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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Dearne District 2-4 Dinnington Town

Wednesday night fixtures always seem to provide slim pickings but there are one or two interesting matches to choose from this time round.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 August 2021

DIARY OF

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25
DEARNE DISTRICT 2
DINNINGTON TOWN 4
WEDNESDAY night fixtures always seem to provide slim pickings but there are one or two interesting matches to choose from this time round. It is then I spot a game in the Central Midlands League at Dearne & District: a new ground for me. It is only a short hop up the motorway, too, so that’s where I decide to visit.
Fifty miles or so later, and a faultless performance by Jane SatNav, I am pulling up at Kingsmark Way in Goldthorpe. Three very polite kids are manning the gate to the car park. They relieve me of £3 and another £1 fo...

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