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Clive wasn't sure who he was cheering for here. He has a season ticket for Hallam but was born in Consett. Maybe it's just as well the game finished 1-1

Spectator accommodation at Wigtown & Bladnoch. Fairly sure one of those women is the mother of the W&B left back.

It's Red Card's Page 3 Girl!

Linda Smith was from Erith, which would appear to have 2 football teams but doesn't have any. Erith Town play at Thamesmead, and Erith & Belvedere at Welling. So why aren't they called Thamesmead Town and Welling FC? I don't know.

Gala Fairydean Rovers are not having a great season in the Lowland League but they do have this famous brutalist stand to be proud of. Gala Rugby Club play next door with more success but at a less memorable ground.

Here's a closer look at that abandoned stand at Balgreen Park, former home of Tarff Rovers. It looks like somebody forgot to close the dressing room window 22 years ago.

Another photo from Clive. This is Bentley, Doncaster, where amateur football and amateur Rugby League share a ground for the entertainment of the local community.

A balmy April evening in Newton Stewart, where Lochar Thistle's emergency goalie and his defenders withstood a battering to win 3-2 after a cracking match.

One of the nice things about a 2pm kick off in October is a good light in which to take a picture of a stone circle on the way home.

...while this is my friend Jo, who comes from Eltham. There is a team there but it's not called Eltham Town or Rovers or United. No. Eltham's local side is Cray Valley Paper Mills FC.

Pontypool, where they prefer Rugby Union. Can't make head nor tail of it myself but the view is lovely.

Winton Park is the home of Ardrossan Winton Rovers, of the West of Scotland League. You can see it from the castle ruins, or rather what's left of them after Oliver Cromwell had most of the stones removed to build the Citadel in Ayr.

Arthur Wharton mural, Darlington. The pioneering African goalie was a local sportsman who wielded a cricket bat to good effect as well as playing for Darlington FC in 1885.

Lochmaben's players take to the field at their home ground, Whitehills Park, before a 3-3 draw against St Cuthbert Wanderers on 1 November 2025.