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Diary of a Ground Hopper-

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 June 2019

TUESDAY JUNE 18 Western Isles 1 Orkney 2

WE’VE all seen those post-apocalypse films where grubby survivors shuf fle zombie-like across a wasteland piled with smoking rubble, picking up scraps to use for fuel or to eat. This is exactly how I imagine a hardcore of Hoppers picking through the remnants of fixture lists and web forums to find a morsel of football to survive on during the close season.
To my sportless rescue, the Inter Island Games’ Football Tournament in Ynys Môn, otherwise known as Anglesey. What a hero! The Inter Island Games are held every two years.
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