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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 December 2019

SATURDAY DECEMBER 21ST GARSTANG 2 LOWER BRECK 0
THE constant rain is playing havoc with plans. The Fox suggests Garstang as Plan A and we stick with it, with St Helens Town as a 3G fall-back.
As it happens, Garstang post an early Tweet stating that the pitch is “soft in parts but playable”. I have heard this before, most recently at Kirby Muxloe last Tuesday night. Club officials confidently proclaimed the g ame on but when the match officials arrived, they disagreed. Cue mass exit with the players all agreeing that the pitch was perfectly playable and deciding whether or not to...

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