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Diary of a Groundhopper: Epsom and Ewell 2-2 Corinthian Casuals

With Christmas festivities done and dusted, it’s a third attempt to get to Crowborough Athletic today: it seems The Fox really does have an itch to scratch! It went unscratched.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 January 2026

SATURDAY DECEMBER 27TH EPSOM AND EWELL 2 CORINITHIAN CASUALS 2

With Christmas festivities done and dusted, it’s a third attempt to get to Crowborough Athletic today: it seems The Fox really does have an itch to scratch! I pick him up from his gaffe, both of us extremely eager to do some post Yuletide Groundhopping.
Right from the off, the M1 is extremely busy. My mind is already trying to decide whether to go clockwise around the M25 to negotiate ‘The Bridge’ or anticlockwise to hit the pinch-points of Heathrow and the M3.
Miles north of Luton, traffic seizes up and never fully eases. By t...

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