Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Paving Slabs & WTF Factories

SJR Worksop 3 v Harworth Colliery 1 
Friday 10 May 2024 
Central Midlands Premier Division North (Step 7) 
Ground Tick #487 

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St Joseph's Rockware of Worksop's Rockware Sports Ground is the 487th different ground I've watched football on. I love the idiosyncrasies and ingenuities of non-league grounds. But, it's a thin line to take between celebrating and piss taking.

Just have a look at that remarkable twelve seater main stand. The foundations amount to piled up bricks. And the seats are hexagonal paving slabs. Marvelous.

And, of course, one doesn't want to appear to be stereotypical. But. The vistas around that ground could only be in the North. A rather dilapidated social club and changing rooms across the cricket pitch. A ginormous Asda. A main road, with some kids frequently doing motorbike and push bike wheelies along it. Some old factories built in brick. Some modern factories built in cladding and fascias. In both cases, big signs proclaiming what the factories make. In both cases - what the actual fuck is that thing they're making!!!

SJR raced to a two nil lead by 35 minutes. Extended to three nil on 75. Before Harworth pulled one back almost immediately and gave it a go to get back in it.

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