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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Wakefield 2-0 Ecclesfield Red Rose 0

I HAVE a tasty double planned today. Rotherham United are playing at home at Parkgate’s ground in Rawmarsh and for the afternoon, I have Wakefield AFC pencilled in.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 January 2022

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15TH
WAKEFIELD AFC 2 ECCLESFIELD RED ROSE 1915 0
I HAVE a tasty double planned today. Rotherham United are playing at home at Parkgate’s ground in Rawmarsh and for the afternoon, I have Wakefield AFC pencilled in.
Saturday dawns frosty and foggy so I set off with The Fox, more in optimism than in hope of seeing a morning match.
As I suspected, Parkgate is deserted in the gloom so after a walk round a local nature reserve instead, I drive up to Featherstone, which is where Wakefield play. It is still extremely gloomy but at least the frost seems to have thawed a bit.
I have ...

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