling around Holland by train is easy and relatively cheap. We got a two-person weekend day ticket for 35 euros which allows travel anywhere in Holland (and first class at that!). The best station for Roda is Heerlen (as Leon suggested) although we took a cheap bus to the ground from the station and back, as opposed to taxi. Roda is another new ground. Tickets are available to casual visitors from the 'Ticketing' counter which we found open at least 90 minutes before the game. Take your passport. Tickets are cheap but, as Leon said, you need to buy a (6 Euro) club card too, although they don't actually give you one (I trust it's in the post). Tickets have a seat number but most fans sat where they liked. Once again the pitch is surrounded by a moat, so no fences, except for away fans. Day three saw an early start and another cheap rail deal to Arnhem. As we were going home later that day we had a luggage problem, and the boxes at the station didn't talk our language (some strange card names). The Old Holland hotel bar across from the station was very obliging and we left them there. Free buses run from outside the station and straight back after the game - it's a doddle! We'd booked our tickets in advance and the girl at the Information office had them ready in a envelope for us. Automatic entry again and this time we figured out that, to purchase anything from the food shops inside the ground, you had to buy cards from a separate booth and use them. This stadium is amazing - and it's got a roof. You enter more of an auditorium than a football ground. The pre-match razzamatazz probably isn't a purist's cup of tea but I found the atmosphere tremendous fun and we were treated to the best game of the weekend, Vitesse beating Utrecht 4-2. The away fans here are not only behind fences but a huge net too - couldn't have been a great view of the action. We flew home via Amsterdam and I'm already looking forward to next year's trip. One final tip. If booking a hotel via the internet, try and get a positive confirmation. At our hotel in Maastricht they denied all knowledge of my booking until I produced transcripts of the e-mails. Only then did they ring around a find us an alternative in a busy city - a long way to travel just to get stranded.
	11/11/06 Mark Wyver Just obtained programmes from Cray Valley(PM)and New Romney from Kent County League.
	11/11/06 Peter Chappell Hathern of the leicester senior league div 1 are now issuing programmes for all firsr team home games.
	8/11/06 Paul Billing I am getting a lot of interest about our match day programme. Dosthill Colts are in the Midland Comb Div 3 anyone who is interested either contact me by e mail of from the league directory
	7/11/06 Mark Wyver Have added Staplehurst & Monarchs United to list of Kent County League programmes.They are in Division 1 East.
	7/11/06 Scott Struthers This weekend's (11 Nov) Scottish Junior Cup replays are all 1.45pm kick offs. www.scottish-juniors.co.uk has details.
	6/11/06 Leon Gladwell Regarding Chris Freer's post, I can report that we did taxi it from Aachen to Roda's Parkstad Limburg Stadion at a cost of 25 euros. The club shop opens 1 hour before the match and from there you will need to complete an application for a club card - don't forget your passport! Admission was 15 euros plus a further 6 euros for the club card. The match we saw was against Sparta who were were well represented in the away end...and sadly by a further 100 or so idiots who had somehow gained entry into the Roda end. Twenty minutes in the Rotterdammers made themselves known causing the kind of violent scenes that I haven't witnessed at a football match for a long time. The incidents were well reported in the following day's newspapers. Following the game we took a taxi from the stadion back to Heerlen station at a cost of 10 euros. For photographs of my trip, go to: http://www.footballgroundsinfocus.com/leon.html
	6/11/06 Martyn Girdham Re Barton Town 'new' ground - article in Monday's Scunthorpe Telegraph says : Barton Town were forced to postpone Saturday's home game with Heanor when they could not find a ground to play on. But club spokesman Pete Mitchell said they were "very hopeful" of Marsh Lane finally being available for their first home game of the season next Saturday against Gedling."We tried all over to find somewhere to play on Saturday, but there was nowhere available," he said. "But it's looking good for this week when we can finally play our first home game. The new pitch has been marked out and the floodlights are ready, so hopefully everything will be okay."
	6/11/06 Mark Wyver These clubs are the clubs i have obtained a programme from this season Hollands & Blair(Premier), Bly Spartans (Div 1 West), Orpington(Div 1 West), Farnboough Old Boys Guild(Div 2 West), Tenterden Town(Div 2 East).
	6/11/06 Dan Braddock (Wellington Amateurs) For anyone who is interested we are producing a programme for all of our saturday afternoon home matches this season. For those of you who were at the Clee Hill match last season we have made a few changes. For directions visit www.wellingtonamateurs.co.uk or www.scpfl.co.uk
	3/11/06 Chris Freer Leon Gladwell was right in his post of 29th September when he warned that the German fixtures can be switched at pretty short notice. Our scheduled match at Aachen on Saturday 11th November has indeed been switched to the 12th and as we will have moved on to Arnhem that day, we won't get to see the game. I'd be interested to hear of Leon's experiences on his trip to Roda in October, as we're due to go there on 11th Nov. We're also now visiting NAC Breda on the 10th, instead of Germinal. All the clubs say there will be no problem getting tickets on the day but any advice on potential pitfalls would be useful.
