Non-League Paper

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 February 2018

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3
Hilton Harriers 3
Aslockton & Orston 1
ONCE in a while I have to be back at Hopper Towers early on a Saturday evening for a social do. Today is one of those days. Plans are further complicated by the relentlessly wet weather, making finding a game at a local new ground that might actually go ahead a major headache!
Hilton Harriers are a new side in the Central Midlands League. The Fox seems to think they have played a few recent home matches on a plastic pitch but isn’t sure where that is. However, every piece of information I can find states the match with Asl...

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