Poole Town

Saturday 26th March - FA Vase Semi Final 1st Leg
Poole 1 Whitley Bay 2

Gate: £8
Atten: 1,652
Food & Drink: just a coffee & kit kat £1.40
Ground: Excellent pitch ,warm welcome, very basic facilities. Looks like an old school playing field,  good job a new fence was erected this week otherwise much worse 2/10 (1 for the ground and 1 for the new fencing)
Match Enjoyment: Enjoyable game and Whitley Bay were in the deep end at Poole ! - Poole played really well and fully deserved to even win the game until Whitley were thrown a life jacket with two late late goals. This really was a smash and grab raid - 8/10

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Includes Whitley's late late winner !

The history of Whitley Bay is an interesting one and can be read here

This was Whitley Bay's Away kit they wore today .... this really was a smash and grab job !

This really was a smash n grab job by Whitley Bay

Whitley's late equaliser

Poole defend a Whitley Corner

Feed the Chow !

The handball which led to winning goal

Kerr hits a belter into top corner

Carshalton Athletic

Saturday 19th March - Ryman Premier
Carshalton 2 v Aveley 2

Gate: £10
Atten: 310
Food & Drink: just a coffee & kit kat £1.70 but a good selection of hot/cold foods were available. The bar was lively with live match on big screen. 
Ground: Decent facilities, covered stands on all four sides, i quite liked the place 7/10
Match Enjoyment: I really enjoyed this game, the first half flew by and the second half was very enjoyable 7/10


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The sun was shining so no better place to eat pre match meal !!

Hitchin Town

Saturday 12th March - Zamaretto Div 1 Central
Hitchin Town 1 v Biggleswade Town 2
Gate : £9
Atten: 628 (biggest of the season by far)
Ground: A cracking ground ! old rickety wooden stands full of charm 9/10
Food: Coffee £1 + Barbecue with Chicken , sausages and burgers -delicious.

Match Enjoyment: Very entertaining game. End to end top of the table local derby and the away team deserved all the points -8/10

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After seeing photos of this ground sometime ago and listening to the advice of a respected hopper, for a while i have been itchin' to get to Hitchin and the wait was very much worth it.