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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 January 2026

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
CHESTER-LE-STREET TOWN 5 GRANGETOWN BOYS CLUB 1

I FACE another north or south dilemma! I really should go to Benfleet in the Vase – the only ground I ‘need’ in the competition’s remaining fixture list – but I have a hankering for the north again after my recent visit.
So, north it is and The Fox is up for the jaunt. The Hoppermobile is on its way up the M1 by 7am. Thick patches of fog and rain accompany us. Our destination is Hartlepool, a place inexplicably loved by The Fox and me. On our arrival, I can confirm that it is def...

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