	3/11/06 11:58 Jim Joines TFT readers might be interested in the following tournament taking place in North Cyprus this month http://www.elfcup. org/ This will comprise of 8 teams from non FIFA recognised nations and takes place over 1 week. The information has not been available until now in English which has lead to the short notice of the event. The weather at this time of year is mild around 20c and travel from the UK is available to the north (Ercan) from Stanstead, Heathrow or Manchester with Cyprus Turkish Airlines. A cheaper option is to fly to the south from a large number of airports. Access to the north is easy by foot in Nicosia or by car from a number of places (not all hire car companies allow this) Public transport in the north is very cheap and food and drink prices on the whole are vary reasonable. Hope some from the UK can make it as it is planned for the event to take place annually. For any other information re: football here or travel to the tournament please email sundaes.9011@yahoo.com
	3/11/06 10:26 Bill Berry AMENDMENTS & ADDITIONS TO FIXTURES IN TFT NO.13: Sat.4th.Nov. TOOLSTATION LEAGUE-Delete Backwell v Wellington LEICS SENIOR LEAGUE-Delete Anstey Nmds v Highfield and Blaby & Whetstone v Barrow T Add LEICS SENIOR CUP 1ST ROUND REPLAY-Sileby v Highfield WESTMORLAND SENIOR CUP 2ND ROUND-Add Frizington v Salterbeck and Mirehouse v St Bees(both 1-30) WESTMORLAND LEAGUE-Add Ibis v Windermere(Div 1), Ambleside v Sedbergh Res, Carvetii v Keswick Res, Kirkoswald v Ibis Res and Penrith Rngrs v Staveley (all Div 2) (all 2-00) CUMBERLAND COUNTY LEAGUE-Add Cockermouth v Wigton, Netherhall v Carlisle City Res and Pirelli v Whitehaven MW (all 2-00) HANTS INTERMEDIATE CUP 2ND ROUND-Delete Sporting BTC v Upham GLOUCESTERSHIRE NORTHERN SENIOR LEAGUE-Add Tetbury v Bishops Cleeve Res Tues.7th.Nov. LEICS SENIOR LEAGUE-Add Anstey Nmds v Highfield and Blaby & Whetstone v Barrow T COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE-Delete Camberley v Colliers Wood (Bedfont Green v Colliers Wood confirmed) Wed.8th.Nov. TOOLSTATION LEAGUE-Delete Bitton v Bristol MF Add SOMERSET PREMIER CUP 2ND ROUND-Bitton v Clevedon NORTHERN LEAGUE-Add Bishop Auckland v Darlington RA Add BIRMINGHAM SENIOR CUP 3RD ROUND-Boldmere v WBA
	2/11/06 15:14 Bill Berry FA Premier Academy League - Adjustments to fixture/k.o. times this weekend: Huddersfield v Sheffield Wed brought forward to Fri.3rd.(1-00). On Saturday, Watford k.o. at 10-30; Arsenal at 10-45; Birmingham, Millwall and Sunderland at 12-00, Aston Villa at 12-30, and Newcastle at 1-00
	2/11/06 Chris Bedford Tunstall Town are now groundsharing at Biddulph Victoria
	31/10/06 Scott Struthers Sat 4th Nov, The Central League game between Clydebank and Cambuslang will take place at Pollok's Newlandsfield Park, 2pm kick off. In the East of Scotland Seniors League all games will be 2pm kick offs from this Saturday. www.eastofscotlandfa.org has details
	25/10/06 David Holmes Does anyone know the teams or matches around Paris on Saturday 4 November or nearby teams of any reasonable standard looked at web site for France but dont know much about the french teams.Any help appreciated
	24/10/06 Peter Leavis Selsey have confirmed to me that they are not playing on Friday night.
	21/10/06 Roderick Grubb Word from West Midlands Regional League circles is that Great Wyrley have folded. They certainly havn't appeared on fixtures during the past fortnight.
	19/10/06 Steve Shirley/Graham Hodson For Andy Cooper - the Egypt v South Africa match appears to be scheduled for Brentford FC according to Stella, a ticket selling agency. Hoody adds...wed nov 15. many sites still have it down as cairo international stadium !! your not far from heathrow if a quick change of venue !
	19/10/06 Richard Lane In response to Martyn Girdham's message re Barton Town. they will finally play a "home " fixture this Saturday (October 21st), but according to a message left by Kimberley Town's manager on the CML forum, this will be played at Brigg Town, Kick off 3.15 p.m. .
	19/10/06 Bill Berry Amendments to this weekend's FA Premier Academy League fixtures: Two matches brought forward to Friday (20th)- Newcastle v Sunderland at 12.00 and Stoke v Manchester Utd at 7.00 (at Brittania Stadium). On Saturday, Watford k.o. at 10.30; Cardiff, Derby, Tottenham and WBA at 12.00, and Nottm Forest at 12.30. All others at 11.00.
	19/10/06 Nigel Tovey I went to Italy last weekend to see torino play at the olympic stadium. they dont sell tickets at the ground until the day of the match and the only place that i could find was a tabac.kiosk a few minutes walk from the ground.the tickets are on sale until 19.30 the day before the game and you must have your passport with you.the ticket will carry your name on it and it will be checked twice by police as you enter the ground. they dont sell tickets to all parts of the ground but have them in a price range of 35-90 euros.the shop can be found at 41 via tripoli.as for the other game i went to - ac spezia in serie b--- no passport required just buy ticket and walk into ground.
	11/10/06 David Bauckham The Nomad-Online website XI will be taking on a Devils' Trust Crawley Town All-Stars side at Oakwood FC this Sunday at 2pm. The game is to officially launch the Crawley Town Supporters' Trust. Admission is Ł5 and a full match programme will be issued. There will also be a raffle of signed shirts and items of interest, as well as a licensed bar and refreshments. Directions to Oakwood can be found on the Nomad-Online website: www.nomad-online.co.uk
	10/10/06 Andy Cooper If anybody is planning a visit to Mickleover RBL in the Midlands Regional Alliance, they are playing temporarily at St Georges Playing Fields, on Carlisle Avenue in Littleover. No cover, dugouts or facilities anywhere near the pitch though. Also, does anyone know where Egypt v South Africa is being played on November 16th, FIFA webstite says London, but I don't know which ground.
	9/10/06 Mark Wyver Orpington from the Kent County League Divison 1 West issued their first programme on saturday and will be regular issuers in the future.
	9/10/06 Tom McDonald Harlow's game against Spurs has now been cancelled. Spurs unable to raise a team!
	9/10/06 Martyn Girdham Sorry to bore you all re the continuing Barton Town 'new ground' saga but Graham Paine needs info for this coming Saturday. Central Mids website review on Mitoo says Barton are returning home this weekend (again). BUT the same Central mids website fixture list have changed Barton's home game to an away fixture at Heanor!! Scunthorpe Telegraph today conveniently skips over Barton's next fixture. Graham : I suggest you ring Barton and failing a home game at Marsh Lane try ringing Hutton Cranswick who are your next best chance of a programme in the Humber Prem.
	9/10/06 John Delaney Cymru Alliance. There are a couple of short notice fixture changes this coming Saturday, 14 October. See official Cymru Alliance site www.cymru-alliance.co.uk for details.
	8/10/06 Mark Herron Went to Yarnfield the other week and can report that Stafford Rangers Stripes (or Stafford Rangers 'A', according to the Staffs Co League website) were playing on pitch 2 (the middle pitch), their under 21 side was on pitch 3 (the far pitch), and Stone Old Alleynians were on pitch 1 (nearest pitch).
