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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Cadbury Athletic 4-0 Tipton Town

THERE’S very little choice of decent games for this afternoon. I could travel to Wales for a pick of a few matches but the chance to tick off the Birmingham FA’s Ray Hall Lane – aka The Excellence Arena – is too tempting to resist. Cadbury Athletic play Tipton Town in the Birmingham Vase Final at this neutral venue.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 May 2022

SATURDAY, MAY 21
CADBURY ATHLETIC 4
TIPTON TOWN 0
THERE’S very little choice of decent games for this afternoon. I could travel to Wales for a pick of a few matches but the chance to tick off the Birmingham FA’s Ray Hall Lane – aka The Excellence Arena – is too tempting to resist. Cadbury Athletic play Tipton Town in the Birmingham Vase Final at this neutral venue.
As I park up, it is obvious there’s a strong contingent of Groundhoppers also visiting for a ‘ground tick’. I pay a fiver at the gate (£2 Concessions) and enquire about a programme. “You can scan this QR Code to access the prog...

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