✔830. Barr Field

Kirk Deighton Rangers 1-1 Rawdon Old Boys

West Yorkshire AFL - Premier Division

Wednesday 25th May 2022

Kirk Deighton is a village and civil parish near the A1 motorway in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire. It is situated north-west of Wetherby, on the border of the North and West Riding of Yorkshire. 

The village and its All Saints' Church were mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name derives from Kirk (meaning church) and Dĩc-tūn; a town surrounded by a moat or ditch.(population: 500)

Kirk Deighton Rangers formed in 1946, originally playing at Lime Kiln Lane, before moving to Knaresborough Road in 1960. In April 1968 they purchased Barr Field from the Wilkinson Building Company, adding changing rooms in 1972 and the current clubhouse in the 1980s. The pitch was later rotated to make room for a perimeter fence and the team dugouts. 

The club runs two sides, with the first team playing in the West Yorkshire AFL Premier Division and the reserves in the Alliance Division 1.  The first team were Harrogate & District Champions in 1998-99, 2013-14, then in 2016-17, when they completed the treble adding the Senior Cup and League Challenge Cup.

Barr Field

Wetherby Road

Kirk Deighton

North Yorkshire

LS22 4DS

 

Current WYAFL Premier Division grounds visited 5/16

Total English Non-League grounds visited 516

 

The pitch is fully railed off with the clubhouse and changing rooms in the corner. Spectator access is mostly restricted to the dugouts side because of the surrounding trees within the grounds borders. 

Kirk Deighton Rangers 1 (Harrison 57)

Rawdon Old Boys 1 (Brennan 24) 

WYAFL Premier Division matchday 30

12th v 8th

7pm ko

Att.40hc

 

The final fixture in the West Yorkshire League got off to a quite start before the visitors took the lead midway through the first half, when James Brennan latched onto a through ball and fired in off the far post. 

The home team improved as the match progressed, missing several good chances. The equaliser eventually arrived when a huge rebound off a Rawdon player set up James Harrison, who made no mistake with his right foot effort.

#Heedhopper

77 miles door-to-door 

A final trip with Katie & Lee in Suzie this season. Good to catch up with a lot of familiar faces who had travelled from all points of the compass, which made it a quite enjoyable evening. 

 

✔715. The Coach Ground

Robin Hood Athletic 1-2 Rawdon Old Boys

West Riding County Challenge Cup 4th Round

Saturday 4th January 2020

 Robin Hood is a village within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, on the A61 between the city centre and Wakefield, close to Rothwell and Lofthouse.

The village obviously take its name from the medieval folk hero Robin Hood, as some of the original legends mention him in and around the West Riding of Yorkshire, in particular Barnsdale forest, which is close to Wakefield.

Robin Hood Athletic formed in 1952 and have played the majority of their history in the West Yorkshire League, currently playing in its Premier Division. The club also had a brief spell in the Leeds Combination League. 

WYAFL Division One champions 2013-14

The Coach Ground

Behind Coach & Horses 

Rothwell Haigh, 

Leeds, 

West Yorkshire 

LS26 0SF

Current WYAF League grounds visited - 8

The club moved to the field behind the Coach & Horses Hotel in 1968. The main stand was built in the late 1970’s and has ten large terrace steps with a peaked roof. The changing rooms are either side of the stand with the clubhouse in the larger building. The away side dugout is on the opposite side and the pitch is fully railed off. 

Robin Hood Athletic 1(Finlayson 10)

Rawdon Old Boys 2(Nicholls 63 Butler 80)

West Riding County FA Challenge Cup 4th Round

2pm ko

Att.36

After a promising start from the visitors, it was the home side who took a tenth minute lead, when a vicious shot from the edge of the box from James Finlayson went in off the post. 

Rawdon were finally rewarded for their efforts when dangerman Craig Nicholls produced a clever flick on the halfway line, before running half the length of the pitch and firing in the equaliser. With ten minutes remaining Paul Butler was upended on the edge of the penalty area, before stepping up to rifle the free kick past the ‘keeper to book ROB a place in the cup quarter-finals.

 #HeedHopper

96 miles drive door-to-door (on me todd)

The Coach Ground has been on my “T’do list” for a while, so I took advantage of a dry, mild, January Saturday to finally tick it off.  I also had time for a swift drink in the Coach & Horses, my first (of many) new pub visits this year.