	8/10/06 Dave Woodings If anyone is thinking of going to the Newcastle University v Peterlee game on Tuesday 11.10.06 this game will be played AT Peterlee. I have spoken to the Uinversity sec. who confirms they do not have lights !
	6/10/06 Steve Broughton In reply to Harvey Freemantle - I've not been to all the North Lancs grounds yet but I can recommend Ingleton FC, there's no pitch barrier but there is a decent open terrace and dugouts. Cartmel do play inside the racecourse although there's no football-specific facilities as such, it's just an open pitch.
	6/10/06 Les Easterbrook Change of venue. Saturday 14/10/06 kick off 3pm. Kingstonian v Fleet Town will now be played at Hampton and Richmond Borough FC. This is due to AFC Wimbledon being at home in the FAC and Fleet Town not agreeing to play at Kingstonian on the Friday or the Sunday.
	6/10/06 Graham Paine If Scheveningen are at home on the Saturday that would be a good choice as when I went some years ago they produced a good programme. Scheveningen is a seaside resort and is easily accessed by tram/bus from The Hague. They are also one of the top amateur sides and are well supported.
	6/10/06 Gary Spooner I will be in Amsterdam on 27 / 28 October. I know that Haarlem are at home on the Friday to FC Eindhoven - will there be any problem with tickets or do we just turn up on the night? Secondly we would like to see a non-league game on the Saturday - preferably at an interesting ground that is easy to get to and with a programme - any suggestions? Many thanks
	5/10/06 John Miller Re issuers in the West Lancashire League, Vickerstown, on Walney Island, issued for their first match in the league against BAC/Springfields and said they intended to produce one for all their home games, at Mill Lane. The programme was on sale at the tea bar but arrive early as they did not print very many for August 12th.
	5/10/06 Rob North Some ground news from the Scottish Juniors. RUTHERGLEN GLENCAIRN will play their final match at Southcroft Park on Saturday October 14h v Irvine Meadow. They plan to groundshare after that until their new ground at Burnhill is ready to open (expected around Dec 2007). However, at present no groundshare agreement has been secured. JEANFIELD SWIFTS play their first game at their new ground on Saturday Oct 7th v Luncarty (ACA Sports League Cup). The address is Bute Drive, North Muirton, Perth(off A912 Dunkeld Road).
	5/10/06 Graham Paine Many thanks to Martyn Girdham in particular re programme issuers in the Humberside/NE Lincolnshire area but unfortunately all 4 of the clubs he mentioned are away on the 14th. Can he or anyone else shed light on whether Barton Town OB really will be back on their own ground that day?
	5/10/06 Steve Coulson Harlow Town at Barrows Farm. Harlow will now be playing Tottenham Hotspurs reserves in their first game at the new ground. The match is on Tuesday October 10th, kick off at 7.30 pm. Addmision is Ł7.00.
	5/10/05 Mick Burt Message for Graham Britton of Rainham, Essex. Didcot Town goalkeeper against Heybridge Swifts was Sean Purcell NOT Chris Webb. The latter was suffering from flu and felt too poorly to play according to the club website.
	4/10/06 Stephen Harris I expect everyone knows this anyway, but it was news to me when I read in last Saturday's Haverhill Rovers match programme that the club is hoping to be on a new ground in the town - one with a 'new generation' synthetic pitch - in time for the start of next season.
	4/10/06 Andy Molden According to Oxford United's Website, Oxford have sold all their terrace allocation for Friday's game at Forest Green, and at 9am this morning (Wednesday) had less than 200 seats available. I believe tickets were not going on general sale until 9am this morning (Wednesday). This means Oxford have already sold around 1,500 tickets to season ticket holders for the game. Having been to Forest Green this influx of away fans will cause a number of parking problems. I know a number of travellers have tickets for the game, I would arrive early if you want to park near the ground.
	4/10/06 Harvey Freemantle Anybody looking for a game this Saturday, Dalbeattie Star are at home to Preston Athletic in the Scottish Qualifying Cup - kick off 3pm. Can anybody advise me which grounds from the North Lancs and District league play at football specific grounds with at least dugouts/pitch surrounds... - almost all seem to play at community sports centres and being a typically poor student based in Scotland I cant investigate myself! As far as I know there are Millhead, Carnforth, Galgate, Cartmel & District (racecourse?), Kirkby Lonsdale and Swarthmoor Social Club. Also, just to note I got the new camera and software to day so the site - www.tnlgd.co.uk - will begin to be properly populated!
	4/10/06 Scott Struthers Very sorry to hear about Derek Sidebottom's passing. Agree entirely with Dave Woodings' comments. Met Derek at many grounds over many years and always enjoyed a good blether with him.
	2/10/06 Arwel Jones Accrington Stanley F.C. will play a friendly at Maes Tegid, Bala against Bala Town F.C. to officially open the new floodlights on Tuesday, October 10th. The opening ceremony will be at 7pm with ko. to follow at 7.30pm
	2/10/06 Paul Roach For something to look forward to, does anyone know if I'm likely to get a programme on any of the remaining West Lancashire League Premier Division grounds? From past experience the following, but then I would have included Euxton in thet category too: Barnoldswick Town, Blackrod Town, Fulwood Amateur, Hesketh Bank, Kirkham & Wesham, Turton, plus in lower leagues: Norcross & W; Croston Sports; Trimpell; Furness Cavs; Thornton.
