Kent County League

Bill Manklow Inter-Regional Challenge Cup

3rd Round

Saturday 10th January 2026

Kick Off 13.30 Actual 13.34

A.M.G. Ballerz 7 Meridian V.P. 0, attendance 20

1’ 1-0

3’ 2-0 (pen)

4’ 3-0

26’ 4-0

57’ 5-0

65’ 6-0

74’ 7-0

@ GB10 Sports Ground

177 Footscray Road

Eltham

London

SE9 2SZ

No Admission or Programme.

Another Saturday and another day where finding a game on grass was the main objective. Half a dozen options fell by the wayside, but I received a positive response from A.M.G. Ballerz that their game had survived the elements, so I headed into South East London for the second successive week, There’s plenty of parking here, which is next to the clubhouse/changing room building, with the pitch in the far right hand corner, enclosed with metal barriers along the left hand touchline, with the other three sides officially out of bounds to spectators, but not enforced.

The match was 2nd in Division 1 West (W11 D1 L1) versus 17th in Premier Division (W4 D1 L13) and looked, at least on paper, like an interesting tie, but Ballerz totally blew the visitors away, scoring three times in the opening four minutes. The opener came inside ten seconds, played through on goal and finishing into the top corner from the edge of the box. A penalty doubled their lead two minutes later, quickly followed by a third goal, again put clear before shooting into the bottom corner. Midway through the half they added a fourth and it was surprising that it took until nearly the hour mark before they made it 5-0, when a corner from the right was met with a downward header that was saved by the ‘keeper, but followed in from close range. A long ball, flicked on and fired low past the ‘keeper at his near post made it six, before a cheeky back heel rounded off the scoring with sixteen minutes left.

It was an afternoon where the temperature remained at a constant 3 degrees, but felt colder due to a biting wind. This was the last ground I hadn’t yet visited in this division and it also completes the top two levels of the league. Plans in the clubhouse showed that two 3G pitches are to be installed here, out of view behind mounds of earth at present, with the area where they played today’s game being given over to small sized youth pitches when completed.