✓493 - Petershill Park

Rossvale Juniors 3v1 Dunipace Juniors
West Central District First Division
Saturday 28th November 2015



Rossvale Juniors F.C. originally formed in 1976 as Woodhill Boys Club and are based at Huntershill in Bishopbriggs. The club joined the Junior set up in 2011,  joining the Central District Second Division, becoming league champions in 2014-15. The team wear a red & yellow Partick Thistle style kit. 
Petershill Park
28-30 Adamswell Street
Springburn
Glasgow
G21 4DD
Scottish grounds visited 69, Junior grounds 23.

The club currently ground share at the home of Petershill FC which was opened in 2007.
The main stand has a mix of red flip seats and benches, with standing room at the back. On the opposite side  there’s a few terraced steps behind the team dugouts. The pitch has a 3G surface with 6 sets of  floodlights.
Capacity 2,000 (562 seats)
The ground is also used by Glasgow City Ladies and Rangers Ladies.
The Gadabout 
Travelled up in the jamjar with the breadknife to Glasgow on Friday evening for a weekend on the lash. Meant to go to either Blantyre Vics or Arthurlie for the next chapter of my book, however torrential rain meant a backup of the all-weather pitch at Petershill Park.
156 miles door to door.
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Barnhill
dept.1306 - arr.1316 - 5 minute walk to the ground
Returned to Queen Street on the 1550 - 1601.

Bevvy Almanac
Over the weekend we supped in ... The Crystal Palace, The Horse Shoe Bar, MacSloreys, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Drum & Monkey, Laurieston, Blackfriars, Babbity Bowster and The Two Hieded Man.
Best Bevvy - Laurieston (Bridge Street) Fyne ‘Hurricane Jack’ (4.4%)****+


Rossvale Juniors(1st) v Dunipace Juniors(13th)
West Central District First Division matchday 8/9
Weather:Rain including heavy downpours in the first 30 minutes.
Att.62hc

1-0 Irving (17’)
Ball slipped into the inside right position, he let the ball bounce before hitting a volley into the far corner.
1-1 Mark Flyn (31’)
Ran onto a through ball and hit a first time effort from just inside the box.
2-1 Hepburn (45+1’)
Shot by Irving on the edge of the box was deflected past the ‘keeper from close range.
3-1 Irving (65’)
Deep cross from the left flank found Irving lurking at the far post to fire in.
Penalty (90+1’)
After the #17 was tripped in the box Irving had the chance to complete his hat-trick but his spot-kick came back off the post.

Top Bloke - Corey Irvine (Rossvale)
Entertainment 7/10 

Spondoolicks
Admission £5
Cappuccino £1.20(from machine) 
Matchday Web Album (22 pictures from Petershill Park)

✔492 - Blair Park

Hurlford United 4v1 Falkirk Juniors
ETHXenergy Scottish Junior Cup Round 3
Saturday 21st November 2015


Hurlford - one village two trophies
Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, two miles east of Kilmarnock.(Population including Crookedholm of just under 5,000)
Its Gaelic title Àth Cliath meaning “The Ford of the Hurdles"  is also the same Gaelic name as the Irish capital Dublin.
Former home of the Eglinton Iron Co. which opened in 1846 and ceased production in the 1970s.






Hurlford United
“The Ford” were established in 1912 and wear red & white striped shirts.
Ayrshire League champions three times in 1972–73, 2007–08, 2009–10
West Region First Division winners in 2012–13
Scottish Junior Cup winners in 2014, beating Glenafton Athletic 3-0 in the final at Rugby Park.
Cup honours include winning the Ayrshire Cup in 1968–69, 1972–73, 1973–74 and the Ayrshire League Cup in 1940–41, 1944–45, 1971–72, 1975–76, 2014-15. The Ford have also lifted the Ayrshire District Cup 3 times, the Kilmarnock & Loudoun Cup on five occasions and the East Ayrshire Cup once.
Blair Park
Blair Road
Hurlford
KA1 5BN
Scottish Grounds Visited 68, Junior grounds 22, Lifetime Scottish Junior Cup Winners 16/27
Capacity 1,500 
The ground has three steps of terracing on both sides with a small standing cover next to the home dugouts for about 50 spectators. Clubhouse, snack bar and changing rooms behind the entrance goal.