	2/10/06 Chris Ashbridge Yesterday (Sun 1st Oct) I made an Eurostar day trip to the Lille area to visit ES Mouvaux (Interregionale Group B) as the listing on www.fff.fr had indicated a different address, with a synthetic pitch, to that which I had visited for another of their home games in 2003-04. A look at the old ground (which had a grass pitch) revealed that it was in the process of being demolished for housing, and as I approached the new ground (about 30 mins walk from Roubaix SNCF/metro, although closer to the tram) I noticed large banners and posters advertising a friendly match between RC Lens and Valenciennes, which is apparently going to be played at the unusually early time of 5.30pm on Friday 6th October for the "ouverture des nouveaux stades". On arrival, I found that the new complex comprises two grounds - one with a synthetic pitch, railed off with hard standing all round, but no cover, and a grass pitch with an elevated 500 seater stand. Both are adjacent but separated by a tall steel mesh fence, and with separate entrances. The match (won 3-1 by Mouvaux) was played on the synthetic pitch, which is of the same type as Woodley Sports. The website sates that all the remaining games this season will be played on it, which may not be correct as I would expect them to start playing on the main stadium soon. (Incidentally, there were signs that some work on it, mainly to the pavements, had to be finished before Friday's friendly.) I won't be rushing to visit the main stadium and will be happy to wait as much as 10 years before doing it, preferably for a CFA2 or a big French Cup game. I have put some more French ground news on the noticeboard at www.nonleaguedigest.co.uk
	1/10/06 Rod Allsworth Some info on West Lancs programme issuers: To my knowledge-Issuers this season: Charnock Richard.Fulwood,Kirkham (a really decent programme) Non: Frecketon,Blackpool Wren Rovers,Coppull,Euxton,Wyre Villa
	1/10/06 Andy Molden The following is from Abingdon Town's Website, relating to their postponed B&B Intermediate Cup tie away to AFC Newbury's Wessex League side. "The Reserves' Berks & Bucks game at Newbury is postponed as the home side are unable to raise a team. Town get a walkover as a result."
	1/10/06 Chris Freer Once again thanks to Leon and indeed Stephen for the info. Germinal Beerschott were most helpful re the ticket situation, indicating that I can buy tickets on the day of the game at the 'ticketcorner'. If this is not readily apparent I'll follow the route Stephen suggests, passport at the ready. Any other feedback from Leon after his trip in October would also be useful, particular re the experience of getiing from Aachen to Roda by cross-border taxi!
	1/10/06 Chris Freer Once again thanks to Leon and indeed Stephen for the info. Germinal Beerschott were most helpful re the ticket situation, indicating that I can buy tickets on the day of the game at the 'ticketcorner'. If this is not readily apparent I'll follow the route Stephen suggests, passport at the ready. Any other feedback from Leon after his trip in October would also be useful, particular re the experience of getiing from Aachen to Roda by cross-border taxi!
	29/9/06 David Dixon Following from Dave Woodings' posting, the funeral of Derek Sidebottom will take place at Lawnswood Crematorium, Otley Road,Leeds. on Thursday 5 October at 2.20 pm. I have sent Bill a short tribute for inclusion in Traveller.
	29/9/06 Roderick Grubb In this week's Traveller I believe the story of West Midlands (Regional) League Wyrley Rangers moving to Groundshare at Great Wyrley may be an error. I have neen assured that Division Two side Wyrley F.C. are moving to play on the old Harrison's ground but will use the dressing-rooms at Great Wyrley's ground which is just across the lane. Best to check if planning a visit.
	29/9/06 Stephen Harris To Chris Freer: Re: Germinal Beerschot - I assume that you are on top of the ticket situation here as you have not specifically asked about them. But in case you are not... My experience there on a Friday evening last season was that tickets are available on the day of the game, but only from a rather obscure ticket counter in the main admin block which you access by walking through a bar area. You will need your passport or they will not issue a ticket. There was quite a queue when I went - I'd try to get there well before kick-off time if I were you.
	29/9/06 Martyn Girdham Barton Town update - the delays and lack of information surrounding the new ground at Marsh Lane is coming to a conclusion - hopefully ! Two weeks ago I raised the question of no or little progress being made at the site in six weeks or so, and Barton playing all their games away to date in the CML. That same week the CML Chairman's weekly review said Barton would be looking forward to returning home this week. There it was in the Traveller - a home local derby v Appleby Frodingham. Alas, the fixture disappeared from the CML website fixture list and never took place, to my knowledge at least. Light at the end of the tunnel however, tonights Scunthorpe Telegraph says Barton will be playing at home in a fortnight. Manager Neil Buckley states hot weather at the wrong time and wet weather at the wrong time has been to blame for the pitch not being ready. He is quoted as saying they will 'hopefully' be playing on the new ground within two weeks. It seems the CML have (rightfully in my opinion) supported Barton in their somwhat delayed groundmove. But why the wall of silence ? See you all there in a fortnight.
	29/9/06 Martyn Girdham Re Graham Paine visit to North Lincs Oct 14th. Your best chance of Lincs League programmes would have been Caistor or Skegness (issuing again this season) but both are away in the Lincs Junior Cup! Check the Humber Premier website for fixtures, but if at home, Easington always issue a super programme (better hire a boat to save a long journey over the Humber Bridge!). LSS Lucarly's issued last season in the CML but I am unsure whether they are issuing this season, where they are fielding teams in both the Lincs & Humber Prem.
	29/9/06 Leon Gladwell My pleasure Chris. One word of warning however - don't forget that the Bundesliga fixtures have yet to be 'fixed' meaning the Aachen game with Nurnburg could in theory be brought forward to Friday 10th or indeed put back to the Sunday. My game v Energie has yet to be confirmed too although if switched from the Saturday, I'll probably look for a non-league game in Limburg province. We will be staying in the 'Best Western Maastricht' which is pretty reasonable at around 50 euros per night which includes breakfast. Check out www.bookings.nl for Dutch accommodation. Lastly, a few taxi numbers for you - the fare should be around 20-25 euros: 0049 24 122222 / 0049 24 166666 / 0049 24 19973333. These are all based in Aachen.
	29/9/06 Stuart James Re: Graham Paine's query. Can't give any indication re programme issuers but two websites of interest are http://www.humberprem.com/ and http://www.lincolnshirefootballleague.co.uk/
	29/9/06 Chris Freer Thanks to Chris & Leon for the very useful information re Holland, especially for the additional notes re getting from Aachen to Roda (Kerkrade) which we're also planning to do (taxi it is, then!) The Roda match is - by coincidence - also against RKC so it looks like it shouldn't be a problem. Our Friday night game is Germinal Beerschott and Sunday at Vitesse Arnham. NAC we may leave for the next time. Leon, any recommendations re accommodation in Maastricht?
	28/9/06 Bob Lilliman Llansawel - Ground phone no is 01639 635013 not 630013
	28/9/06 Lee West The planned closure of the rail line between Euston and harrow & Wealdstone for the next 3 weekends has been cancelled at very short notice. The replacement buses will still run this weekend, but it's likely trains will run into Euston weekends 7/8 and 14/15 October.
