Peterborough & District League

Premier Division

Friday 26th July 2019

Kick Off 19.00 Actual 19.06

Stamford Lions 1 Peterborough Polonia 1, attendance 204

16’ 1-0

65’ 1-1 (pen)

@ Borderville Sports Centre

Ryhall Road

Stamford

PE9 1US

£5 Admission

Programme available, but I won’t buy one at any event organised by Groundhop U.K.

This was the first match of this years United Counties League/Peterborough & District League Groundhop. For some reason the game was not played at the ground where Stamford Lions play their home matches (although that was a bonus as I have already been to the ground of Blackstones F.C. where they ground share) but was instead on a pitch at the rear of Borderville Sports Centre, where there is also a floodlit 3G pitch. Access was via the ground of Stamford F.C., which is adjacent to the Sports Centre and money was collected at a side gate.

The pitch is at the furthest point of the field, but it did have an enclosed feel to it as it was surrounded by grass banking on three sides. It has hosted games in this league in the past, but I don’t think it is currently used by any club at present.

The traffic was horrendous, with the journey up to Lincolnshire taking close on four and a half hours. The match was absolutely dreadful and certainly not worth the effort. As with most of the other matches I have seen in this league, it was dire and not a very good advert for Step 7 football.