Spondoolicks
Admission £6
Programme £1.50
Pin badge £2.50
Coffee £1
Killie Pie £1.80
Tea £1

The Gadabout
Milage door-to-door 159m
I drove Lee & Katie and her daughter Jade from Gallowgate View to Hurlford. Left at 9.35, stopped at Gretna Services to check if the match was on and eventually arrived in the village around 12.50pm. The return journey along A71, down M74/M6 and across A69 saw us back home by 7pm.
Hurlford United v Falkirk Juniors
Scottish Junior Cup 3rd Round
1.45 k.o.
(6th in West Super League Premier v 7th East Premier League)
Weather:Clear sky, quiet cold.
Att.199hc

1-0 Stewart Kean (34’)
Picked up the ball on the edge of the box played a quick one-two, before firing home from 12 yards.
2-0 Stewart Kean (44’)
A low right wing cross from Robertson found Kean at the near post, his initial flicked effort rebounded back off his leg and trickled over the line.
3-0 Ross Robertson (48’)
A ball played in from the left by Ryan Borris found Robertson who stabbed the ball in from close range.
3-1 James McAteer (81’)
Substitute Alan Sneddon was tripped in the box and McAteer calmly fired in the resulting spot-kick.
4-1 Ryan Donnelly (90’)
Substitute Donnelly picked up the ball on the edge of the box, he beat a defender to make himself space to produce a hard low shot into the bottom right corner of the net.

Top Bloke - Stewart Kean(Hurlford United)
Entertainment 8/10 Plenty of chances throughout and a special mention to Falkirk 'keeper Steven McGlynn who pulled off a string of fine saves to keep the score to a minimum.
Matchday Web album (30 pictures from Blair Park)

Footnote
My visit to Hurlford United will be Chapter 16 in the book I'm currently writing (which will hopefully be publishedon the winners of the Scottish Junior Cup over the last 50 years.

✔491 - Kirklington Road

Rainworth Miners Welfare 4v2 Pickering Town
North Counties East League Premier Division
Saturday 14th November 2015


Courtesy of Johnstone Press plc
Rainworth is a former mining village between the Newark & Sherwood and the Mansfield districts of Nottinghamshire, 2 miles east of Mansfield town centre (population just under 8,000)
Former home of Ruford Colliery, sunk in 1911 and coal reached in 1913. After producing for 80 years the colliery closed in 1993.




Rainworth Miners Welfare FC  “The Wrens” formed in 1922 and play in an all white strip.

Played in the Notts Alliance, Central Midlands League (2003-2007) Northern Counties East League Division One from 2007 ... won promotion to Premier Division 2008-09, followed by promotion to Evo-stik Division One South in 2009-10. Returned to NCEL after relegation last season.

FA Vase Runners-up 1982 (lost to Forest Green Rovers 3-0 in the final at Wembley)
Notts Alliance champions 10 times first in 1971–72 and the last in 1996–97
Notts Alliance Senior Cup winners on 5 occasions and twice winners of the Nottinghamshire Senior Cup 

Kirklington Road
Rainworth
Mansfield
NG21 0JY

English Non-League grounds visited 240
Current NCEL grounds 20/44
Capacity 2201 with 211 seats and cover for 400.
Record attendance – 5071 v Barton Rovers, 1982 F.A. Vase semi-final second leg.
Main Stand central on one side with covered hard standing opposite next to the dugouts. Open behind both goals with additional seats added on the banking next to The Wrens T-Bar.

The Gadabout 
147 miles door to door
The breadknife dropped me off at Katie’s house in Houghton-le-Spring, then travelled in the Katiemobile with her and Lee down the A1 and along the A614.

Rainworth Miners Welfare(8th) v Pickering Town(10th)
Northern Counties East Premier League Matchday no. 17/18
Weather - Constant piss-istent rain, heavy at times.
Att.95

1-0 Jamie Yorke (2’)
A low right wing cross from Morris picked out Yorke at the near post for an easy finish.
1-1 Callum Ward (12’)
Ward brought down in the box and he stepped up to fire home the resulting spot-kick
2-1 Jamie Yorke (23’)
Initial shot deflected and fell kindly into the path of Yorke who produced a neat finish from the inside left position.
2-2 Lewis Taylor (57’)
Brilliant free kick from 35 yards on the right wing found the far corner of the net.
3-2 Connor Smythe (67’)
Picked up the ball 25 yards from goal, dribbled through the defence and fired in from just inside the box.
4-2 Liam Theakstone (81’)
The substitute ran to the byline, his cross rebounded back off the defender back into his path and he found the back of the net with a cheeky back heal.

