November 2023. Long Eaton. 20,871 steps on this Sunday, as well as a county-completing GBG tick and a five goal thriller, so a good day in Long Eaton only slightly diminished by a dull walk back to the station. If there was anything left to see in Long Eaton I’d have seen it… The Corner… Continue reading UP THE (SAWLEY) JUNCTION
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SCORING THE BURGERS AT NOTTINGHAM FOREST WOMEN v SPORTING KHALSA
November 2023. Long Eaton. This is the content you come for; women’s football on non-league grounds, burger and onions, pint of keg Sharp’s Atlantic in a plastic glass. #LivingTheDream Having completed my last Notts tick at the Bird Hide, a visit to some “proper football” (the terms folk who support every team other than Manchester… Continue reading SCORING THE BURGERS AT NOTTINGHAM FOREST WOMEN v SPORTING KHALSA
What’s that on the bench outside Sawley’s Bell ?
October 2023. Long Eaton. The train from Matlock arrived at 17:04, and I caught the 18:04 back to Sheffield. So I make that an hour in total to walk the 2.7 miles to Rowells and back (52 minutes say lazy Google), 15 minutes for the pint, 10 minutes wait for the crispy beef and Singapore… Continue reading What’s that on the bench outside Sawley’s Bell ?
SAWLEY TEMPTED
More encroachment into Life After Football territory, as I approach the ACTUAL border between Derby and Nottingham, the very point at which Clough switches from Ram to Tree. Yes, it’s Long Eaton, again. The town you’re guaranteed an annual GBG trip to that will NEVER quite result in a stay long enough to make a… Continue reading SAWLEY TEMPTED
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