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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Hadley 3-2 Kempston Rovers

It’s not often I have a concrete plan in mind for a Saturday but this one falls nicely into place. Edgware announce they are kicking off at 7pm and Best Wife is out with her mates. Match 3 sorted.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 March 2023

DIARY OF

SATURDAY, MARCH 11
HADLEY 3 KEMPSTON ROVERS 2
IT’S not often I have a concrete plan in mind for a Saturday but this one falls nicely into place. Edgware announce they are kicking off at 7pm and Best Wife is out with her mates. Match 3 sorted.
Match one is a handily-placed Chelsea U-18s game at their training ground at 11am. This leaves plenty of time to fit in Match 2 somewhere in the vicinity to complete a spiffing three-new-grounds triple-header.
And then, just like Saturday’s MOTD, it all falls apart. I receive speedy notice that no spectators will be allowed in at Chelsea – and I then fi...

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