	28/9/06 Dave Woodings I am very sorry to have to report that we have lost another senior and well respected Traveller. I understand Derek Sidebottom (from Rothwell near Leeds) was found dead in bed this morning. I have no further details at the moment but I gather a PM will be necessary before funeral arrangements etc. can be concluded. We have lost a real gentleman at the relatively young age of 62 - Derek was always helpful to everybody and I have never known him to be spiteful towards anyone.
	28/9/06 Gordon Small I was interested to read Rod Allsworth's recent comments about the lack of programmes at Euxton Villa and Coppull United. This season I am intending to watch a home game at all 16 Aegon West Lancashire League Premier Division clubs. As I write I've visited 5, and so far 2 games have had programmes. The two, Charnock Richard and Dalton United, both appear to produce programmes on a regular basis. The three clubs not producing programmes have been Blackpool Wren Rovers, Euxton Villa, and Fleetwood Hesketh. For something to look forward to, does anyone know if I'm likely to get a programme on any of the remaining West Lancashire League Premier Division grounds?
	28/9/06 Bill Berry ADDITIONAL FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER WELSH LEAGUE-THREE-Aberbargoed v Cwmbran Celtic MIDLANDS REGIONAL ALLIANCE-PREMIER-Allestree v Dronfield T, Ashover v Shirebrook Res, Melbourne v Ilkeston Res, Wirksworth T v Long Eaton Res ONE-Derbyshire Amat v Derby RR Res, SwanwicK PR v Little Eaton, Woolley Moor v Teversal Res TWO-Chellaston v Rowsley Res, Wirksworth Ivanhoe v Ripley Res LEAGUE CUP 3RD ROUND-Bargate v Parkhouse, Belper Utd v Pastures, Cromford v Dronfield T Res, Derby RR v Shirebrook 'A', Dovedale v Ripley, Newmount v Mickleover RBL, Rowsley v Wirksworth Sports AMENDMENTS TO FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE-PREMIER-Ruislip Manor v Kingsbury LT is reversed NORTH BUCKS & DISTRICT LEAGUE-PREMIER-Heath v Silverstone is reversed INTERMEDIATE-Delete Marsh Gibbon v Syresham, Sherington v Woughton Add-Marsh Gibbon v Silverstone Res, Sherington v Bletchley Trees Res, Woughton v Syresham SOUTHAMPTON SENIOR LEAGUE-Delete Academicals v Bush Hill, Burridge Sports v Malvern (League Cup) Add-Burridge Sports v Bush Hill, Malvern v Academicals UPDATE ON FA PREMIER ACADEMY LEAGUE FIXTURES FOR 30TH SEPTEMBER Cardiff v Watford is reversed and kicks off at 10-30. Arsenal k.o. at 10-45, Newcastle at 12-00 and Sunderland at 12-00 ADDITIONAL MIDWEEK FIXTURES Mon.2nd.Oct.-GOLDLINE TROPHY QUARTER FINAL-Atherton Colls v Elton Vale Tues.3rd.Oct.-MIDLAND ALLIANCE-Barwell v Rocester BIRMINGHAM SENIOR CUP 2ND ROUND-Alvechurch v Banbury, Moor Green v Stratford WALSALL SENIOR CUP 1ST ROUND-Stapenhill v Biddulph SUSSEX SENIOR CUP 1ST ROUND-Worthing Utd v Steyning SUSSEX COUNTY LEAGUE-ONE-Hassocks v Ringmer LEAGUE CUP 2ND ROUND-Littlehampton v Pagham Wed.4th.Oct.-GOLDLINE TROPHY QUARTER FINAL-Atherton LR v Prestwich
	28/9/06 Harvey Freemantle Hi there - im shocked to see a picture of Abbey Vale on the site! Kudos for including them! I live not far from Vale - http://www.tnlgd.co.uk/Reviews/AbbeyVale.htm
	27/9/06 Julian Lillington Only 76 days to 'do' Belle Vue,the splendid home of Doncaster Rovers FC,they have a Friday home game vs. Oldham Athletic on 6 October,or if you wanna see goals Leyton Orient on Saturday 4 November.
	27/9/06 Mick Newey Re the note in this weeks mag, Team Northumbria's ground is NOT next to Cochrane Park - that is at least half a mile away. The University of Newcastle complex next door to TN is Longbenton Sports Ground. The TN programme for Sat's Vase tie consisted of 20 pages and cost 50p.
	27/9/06 Loen Gladwell With regards to Roda, I phoned the club a few weeks back and like with all Dutch clubs, I got an English speaking person who informed me that tickets can be purchased on the day (at least for my visit v Sparta). I would certainly advise calling but assuming you are not going to watch Roda v one of PSV, Feyenoord, AZ or Ajax, you shouldn't have any trouble as the stadium holds 20,000 and they rarely get anywhere near that. I had no problems in reserving a ticket at NAC (for the derby v Willem II) but I did phone them to confirm. The only Eredivisie club I had had any difficulties with regarding reservations of tickets have been AZ who continue to sell out their new stadium. For the record, my trip in October will see me take in games from my base in Maastricht at Fortuna, Aachen (followed by a 15km taxi ride to Roda), MVV and either a Bundesliga or Belgian Cup fixture on the Sunday.
	27/9/06 Andy Molden The Forest Green Rovers v Oxford United game on Friday 6th October, is all ticket. No tickets will be available on the day.
	27/9/06 Chris Ashbridge To answer Chris Freer's question, getting into Roda JC's new stadium was easy as they were selling tickets to allcomers, with no proof of identity needed. However, the opponents were RKC Waalwijk and the crowd was obviously going to be a long way below capacity. It was 4 years ago so things may have changed. As for NAC Breda, I visited their new stadium even longer ago (in 1997) and had to show my passport in order to get a temporary membership card. I was then subjected to a volley of verbal abuse by a steward as I entered the ground, presumably because he didn't think much of casual visitors. Hopefully things have changed at NAC since then.
	26/9/06 Graham Paine I am going up to the Grimsby area on the weekend of October 14th and would like to do a game in either the Humber Premier League or Lincolnshire League but want to ensure that the club I visit is a programme issuer. Can anyone provide a definitive list of programme issuers for these leagues or failing that is there a website for either league?
