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Diary of a Ground Hopper

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 August 2017

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SATURDAY AUGUST 12
Jarrow FC 3
Easington Colliery 2
AFTER a pretty miserable visit to Forest Green Rovers on Tuesday, I cannot wait to get back to some ‘proper’ football in my beloved Northern League today. This is, without a shadow of a doubt, my favourite league.
On a pre-match walk round Hartlepool Headland with The Fox in the morning, I am plopped on by five different starlings! While I am showing The Fox the first of these ‘lucky’ offerings, a gull drops a chip on my head: SPLAT! The Fox is highly amused but sensitively doesn’t mention it again during the ...

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