Tuesday 1 January 2013

rymans league

whitehawkThe nearest station is Brighton main station which is served by trains from London Victoria, London Blackfriars and London Bridge as well as trains from along the south coast.  From there you can grab a cab which will take about 10 minutes and cost £7 or catch buses 47, 52, 52A and 57 run from the station to Roedean Road (Fire Station stop) which is just at the end of Wilson Drive.one of the most rural grounds in England.  From all parts of the ground you simply cannot see anything apart from greenery.
margate
MARGATE FC is courting other national hotel chains after Travelodge pulled out of a deal that would have helped to rebuild the football club's stadium.http://www.jeremyjacobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/margate_68.jpg
The club had been banking on the company building a hotel at Hartsdown Park as part of its plans to upgrade the ground and return to the Conference division.
Club director Keith Piper was "very disappointed" after putting years of work into the plans and is now in negotiations with others about the project.

The hotel firm was to be the anchor tenant in the club's ambitious £8 million development which would have expanded the stadium's capacity and provided Football League standard facilities.
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The Gate's fans are counting the cost as Margate FC's epic wait – since 2002 – for a new stadium, hospitality facilities and an 80-bed hotel continues.
The hotel was due to open in December and create 15 jobs, bringing more than £1 million per year to the local economy. The overall scheme promised 38 jobs and a new "mini-economy" around the football club.

Travelodge had already extended its deadline twice.

Wealdstone FC


.The St.Georges Stadium, to give it its proper name, has been Wealdstone’s home for a couple of years now and they seem quite at home at last. Yeading, Edgeware Town and Northwood kindly hosted Wealdstone over the next decade or so before the club at last the club settled on a ground once owned by Ruislip Manor, and in August 2008 Tonbridge Angels became the clubs first visitors at their new home.During this period players like Stuart Pearce and Vinny Jones earnt their stripes at the club, making them one of the most uncompromising teams around.  The FA Trophy victory at Wembley in May 1985 against Boston United turned out to the their high point, before they fell down the divisions, finding themselves in the Isthmian League before long and more importantly homeless when chairman Alan Clifton sold their ground to Tesco.

