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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Hartpury University 0-2 Nailsea Twickenham

FA Cup rounds are turning up faster than Ground-hoppers to a free buffet. We’re now on the first qualifying round, with an ever-shrinking choice of new grounds to visit.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 September 2024

DIARY OF

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
HARTPURY UNIVERSITY O
NAILSEA TICKENHAM 2
FA Cup rounds are turning up faster than Ground-hoppers to a free buffet. We’re now on the first qualifying round, with an ever-shrinking choice of new grounds to visit.
Even that selection is markedly reduced when I am alerted to the closure of the M1 over the weekend! Most of the grounds I ‘need’ are in the south of the country, so I settle in for a re-think.
Pencilman and The Fox will be in for the ride, thus reducing options even further if all three of us are to tick off a new ground. The most obvious destination is Hartpury...

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