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DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 August 2026

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
FIELD OLYMPIC 3 KEIGHLEY TOWN 1
THE early part of any serious Groundhopper’s season will be spent visiting clubs that have been promoted into leagues a Hopper is trying to keep pace with.
Filter out Filthy Ground-sharers – very low to zero priority – and Plastic Fantastic pitches, which should literally be saved for a rainy day, and each football traveller will be left with a list of ‘must visit’ grounds in the first few weeks of any given season.
My personal priorities include the Northern League, Northern Counties East Leagu...

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