Lowestoft Town V Leiston
Lowestoft Town Lowestoft originally played at the Crown Meadow Athletics Ground, which shared part of the same site as the modern Crown Meadow.
In 1988, the pavilion (which was built in 1885) was demolished and part of the site was sold to a developer, with the proceeds funding the building of a new changing room and hospitality block.Today the ground consists of a 466-seat stand with standing areas around the rest of the pitch.
In 1889 they moved to a ground in North Denes, but returned to the new Crown Meadow in 1894. It was opened with a match against Lowestoft Harriers on 22 September 1894. In 1922 the club bought the ground from the council for £3,150 after it looked as though the site may be sold for housing. Floodlights were installed in 1964 and a social club built in the same year. The record crowd of 5,000 was set for the FA Cup match against Watford 1967.
In 1988, the pavilion (which was built in 1885) was demolished and part of the site was sold to a developer, with the proceeds funding the building of a new changing room and hospitality block.[Today the ground consists of a 466-seat stand with standing areas around the rest of the pitch.
BOGNOR REGIS Bognor Regis away in the summer - a cracking day out. Bognor Regis away in the winter - a cracking day out. The ground is situated relatively close to the seafront, station and of course pubs, so if you can't enjoy yourself here, you may as well give up now.
Excellent stadium which produces a good atmosphere, as Bognor are one of the better supported clubs in this divisionHad a rough time last season but with old stager Jack Pearce at the helm, expect better things from them this time around.
 KINGSTONIANThe news that the Soccer Club Swap Shop gave Kingstonian’s programme 3rd place in the Ryman Premier category was a pleasant surprise. After a season in which I felt that the programme  had gone stale and the editor  offered his resignation if someone better could be found, then to find out that there was nothing much wrong with the programme and it was still good enough to rank higher than some programmes that are in full colour (a pre-requisite, I thought, to winning awards at this level of the game) was immensely gratifying to us programme devotees,
Concord Rangers
The club was formed in 1967 by club president Albert Lant. The club gained the land which houses the Thames Road stadium back in 1985TS THE place with the biggest collection of Pitbulls in England wandering around Concord Rangers won an Essex Intermediate League double in the season 1990–1991, this was when the real progress started.
Concord were denied promotion to the Isthmian League in 1998 after winning the Essex Senior League, following this, mostly all the players, coaches, management team, and the chairman left. One who remained was Lee Patterson, who took over as first team manager.
. Bury Town
You cannot fail to go wrong by visiting a town where there is a brewery.  Well, apart from Reading that is.  And Bury St Edmunds has one of the best.  Greene King has been brewing in the town for hundreds of years and is a fine reason to visit in itself.  There is also the novelty of visiting England’s smallest pub, the Nutshell. But its football we are here to celebrate and there are few better places to watch a game as the sunsets than Ram Meadow, sitting in the shadow of the cathedral.  Located just a short walk from the town centre, but still far enough to get diverted into a number of excellent pubs,  
the ground is full of charm and well worth the long drive.The Suffolk FA is to invest £250,000 in community facilities at a non-league football ground in Bury St Edmunds.
Bury Town is moving from Ram Meadow to Moreton Hall and hopes to have the £2.5m site open by December 2013.
As well as the club's main football pitch, there will also be an artificial pitch, education centre and car park.
Bury Town Football Club's proposed new stadium
The FA said it will be a development hub for youth teams and women's and disabled football.
Phil Knight, Suffolk FA chief executive, said: "This project has long since been identified as a priority by Suffolk FA as it offers a unique opportunity to develop a facility in the west of the county.
"My team and I are so excited at the prospect of working with all partner clubs to make this dream finally come true."
Bury Town has planning permission for the new site which includes the 2,500-capacity new ground and parking for 244 cars.
St Edmundsbury Borough Council is the third partner in the project and has already committed £1m.
Some of the clubs who will use the new community facilities include Moreton Hall FC, CFC Bury and Sporting 87.
HAMPTON AND RICHMOND
Hampton & Richmond Borough Football Club is an English football club based in the suburb of Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. They were founded in 1921 and formerly known as Hampton F.C. until 1999 when they changed their name in an attempt to draw a wider support base from around the Borough. In August 2007, the club started their first campaign as members of the Conference South.
The club has a core support base of around 400 to 600 people, average attendances have been steady for the past two seasons at around 470. The club remains the only senior level football club to represent the borough (which includes the towns of Hampton, Teddington, Twickenham, Whitton and Richmond), and is consequently seen as its football club. However, the club arguably struggles in attendance due to the popularity of rugby union in the borough
CANVEY ISLANDOnly Arbroath’s Gayfield sits closer to the water in Britain from memory.  This of course can lead to flooding issues, such as the disastrous one in 1953 which wiped out most of the clubs records.The nearest train station is Benfleet which is on the C2C Line. Journey time is around 50 minutes from London Liverpool Street or Fenchurch Street. Bus numbers 21, 22 or 27 run from here to Canvey Island (its about 5 miles) otherwise it is a cab ride.Any place that has a 17th century pub featured in Great Expectations called the Lobster Smack is good in my books,  which we of course decided to visit in the course of our research and found a jolly decent place,In 2001 they reached the final of the FA Trophy where they took on Forest Green Rovers, who were two divisions above them at Villa Park. A 1-0 win meant the team became one of a very select few from the Isthmian League to have won the non-league FA Cup. With a taste of the big time in their noses, and bolstered by the signing of ex-West Ham youth team scoring sensation Lee Boylan the club reached the FA Cup 3rd round the following year and even beat current Premier League Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium before defeat to Burnley at Turf Moor.
Cray Wanderers
Cray Wanderers F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in Bromley, London. It is one of the oldest football clubs in the world. The club was established in 1860 in the twin villages of St. Mary Cray and St Paul's Cray, near Orpington, then in the county of Kent.
They currently play their home matches at Bromley's Hayes Lane ground (capacity 5,000). Cray Wanderers were Kent League champions four times, and have reached the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup once in their history. They are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division after beating Metropolitan Police 1–0 on 2 May 2009.
THE POLICE FCImber Court is the Sports and Social club for the Metropolitan Police[Met+v+W_010.jpg] and is as well appointed as you would expect.  The complex has tennis courts, squash courts, swimming pool, gym, a number of bars and of course the football ground that has a capacity of 3,000.The nearest stations are both served South-West Trains from Waterloo. Thames Ditton is the nearest and is a five minute walk away. Come out of the station and turn left onto Ember Court Road, cross the main road and the roundabout and then straight on – the ground is 200 yards down this road. From Esher it is a 10 minutes walk north from the station, following the road around the bend and the ground is on your right



Lewes FC

Ownership Share

Become a fully fledged owner of this unique football club for just £30. This entitles you to a vote for who you wish to see governing the club, a limited edition personalised share certificate made by Peter Chassaud of Tom Paine Printing Press, an Owners badge to be worn with pride and your own exlusive discount card that can be used to access amazing discounts in and around Lewes. Particularly 25% off at Specsavers!The Club Shop, Lewes FC, The Dripping Pan

Get used to the high life, you own a football club now!
Lewes Football Club was formed following a meeting at The Royal Oak pub on 23 September 1885. For the first eight years, the players wore light green shirts which were designed to reflect the scenery of the surrounding South Downs, but black and red finally became the club colours in 1893.
The club has played at the Dripping Pan ever since, apart from a couple of seasons prior to the First World War when the club was banished to the adjoining Convent Field. The early years of the club produced only mediocre results and successes were few and far between. In 1920, Lewes became founder members of the Sussex County League.

The best part is, even if Roman Abramovich wanted to give us £1,000,000 he could only ever have one share in Lewes FC so it will always remain 100% community owned...we'd probably take the million though...dedicate the Loos to him or something.


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