Ground #323 Beccles Caxton v Dussindale & Hellesdon Reserves, Ang Comb Div 2 … in glorious sunshine

Ground #322. Saxlingham Nethergate v UEA A, Central & S Norfolk Div 1. Match abandoned at Half Time. Sadly, the ref and the coach of one side had a spat and threw their dummies out the pram. Pity, the first half was very entertaining.

Ground # 3-2-1 Hell, how I miss Ted Rogers and Dusty Bin … they are right up there at the top of TV Light Entertainment along with Keith Chegwin, Bernard Manning and Mrs Brown’s Boys. Just hoping the ref where I am today doesn’t deem the pitch waterlogged and postpone the game 🫤

Ground #320. WBA v Oxford United, Championship. A ground with altitude!

Ground #319 Blyth Spartans v Matlock, Northern Premier League - East Division, Step 4. This is Spartans (20th place) v Gladiators (2nd place) - proper football at a proper ground!

Ground #318 Morpeth Town v Workington, Northern Premieier League Premier Division, Step 3.

Today’s ref … Abi Byrne ❤️❤️❤️

Ground #317. Swindon Town v Bromley, League 2. Love the Magic Roundabout and anted to visit since Don Roger’s beat Arsenal 3-1 to win the 1969 League cup. But, makes Peterborough look like Paris …

Ground #317. Today’s game will be in the city of culture in which the HQs of The National Trust. historic England and English Heritage are located … dead posh today 🥳

Ground #316. A soggy Hull City v Southampton, Championship.

Ground #315 Curzon Ashton 0 v 1 Harriers, National League North, Step 2.

Ground #314 Worksop Town v Harriers, Enterprise National League North, Step 2.

Ground #313 Barnsley v Burton Albion, EFL League 1. Both sides won their opening game last week - time to ignite my season.

Ground #312. Halesworth Town v Wivenhoe Town, Eastern Counties Div 1 North (Step 6). The first game at this level for the hosts following promotion last season from the Suffolk and Ipswich League.

Ground #311 Brentford u21 v Barnsley u21, Professional Development League … my season ends here at Kew.

Ground #310. Shrublands v Prostar Windows, Div 4 South Anglian Combination - the final game in the division ends with a narrow 2-1 win for the home side.

Ground #309 Mutford & Wrentham v Brandon Town, Anglian Combination Division 1. 5-0 at HT, ended 7-1 - M&W looking good for promotion to the Premier Division.

Ground #308 Heigham Park Rangers v Soul Church, Norfolk Christian League. Big win for Heigham to take over from Soul Church at the top of the table on goal difference with just one game for each side left to play. Plenty of quality shithousery at this end of the table today … soon be Easter, too

Cranwich, West Dereham , Bexwell … a trio of Round Towers with a high gingerbread content ❤️❤️❤️

Ground #307 Clee Hill Utd v Kingston Town, Herefordshire League Premier Division, Step 7

Ground #306 The New Saints v Caernarfon Town, Cymru Premier (was the Welsh Premier League). The visitors have the same strip as Norwich City so will be a surprise if they get any points against the clear league leaders.

Glastonbury or Spalding 🤔 Think the Hot Dogs, UV Lights and Knockout Atmosphere just swing it …

Ground #305 FC Viking & Valkyries 4 v 0 Poringland Wanderers, Norfolk Primary Cup (semi-final).

A bright day in Bruddersford with John Boynton

Ground #304. UK City of Culture 2025 v MK Dons, League 2. Enjoyed the Away fans’ chant at Birmingham City in midweek “Bradford’s a shithole, but better than this”.

Steelhenge was made using cast iron ingots left at the site when the Templeborough foundry was demolished. The area is now a nature reserve - great work, Rotherham!

Ground #303 Rotherham U v Shrewsbury T, League 1. The New York Stadium! If I see as many goals as pints in the New York Inn I shall be very happy!

65 steps climbed to conquer the Bartlow Hills, a group of Roman burial mounds known by some as “The Pyramids of Essex” (although now claimed by Cambridgeshire) - 2,000 years old!

Ground #302 Cambridge City v Wroxham-not-Wrexham, Isthmian League North Division, Step 4

1/2 A fine welcome greets the visitor to The New Art Gallery Walsall … short video from the artist follows

Ground #301 Walsall v MK Dons, League 2 Love the Black Country, great chat with Enoch & Eli over a couple of pints of mild

A fine example of pre-digital Cut & Paste spotted on a churchwarden’s ledgerstone at St Mary, Holme-next-the-Sea

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Ground #300 Norwich St John’s v Soul Church, Norfolk Christian League - venue: Thorpe St Andrew School, Norwich. Ground #300 demand a table topping encounter, Soul Church winning 4-0.

So, what to put on the top of the Christmas tree - a fairy 🧚‍♂️ or a star ⭐️? If you live around Cromer it just has to be a crab 🦀. St Martin, Overstrand, Cromer. Ok

Double take at Bury Art Museum … The Cruel Sister by John Faed (left) and Jez Dolan (right)

Bury is noted for 2 statues. First, Robert Peel (by EH Bailey, sculptor of the statue on Nelson’s column). Secondly, Victoria Wood (recently demolished by a taxi in a RTA).

Ground #299 Radcliffe v Harriers, National League North, Step 2

Am I the only one to have clicked and taken a selfie by mistake? Here is the rogue selfie with the photo I was trying to take … David Bailey, moi? 🙄

Emley Moor Tower - over 50 years old and still the tallest freestanding structure in the UK. The sheep didn’t seem particularly impressed, but I certainly was!

Ground #298 Emley AFC v Liversedge, Northern Premier League - East Div, Step 4 The ref says The Rhubarb Triangle derby is ON 😁

Good luck, everyone …

Barnack Hills & Holes. Now somewhere to walk the dog, this is the quarry which provided much of the limestone for East Anglia’s monasteries and cathedrals. Most of the good stuff was taken pre-Reformation however Barnack stone was still quarried until 200 years ago.

Ground #297 Stamford v Royston T, Southern League Central Premier, Step 3 Another vast improvement over a former ground

Ground 296 York City v Yeovil Town, National League, Step 1 … the Y derby?