Non-League Paper

REDUCED TO ROCK AND RUIN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 November 2017

Kettering Town’s Rockingham Road ground is making way for a housing project
PICTURE: Kappa Sport Pictures

Rockingham Road in its heyday

DESPITE constant fan protests, one of Non- League’s most famous grounds has begun to be torn apart.
Kettering Town’s old Rockingham Road ground, which has been empty since the Poppies left back in 2011, was bought by a developer for housing in September and work started earlier this month to demolish the stadium.
Fans of the Southern League club have long been petitioning to save the ground, which was their home for over a century. H...

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