	25/9/06 John Mills Further to John Mills' recent posting, programme collectors may be interested to learn that when I visited St. Day on Saturday, the club issued a programme for the visit of league leaders Illogan R.B.L. It was a fairly basic, folded A4 black & white sheet, but included full team details plus club notes. I don't think the club intends to issue on a regular basis just yet, but it was certainly an unexpected bonus for me. Essentially, it was free but donations to club funds were gratefully accepted. Incidentally, the club address appears to be Vogue Playing Field, Vogue Hill, Vogue, St. Day. As John has indicated, the impressive "pavilion" (St. Day Community Enterprise Centre) is quite a feature!
	25/9/06 Andy Molden While attending the HOP game at Bournemouth Sports on Saturday a number of travellers queried if the pitch had been moved at anytime. I had previously been to the complex to see AFC Bournemouth Youth in 1992, and had taken photo's, also I have ascertained other photos of the complex. The pitch would appear to be in the same place on all the photo's though in 1992 their were at least two sets of open seating around the pitch. What has changed is the all weather pitch's between the clubhouse and Bournemouth Sports pitch. It appears to have gone from an all weather surface to a Astroturf type pitch and has been enclosed in a much more secure nature than it previously was. The floodlights on the Astroturf pitch are in the old photos. Also the area by the Astroturf pitch's may well have been leveled, as I do remember part of the complex having old Golf bunkers on it, I believe it may have originally been a gold course ?.
	24/9/06 Peter Chappell Yesterday i went to Bewdley now they are back on there own ground it`s one and half miles out of town centre, if coming from kidderminster you enter the town over the river seven bridge left of the church which is stright in front of you an left again and just keep going, the gound is on your left there is no bus that goes near the ground also if walking there is no footpath for the larst half mile and no street lights. At the ground they have put up floodlights built a stand wnich should hold 200 and they are just starting to build new changeing rooms in the corner next to the pitch they issue a very good 24 page programme. the game i saw they beat bustleholme 4-0 but it could have been 8
	24/9/06 Rod Allsworth Been to Coppull United versus Burnley United today-West Lancs Premier League. Like Euxton where I visited 2 weeks ago Coppull are no longer issueing programmes.
	22/9/06 Rob North According to a reliable source on the Scottish Juniors message board, Kinloss J.F.C. of the North Region Div 2 have withdrawn from all competitions for this season. They hope to return for 2007-2008.
	22/9/06 Chris Freer With regard to the recent posts from Leon Gladwell and Chris Ashbridge re Roda, do either of you guys know if you can get tickets 'on the gate' for their matches or is it wise to book in advance. I'm visiting the Netherlands in November and hoping to see a number of games. Vitesse Arnham have already responded to my e-mail and told me that, although there is a club card scheme in operation, visitors from overseas are exempt and can buy tickets by e-mailing their requirement in advance. However I have been unsuccessful in getting a response from either Roda or NAC Breda. Obviously I can ring the clubs and take a chance on the person on the other end speaking English (I know they usually do in Holland) but any prior advice from fellow travellers would be most welcome.
	22/9/06 Tony Dunmore Belated thanks to Chris Ashbridge for the info on Sunday games via Eurostar - saved me a lot of web browsing!

	21/9/06 Ray Groves Eircom League followers may be interested to know that according to Athlone Town's website (athlonetownfc.com) their FAI Carlsberg Cup Quarter Final at home to Shamrock Rovers is taking place at 7.30pm on Saturday 30/9/06 at the Buccaneers Rugby Football Club, Dubarry Park, Athlone.
	21/9/06 John Mills Since the start of the season I have had chance to visit the new clubs (for me) in the two senior leagues below the South Western League. Paper-chasers need not read on as no programmes were in evidence at any of the matches I attended! LANREATH - See item in last week’s Traveller LIFTON - Already covered by Trevor Pike on this board ST COLUMB MAJOR - Has the feel of an established ground, tucked behind the narrow streets in the centre of this attractive town. When looking for the turning to the ground, look out for parking signs as a small public car park adjoins. Two sides of the ground are tightly enclosed, with some length of permanent bench seating attached to the enclosing walls, and the broad steps to the dressing/tea rooms at one end offer a small terrace. Refreshments at half time, no admission collected but a raffle, which I won! ST DAY - Easy to find on the road into the village from the Redruth side. The pitch is set slightly below the car park, railed on three sides and served well by a fine modern clubhouse with first-floor bar (with Sky) and viewing balcony. Admission was s collected of ‘Ł2 including raffle‘. Sharing with cricket, home fixtures only began on 9th Sep, when having gone 0-2 down to Mullion against the run of play shortly after half-time the home side recovered to win 6-2! TAMARSIDE - Playing at the ‘old old’ (pre-2000) Plymouth Parkway ground in Ernesettle Lane, the club have the advantage of floodlights and are playing a number of midweek fixtures. The Parkway Social Club (which pre-dated Parkway FC) still exists at the top of the very steep banking behind one goal, as do two areas of standing cover from the previous incumbent’s days. The football club has parking by the dressing rooms 100 yards further down the hill from the Club, and no one who had come for the football seemed to bother climbing the steps to it before the match or at half-time, despite the lack of spectator facilities pitchside - with the karaoke night being an added deterrent!. Although seeming a very well-run club playing wise at all levels - the Chairman and Reserve Team Manager is Nicky Marker formerly of Blackburn and Plymouth - there was a distinct lack of spectators. Ignoring drinkers outside the Social Club, Camelford had perhaps two-thirds of a crowd of around f! ifteen. No admission was collected.
	21/9/06 Martyn Girdham Just had a look in at Barton Town and alas - no further progress since I reported on Marsh Lane around six weeks ago. Now, as then, the new ground simply has grass and a wooden fence. The team, champions of the CML last season, has lost its best players, playing every game away so far this season and it seems with little chance of a home game for several months. The Scunthorpe Telegraph continues to report on matches but nothing groundwise. I cannot find anything on CML websites and cannot access the league messageboard. What is going on ? Perhaps a couple of well known groundhopping CML league officials (who regularly use this website) could update us ?
	21/9/06 Dave Johnson In response to Mick Burt's info on the Tongham temporary ground, the Army rugby stadium is immediately next to the main Aldershot Military Stadium, with Tongham's temporary home beyond that. Does this mean that Aldershot Services played where the rugby ground is now?
	21/9/06 Dave Norris NGU v AFC Wimbledon reserves Friendly is definitely on tonight Thurs 21st but kick off maybe 7.45 and not 7.30 . Strong squad from Wimbledon.
