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Hello all. As some of you may know, I organise this event which tries to encourage football fans to watch a non-league game during an international break.
The boost in attendance leads to a significant injection of funds into the semi-pro and amateur game each year, making a big difference to the largely volunteer-run community clubs who take part.
This Saturday there are some cracking games taking place in and around London with many offering discounts to Rangers fans and others. Here's a quick run down of what's on:
St Albans City v Hampton & Richmond Borough - Les Ferdinand is the guest of honour at this big game at the top of the National League South. QPR season-ticket holders get in for half price (£6) while all U16s get in for free.
Wealdstone v Poole Town - £5 adults, U16s free, prices apply to all who turn up.
You'll also get in for a fiver with your season ticket at Tooting & Mitcham United v Horsham.
Hanwell Town, Harrow Borough, Hendon, Slough Town, Staines Town and Uxbridge all have important FA Cup ties which cost between £8-12 to get in to. Hayes & Yeading are also playing in the cup but are away to Sun Sports who are based in Watford.
I've built a match finder so you can locate your nearest game wherever you're based in the country - just put in your postcode and see what comes up: http://nonleagueday.co.uk/map.html
I hope you can make it to a game, every pound you spend will make a real difference and you might even enjoy yourself!
PS - we're also raising funds for Prostate Cancer UK and have a special fanfunding website up and running. Rather than just give us money, there are rewards and prizes which you get in return - for example, a signed Les Ferdinand t-shirt could be yours for £35. Take a look, there's even accommodation and tickets to see Barcelona at the Nou Camp: https://www.tifosy.com/NLD16
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Non-League Day 2016 this Saturday (3 September) on 18:19 - Sep 1 by Boston
Lower Mead, in there a few times, mainly evening fixtures. Went to Wembley FC, fairly regularly, indeed an old classmate of mine (Marky), still does the reports for the local papers.
I used to go to Wealdstone in the Lower Mead days before I " discovered " Rangers. Got the 140 from Northolt up to Harrow They were excellent in those days I think it was in the Athenian League Charlie Townsend Hugh Lindsay Arthur Peel .. where are they now ? I saw them in the Amateur Cup Final at Wembley cant remember who it was against back in the midsts of time
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Tooting & Mitcham Utd do indeed play at a different ground although it's technically in Morden and now around 13 years old. Their record attendance at the old ground, Sandy Lane, was around 17000 v. QPR. Funniest non-league fans around with the tannoy announcer having about half a dozen songs sung about him. Far funnier than Dulwit Hamsters....
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
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Non-League Day 2016 this Saturday (3 September) on 17:33 - Sep 3 with 2625 views
Over 700 at Top Field to watch Hitchin beat Biggleswade's other team 4—2. Sounded like a proper old-fashioned local tie with five yellow cards and two or three players wearing bandages at the final whistle.
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Non-League Day 2016 this Saturday (3 September) on 20:34 - Sep 2 by SterlingArcher
Tooting & Mitcham Utd do indeed play at a different ground although it's technically in Morden and now around 13 years old. Their record attendance at the old ground, Sandy Lane, was around 17000 v. QPR. Funniest non-league fans around with the tannoy announcer having about half a dozen songs sung about him. Far funnier than Dulwit Hamsters....
I used to live just the other side of the railway line to their old ground and went there a few times during the 80's.Palace used to play their reserve games there and I went there for a Palace v QPR on one occasion.I remember shouting out "pyscho "to Gavin Maguire and I thought he was going to jump the fence and lump me. Another ground flattened for new housing.I did visit their new ground before I left for north London,but it just didn't feel the same anymore.
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Non-League Day 2016 this Saturday (3 September) on 19:43 - Sep 2 by onlyrinmoray
I used to go to Wealdstone in the Lower Mead days before I " discovered " Rangers. Got the 140 from Northolt up to Harrow They were excellent in those days I think it was in the Athenian League Charlie Townsend Hugh Lindsay Arthur Peel .. where are they now ? I saw them in the Amateur Cup Final at Wembley cant remember who it was against back in the midsts of time
Others on this site know far more about Wealdstone than me, but I played alongside Charlie Townsend a few times in the Chesham Sunday League. We were run by his brother-in-law & Charlie "made up the numbers" a few times. His pre season training was the hardest I ever had to endure!
At the time, I believe he was the most capped Englamd amateur international. Jim Cooley (and I think Dave Richards) were in the Wealdstone cup winning team & their next appearance in that cup was for Chesham at somewhere like Sandy in the Extra Preliminary Round!
Wealdstone were thwarted from a return to Wembley in 1968 when Chesham beat them at Craven Cottage in the semi final, which was the tenth round Chesham had been in!
When Townsend left to join Hayes (I think) he wanted me to go for a trial there. However, I moved to Ipswich instead! I think I recall Charlie telling me that Hugh Lindsay was the best player he played alongside.
Most important result yesterday, of course, was Chesham beating Saffron Walden 5-0 in the FA Cup. Just five more wins required to reach the third round & go one better than last season!
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Non-League Day 2016 this Saturday (3 September) on 20:47 - Sep 4 with 2450 views
When down to see Waltham Forest as they're a 20 minute walk from my house. They're a tidy team - played 4-4-1-1 with a proper big man up top, 2 cracking wingers and a little wizard in the hole. Finished 2-1 Forest, including 2 of the daftest penalties you'll ever see, and the ref waving play on after a winger burst through on goal about 20 yards offside forcing the keeper to handle outside the box.
As is traditional at all non league games I attend, my squad chinned an alcopop at half time, leading to their official account calling us the "WKD Ultras"
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