Saturday 6th February 2021, 1500 Kick Off Tonbridge Angels FC vs Hampton & Richmond Borough FC The Build Up It’s that time of year again. You know what I mean, the time where matches are being called off for snow and rain on a weekly basis, and it’s impossible to make weekend plans with any... Continue Reading →
Saturday 16th January 2021, 1500 Kick Off Hampton & Richmond Borough FC vs Ebbsfleet United FC The Build Up Like so many matches this season, Hampton’s previous two fixtures, against Concord Rangers and Havant & Waterlooville, had fallen prey to the auspices of a pandemic that you might have heard mentioned a few times recently. ... Continue Reading →
Monday 28th December 2020, 1500 Kick Off Hampton & Richmond Borough FC vs Dulwich Hamlet FC The Build Up Well, it’s fair to say this hasn’t been quite the Christmas we expected, but whilst the rest of life is paused, cancelled or diverted, the juggernaut that is elite sport has continued through the winter period.... Continue Reading →
Sunday 8th November 2020, 1245 Kick Off Hampton & Richmond Borough FC vs Oldham Athletic FC The Build Up 2020/21 is Hampton & Richmond Borough’s 100th year as a football club, and in that milestone season, they qualified for the FA Cup First Round Proper for only the fourth time. At an average of one... Continue Reading →
Saturday 10th October 2020, 1500 Kick Off Hampton & Richmond Borough vs Dartford The Build Up Regular readers of this website will know that I have been delighted to take up the role as Hampton & Richmond’s Club Photographer this season, and as such, have been making fewer entries on these pages. I felt that... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 25th August 2020, 1945 Kick Off Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC vs Hampton & Richmond Borough FC The Build Up The pre-season friendlies are coming thick and fast now, and with the change in government guidelines (did they actually change, or did the FA just interpret them differently?) fans are now officially allowed back in... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 28th January 2020, 1945 Kick Off Hampton & Richmond Borough FC vs Slough Town FC The Build Up My first non-league match of the new decade was supposed to be out in Essex on this cold and windy Tuesday, but due to the continued weird prioritisation of the County Cups, Billericay Town vs Havant... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 10th December 2019, 1945 Kick Off Maidstone United FC vs Chippenham Town FC The Build Up Annoyingly, considering it’s actually my favourite league to watch, I haven’t managed to get to a Vanarama National League South fixture since April – and with Christmas rapidly approaching, I couldn’t let that continue in the New Year. ... Continue Reading →
Vanarama National League South 2019/20 The Vanarama National League South gets underway next Saturday, on the 3rd of August, and it looks like being much stronger than last season. Last time out, Billericay Town raced out of the blocks, with Jake Robinson hitting 13 goals in what felt like about 20 minutes. However, with Gary... Continue Reading →
Friday 19th April 2019, 1500 Kick Off Hungerford Town FC vs Bath City FC The Build Up With work having taken me overseas again, I’d struggled for matches recently. The only games I had managed to attend were Dunston UTS vs Ashington (I know the North isn’t overseas, but it felt like a different country... Continue Reading →
The Grass Roots Tourist 