	20/9/06 Chris Ashbridge In response to Leon's query, I used Kerkrade station but it is a rather long walk (about 40- 45 mins. This entails walking past the old ground which will be interesting if it is still in existence. On my visit, a heavy shower prompted me to catch a local bus from close to the pld ground to a point near the new one, if that's of any help. It is possible that Heerlen station might also be walkable, but not having checked the map I can't make any comment on this yet.
	20/9/06 Andy Sneddon Advance notice: 30th Sept 2006 - Llanrug United v Bangor City (Welsh Cup Rd2), programme will be issued.
	20/9/06 Dave Norris Anyone stuck for a match on Thurs 21st Sept, North Greenford United are scheduled to play an AFC Wimbledon reserve team, kick off 7.30 at North Greenford.
	19/9/06 Leon Gladwell The nearest station to Roda JC's Parkstad Limburg - is it Kerkrade or Heerlen? Is it walkable and if not, are there buses after the match? One for Chris to answer perhaps!
	19/9/06 Mitch Tovey rail news............... the west coast mainline between milton keynes and birmingham international will be closed from 22.00 on thursday 5th april until 05.00 tuesday 10th april. this of course is the easter period
	18/9/06 Scott Struthers Rearranged midweek fixture due to Spartans Scottish Cup draw. Now Wed 4th October, East Seniors League Cup, Edinburgh City v Spartans (Meadowbank Stadium, 7.30pm). The Ayrshire and Central Junior Sectional League Cup Finals are Tues 3rd Oct (Somerset Park, Ayr) and Wed 4th Oct (Lochburn Park, Maryhill). UEFA u19 Chapmpionship qualifying round 5/10 Scotland v Bosnia (Stirling, 7.30), Germany v Estonia (Alloa, 7.30). 7/10 Scotland v Estonia (Falkirk, 12.30), Bosnia v Germany (Stirling, 12.30). 10/10 - Germany v Scotland (Falkirk, 7.30), Estonia v Bosnia (Alloa, 7.30)
	18/9/06 Andy Molden On Saturday I saw Leicestershire Senior League newboys FC Braunstone Victoria take on league leaders Saffron Dynamo, to be fair this was not my first choice game, but due to numberous traffic problems in the Oxford area time only allowed me to reach Leicester. The clubs address is Braunstone Park, but as this park is over a mile long finding the ground location was a test in it's self. The club play in the top corner of the park off of Cort Crescent, near the junction with the A47 Hinckley Road. On my A to Z street atlas the area is marked as Little Gorse. There are three pitchs in the complex, end to end on, all three are railed. Victoria play on the pitch nearest the dressing rooms at the top end of the complex. The dressing rooms are in the Braunstone Grove Young Peoples Centre, which is behind the top goal of the ground. The club do not issue programmes and their were no refreshments available at the ground except for a cold drinks machine in the dressing room area. In fact until I informed the groundsman that the game would attrach a crowd there were no toilet facilites available for spectators ! As previously stated the pitch is railed and has brand new dug-outs on the Cort Crescent side of the ground, sadly these have only been in situ for a month or so and have already been smashed up !. Along this side of the ground runs overgrown grass banking, in fact in wet weather you could us the pavement on Cort Crescent as hardstanding as is is less than 10 yards from the touch line. By chance midway through the first half an ice cream van pulled up next to the half-way line and did a roaring trade as an adhoc teabar. The rest of the ground is just flat standing with a path behind the bottom goal, and a track running a few yards back from the rail on the far side. Behind the top goal is a small enclosed all weather surface, with a curved wall which you could sit on in dry weather. The game itself was end to end stuff as both teams defended unbeaten records. A good crowd of over 80 saw a nil-nil first half, the second seemed to be going the same way until Saffron started to get on top, they took the lead on the hour and then wrapped up victory with a goal deep into injury. The game was well ref by Mr Piper, who I was told is the father of Matt Piper who has played for Leicester City and Sunderland. As a foot note I notice newly named Syston Fosse Imps play at the same address as the old Fosse Imps, if I remember correctly this area was rather large and contained two railed off pitch's, one about 100 yards from the dressing rooms, with a cover on the halfway line, and toilets that resembled a stable. With another railed pitch even further away, I know travellers have seen games on both pitch's. Does anyone know where in the complex Syston Fosse are playing ?.
	15/9/06 Chris Ashbridge A correction to this weeks's magazine - Crawley Town v. Oxford United has been brought forward by 24 hours from Tues 19th Sept to Mon 18th Sept, as it is being televised by Sky. It is NOT all-ticket, BUT Oxford's game at Stafford on Sat 23rd Sept is.
	15/9/06 Andy Molden As a footnote Oxford United are playing all their home Reserve games at Didcot Town this season, kick-off 7pm and where ever possible on a Monday night. Ł5 admission, free teamsheet. All midweek Youth team games in F.A. Youth Cup etc, will be played at Oxford City (Court Place Farm). The clubs training ground though is the 2nd and 3rd pitch's at Milton United !.
	14/9/06 Geoff Austin Southall, who suffered their heaviest home defeat in a league match for over a hundred years when they lost 1-9 to Neasden Foundation last Saturday, have been forced to postpone this Saturday’s (16th Sept) game at home to Kings Meadow due to a fixture clash with Bedfont Green Reserves at Avenue Park.
