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Diary of a Groundhopper – Golcar United 3-0 Atherton LR

TONIGHT has been scrawled in my diary ever since the NWCL fixtures were released. But why has a match at Golcar United in Division One North on a Tuesday caused my heart to beat like a child’s on Christmas morning,?

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Groundhopper
22 August 2021

Diary of

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17

GOLCAR UNITED 3
ATHERTON LR 0
TONIGHT has been scrawled in my diary ever since the NWCL fixtures were released. But why has a match at Golcar United in Division One North on a Tuesday caused my heart to beat like a child’s on Christmas morning,? The Fox and I have tried to visit Golcar twice before. Both attempts were thwarted by a waterlogged pitch. Is there anything more annoying in the football world? Another frisson of excitement is added because the match marks my return to non-league football after a full week away ‘wasting’ valuable matchdays trying to catch up wit...

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