Latest News

Steve Hill: Some things don’t change

WHEN you live 200 miles from the ground you watch your football, every game is an away day – but home is where the heart is.

by
Steve Hill
21 November 2021

Steve HILL
HILLY’S AWAY DAYS

EMOTIONAL RETURN: It’s great to be back at the Deva Stadium with fans on the terraces
PICTURE: Alamy

WHEN you live 200 miles from the ground you watch your football, every game is an away day – but home is where the heart is.
Astonishingly, my visit to Chester’s Deva Stadium last Saturday was my first since The Before Times – a record-breaking absence stretching as far back as New Year’s Day 2020.
Courtesy of this column, I did briefly emerge from my cocoon in July for a play-off at Altrincham, my first experience of the weird world of temperature checks, soc...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related TopicsAltrincham Chester Darlington Football Lewes Non-League Premium

Read our latest news on any of these social networks!

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Non-League Newsletter

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.

Your subscription has been successful.

More in Latest News

NPL NEED TO RAISE GAME, SAY RED REBELS

By John Lyons CONTROVERSY: FC United’s Broadhurst Park ground FC UNITED are urging the Northern Premier League to learn the lessons from the ground controversy that marred the NPL Premier title run-in. It comes after the publication of the written reasons of the Football Association appeal board following the club’s...
BERKO AND REAL SHOW US THE WAY, SAYS JONES

By Chris Dunlavy HIGH FIVES: Players and fans after the final whistle HITCHIN Town skipper Ciaren Jones wants the Canaries to follow in the footsteps of Berkhamsted and Real Bedford after sealing an instant return to Step 3. The Southern League Division One Central outfit racked up 92 points in...
RESULTS SERVICE

... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login Login
RICAY HAVE SCOPE FOR PROMISING NEW START

BILLERICAY T 2 BRENTWOOD T 1 By Matt Badcock ANIGHTMARE after Christmas left Billericay Town questioning their promotion credentials – but boss Danny Scopes always believed they could have this dream ending. Back-to-back defeats to lowly Canvey Island and Hashtag United saw the Blues ten points outside the top five...