	14/9/06 John Mills Since the start of the season I have had chance to visit the new clubs (for me) in the two senior leagues below the South Western League. Paper-chasers need not read on as no programmes were in evidence at any of the matches I attended! LANREATH - See item in last week’s Traveller LIFTON - Already covered by Trevor Pike on this board ST COLUMB MAJOR - Has the feel of an established ground, tucked behind the narrow streets in the centre of this attractive town. When looking for the turning to the ground, look out for parking signs as a small public car park adjoins. Two sides of the ground are tightly enclosed, with some length of permanent bench seating attached to the enclosing walls, and the broad steps to the dressing/tea rooms at one end offer a small terrace. Refreshments at half time, no admission collected but a raffle, which I won! ST DAY - Easy to find on the road into the village from the Redruth side. The pitch is set slightly below the car park, railed on three sides and served well by a fine modern clubhouse with first-floor bar (with Sky) and viewing balcony. Admission was s collected of ‘Ł2 including raffle‘. Sharing with cricket, home fixtures only began on 9th Sep, when having gone 0-2 down to Mullion against the run of play shortly after half-time the home side recovered to win 6-2! TAMARSIDE - Playing at the ‘old old’ (pre-2000) Plymouth Parkway ground in Ernesettle Lane, the club have the advantage of floodlights and are playing a number of midweek fixtures. The Parkway Social Club (which pre-dated Parkway FC) still exists at the top of the very steep banking behind one goal, as do two areas of standing cover from the previous incumbent’s days. The football club has parking by the dressing rooms 100 yards further down the hill from the Club, and no one who had come for the football seemed to bother climbing the steps to it before the match or at half-time, despite the lack of spectator facilities pitchside - with the karaoke night being an added deterrent!. Although seeming a very well-run club playing wise at all levels - the Chairman and Reserve Team Manager is Nicky Marker formerly of Blackburn and Plymouth - there was a distinct lack of spectators. Ignoring drinkers outside the Social Club, Camelford had perhaps two-thirds of a crowd of around f! ifteen. No admission was collected.
	14/9/06 Dave Johnston In response to Mick Burt's info on the Tongham temporary ground, the Army rugby stadium is immediately next to the main Aldershot Military Stadium, with Tongham's temporary home beyond that. Does this mean that Aldershot Services played where the rugby ground is now?
	14/9/06 Martyn Girdham Just had a look in at Barton Town and alas - no further progress since I reported on Marsh Lane around six weeks ago. Now, as then, the new ground simply has grass and a wooden fence. The team, champions of the CML last season, has lost its best players, playing every game away so far this season and it seems with little chance of a home game for several months. The Scunthorpe Telegraph continues to report on matches but nothing groundwise. I cannot find anything on CML websites and cannot access the league messageboard. What is going on ? Perhaps a couple of well known groundhopping CML league officials (who regularly use this website) could update us ?
	14/9/06 Geoff Austin Southall, who suffered their heaviest home defeat in a league match for over a hundred years when they lost 1-9 to Neasden Foundation last Saturday, have been forced to postpone this Saturday’s (16th Sept) game at home to Kings Meadow due to a fixture clash with Bedfont Green Reserves at Avenue Park.
	14/9/06 Chris Ashbridge Many of you will have seen the article by Steve Hardy in this week's magazine. Although I have not yet visited Holt United, I do have an old map of the town and it is clear that there has been a lot of housing development in recent years. On my map, Woodfield Road is shown as a cul-de-sac called Kelling Close, located off Kelling Road. It seems that Kelling Close was extended and renamed as Woodfield Close. This may account for the confusion over where the ground is - perhaps some sources have referred to the ground as Kelling Close, or perhaps the club have moved to a new ground and the old one has not yet been built on. Is there anyone (perhaps someone living in Norfolk) who can provide the full story?
	13/9/06 Graeme Askham Anyone got information on the Peterborough League fixture between Hampton and Perkins advertised as a possible 11am kick off
	13/9/06 Ralph Pomeroy and Colin Peel Re John Mollitts question Thurston Road LFA headquarters is indeed the former home of Leyland Motors F.C.
	13/9/06 Andrew Gilman In answer to John Mollitt, the Lancashire FA County Ground is exactly the same pitch as Leyland Motors formerly used, albeit the surrounds of the ground (stand, changing rooms, county FA offices etc) have altered drastically.
	13/9/06 Chris Ashbridge Thanks to Peter Ford and Mick Burt for their help regarding Tongham's temporary ground. Having just looked at a map of the area, I have now realised that Queens Avenue is actually halfway between Farnborough and Aldershot, which explains my earlier confusion over which town it is in!
	13/9/06 John Hopkins Yes John this ground was used by Leyland Motors for their Lancs Comb and N.W.C.L games and there was a Leyland Athletic who played in the Preston and District League in 75/6 which Leyland DAF then joined this league in 91/92, the secretary for all these teams was a Mr J.A. Hickson!
	12/9/06 Ray Groves A visit to Plymouth Parkway last Saturday revealed that Goonhavern seem to be having off field problems at the moment. Parkway had been due to play a home game v. Goonhavern on the previous Saturday but Goonhavern pulled out of the fixture on the day of the match due to being unable to raise a side. In his programme notes the Parkway Chairman stated that he was aware of the difficulties Goonhavern were facing at the moment and hoped that they could be resolved without the club having to leave the league.
	12/9/06 John Mollitt Is the Lancashire FA ground at Thurston Road, Leyland the same pitch that was used by Leyland Motors when they were members of the North West Counties Football League?
	11/9/06 Paul Roach Another new fixture Thursday 14th September 7.30 p.m. FA Youth Cup Preliminary Round Warrington Town v Prescot Cables A programme will be issued.
	11/9/06 Peter Ford Along with several other travellers, was at Tongham's game on Saturday, in Queens Avenue, Aldershot - next to the military stadium. I have paid Ł2 for a programme that hopefully will arrive shortly. The home secretary indicates they will be there until late October, or even November. The Westfield officials tell me they have so far played FA ties at Woking, but no home league games yet, and will be some time before they can play games at their own ground. I suspect that they will be playing lots of midweek games later in the season, rather than playing at another ground.
	11/9/06 Andy Sneddon prog news: Hawarden Rangers v Llanrwst United, Welsh Cup, Sat 16/9, will issue, acording to their manager.
	9/9/06 Rod Allsworth Have been to West Lancs club Euxton Villa today where they played Fulwood.I was told that they had stopped issueing programmes.
	8/9/06 Leo Hoenig Forest Green Rovers. I generally agree with Andy. I went to Taverners for a County League game, and the pitch must overlap the current FGR pitch. It would also clearly overlap the new Taverners pitch. My memory suggests that the pitch was not as close to the buildings as it is now, and was angled slightly, so as the new Taverners pitch is more like 70 degrees, rather than 90 to the new one. My attitude is pragmatic - there are certainly two seperate clubs on seperate grounds - I have done one (Taverners) and so I went back to tick the other (FGR). The same rules would have applied to Weston-Super-Mare/Westland if I had been to the old Westland - again the old playing surface overlaps both new grounds. I know different people have different views on the matter, so I am hoping this helps to clarify the position for others to make up their own mind.