Top Bloke - Connor Smythe(Rainworth MW)
Entertainment 9/10 - Considering the conditions, a cracking game with some terrific goals.

Spondoolicks
Admission £5
Programme £1
Golden Goal £1
Pin badge £3
Mug of Coffee £1.10
Cornish Pasty £1.40

Matchday Web Album (23 pictures from a damp Kirklington Road)

✔490 - Meadow Park

Boreham Wood 2v3 Gateshead
Vanarama National League
Saturday 31st October 2015
 Borehamwood within the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood in southern Hertfordshire 
(population over 31,000)
Home of the Elstree film studios 
Birthplace of former Norwich, Blackburn and Spurs midfielder (and recently sacked Villa manager) Tim Sherwood and also Eastenders actress Shona McGarty.

Boreham Wood FC  “The Wood” formed by the merger of local sides Boreham Rovers and Royal Retournez in 1948.

Played in the Mid-Herts League, Spartan League, Athenian League (1966-74) Isthmian League (1974-2004, 2006-2010) Southern League East (2004-2006) Conference South (from 2010 until winning play-offs after finishing league runners-up last season)


Won the Athenian League Division 2 in 1968/69, Isthmian League Division 1 in 1994/95, 2000/01 and the Southern League East in 2005/06.
Herts Senior Challenge Cup winners on 5 occasions.

East Stand opened by Arsene Wenger in in 2014
Main Stand
Meadow Park
Broughinge Road
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 5AL
English Non League grounds visited 239, Current National League grounds 23/24
Capacity 4,500 (1,700 seats)
Record attendance - 4,030 v Arsenal(Friendly) 13th July 2001.
Two seated stands on each side with open terracing behind the goals, also used by Arsenal Ladies and Watford Reserves.

Spondoolicks
Admission :Press Pass (otherwise £16)
Programme £3
Pin badge £3.50
Coffee £1.50

Boreham Wood(20th) v Gateshead(11th)
Vanarama National League Matchday 19.
Att.344

0-1 Gus Mufata (2nd minute)
Right foot shot from just inside the box
0-2  Danny Johnson (11th minute)
Latched onto a through ball from Bowman, stayed onside before producing a cool finish from 12 yards.
1-2 Billy Clifford - penalty (25th minute)
After a foul by Buddle on Jeffrey. 
2-2 Mauro Vilhete (76 minutes)
Cross from the left by Jeffrey knocked in at the near post.
2-3 George Honeyman (78 minutes)
Ball pulled back from the left wing by Pattison for Honeyman arriving in the box to fire in.
Top Bloke - Gus Mufata (Gateshead)

The Gadabout
260 miles door to door.
Virgin East Coast Trains
Depart Newcastle 0801 to London Kings Cross arriving at 1053(5 minutes early)
Northern tube line for refreshment stops in Camden town and Colindale
Walked to Hendon to catch the 1356 train to Elstree & Borehamwood
Finally arrived in Borehamwood at 1404.

Journey Hyem:
1723 Thameslink service to St Pancras (24 minutes)
Bevvys outside Kings Cross before the 1900 arriving back in Newcastle on time at 2151.
Home at 1020pm.
Throughout the day in the company of … Simon Lowery(Squad#185) Keith Arthur(Squad#194) John(Squad#108) and Neil Robinson, John Young(Squad#51) and the crackerjacks from the Low Fell 80’s Disco Squad.

Bevvy Almanac
Camden 
Ice Wharf (Jameston Rd) Green Jack 'Rising Sun' 4.8% **** (Re-sup)
Colindale 
Chandos Arms(Colindale Avenue) Cameron's 'Thirst Blood' (4.3%)***
Moon Under Water(Varley Parade) Pivovar Koscovnik(Adnams)'Black Knight' (5%)***+
Elstree & Borehamwood
Hart & Spool(Shenley Rd)  Everads 'Stateside Rye' (5%)**** (Re-sup)
Kings Cross Millers Bar(Caledonian Rd) Hobgoblin Gold (4.5%0****+ (Re-sup)


Matchday Web album (26 pictures)

That win was for you Mickey. R.I.P.