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Co-editor of Groundtastic Football Grounds Magazine and co-author of The Cemetery End and Before The Cemetery End books.
Across two lavishly illustrated volumes, Groundtastic presents a unique pictorial record of 55 years of lost British grounds, stands and terraces.
Before The Cemetery End (1970-1994) £20 + postage groundtastic.co.uk/before
Beyond The Cemetery End (1995-2024) £25 + postage
groundtastic.co.uk/beyond
The Spring 2025 issue of Groundtastic (GT120) marks our 30th birthday. It includes articles on Cambridge City, Portsmouth, Moor Green, Hillingdon Borough, Eastwood Community, Worcester City/Sixways Stadium, Groundtastic cover stories. plus all our usual features. Details here: groundtastic.co.uk
25.02.2025 15:38 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The next book will be Cropped, celebrating thirty years of publishing books on football grounds. First one out just three months after the first @groundtastic.bsky.social ! Only available to Newsletter subscribers and previous buyers. Here are pics of Hurlingham Stadium before and after ‘treatment’.
31.12.2024 19:08 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I’ve started sending out a Newsletter to subscribers and this image formed part of it. To receive the updates, including future plans and a big discount code, click the link and scroll to the bottom www.footballgroundsfrenzy2.com
29.12.2024 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The inspiration for Basildon United's club crest, the Mother and Child Fountain in Basildon town centre. It is by Maurice Lambert RA and dates from 1962.
22.12.2024 21:42 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The grandstand at the Memorial Grounds, West Ham, the home ground of Thames Ironworks/West Ham United from 1897 to 1904.
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Three generations of Cambridge City grandstands.
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The Winter 2024 issue of Groundtastic (GT119) contains an article on Slough Town's former Dolphin Stadium, where the club last played in 1974. Ordering details here: groundtastic.co.uk
24.11.2024 11:18 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
The Winter 2024 issue of Groundtastic (GT119) can be purchased here groundtastic.co.uk It contains articles on Bromley, Slough Town (Dolphin Stadium), Ayr Utd, Coxhoe Athletic, Welsh Grounds Frenzy, early FA Vase venues, North Somerset grounds, plus all our usual features.
22.11.2024 15:30 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Details of the FA Cup First Round in 1960/61, with many noteworthy attendances, particularly at non-league grounds. Here are some of the venues involved: Loughborough United (Brown's Lane), Bridgwater Town (Castlelfields) and Hendon (Claremont Road). Pics Bob Lilliman.
17.11.2024 20:11 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
For those with an interest in County Cricket, I've put together a gallery of cricket ground images from my travels around the country with Essex CCC.
Everything from ducks on the outfield to floodlights via deckchairs and hanging baskets.
Linkety-link: tgsphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Cric...
Saturday 16 November 2024
Witney Artificial Turf Pitch, Gordon Way, Witney
Oxfordshire FA Charity Cup Round Two
Witney Town 5-2 Charlbury Town
Attendance 126; Admission Free; 4pp Programme Free
Tickhill Square, home of Denaby United Football Club (South Yorkshire), pictured October 1989
Tickhill Square, once home to Denaby United FC. Here's a view of the lesser-seen stand at the ground (taken in 1989). A genuinely remarkable structure.
Check out some of my football ground images at: tgsphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Foot...
Whatever you do, do NOT miss out on this offer! www.groundtastic.co.uk/before - another remarkable publication from the good folk at Groundtastic.
15.11.2024 17:30 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The 2nd book on Welsh grounds is due from the printer soon so here’s info about the first. It features 1000+ images going back to 1994, recording a moment in time at each ground. Many have changed, some are lost but others are no different. Discount code for each share tinyurl.com/yc8x8k3v
15.11.2024 16:51 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Clacton Town's Old Road ground (1906-1987). A Southern League venue from 1958 to 1964, the layout of the ground was altered when greyhound racing was introduced in 1967. Pics by Bob Lilliman.
15.11.2024 13:21 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Save £5 on the cover price of Before The Cemetery End. The book in a unique record of 25 years of lost grounds, stands and terraces from all across Britain. Compiled by the editors of Groundastic Football Grounds Magazine. Ordering details here - groundtastic.co.uk/before
11.11.2024 19:21 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 3
Romford's Brooklands ground, where they played from 1929 to 1977 is one of the 450 lost British grounds, stands and terraces featured in our book Before The Cemetery End (1970-1994). Now available at the special offer price of £20, plus postage. Ordering details here: groundtastic.co.uk/before
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