Daniel Tortoise

Norwich City FC supporter, former Yaxley FC programme editor, Groundhopper, University of Surrey graduate, 31/92 #otbc

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2025/26 #groundhopping thread:

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@FutbologyApp A new personal record for grounds visited and matches watched this season for me.

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@huttonfc @Springfield1935 @NonLeagueCrowd @eofl Match report:

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2025/26 #groundhopping thread:

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2025/26 #groundhopping thread:

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@RussWWFC @huttonfc @AllHuttonFC @Springfield1935 @eofl Next for me is probably something on the 27th of June , but there's a charity match near me at Netherton United on the 13th which I'll probably end up going to as well.

Maybe one day I'll actually spot you at a game and meet you in person rather than just online.

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@RussWWFC @huttonfc @AllHuttonFC @Springfield1935 @eofl Spotted myself in one of your photos in there (17 of 21), think I'd just gotten up to start walking around to the other side and take some more photos myself.

Not a bad game in the end, but at this stage of May I'm mainly just happy to have a game at all.

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@RussWWFC @puffpuff65 I'm sure it can't be as bad as Edinburgh City at Meadowbank though, now that's a truly awful Scottish ground.

Think it'll be Greenock Morton for me on that Saturday instead.

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And it finishes 6-0 to bring my 2025/26 season to an end at last. A decent enough game to end the season with.

And now a few weeks break before it all starts again at the end of June for 2026/27.

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For one final time for the 2025/26 season, it's a lovely sunny Saturday for #groundhopping over at @AllHuttonFC @huttonfc.

#nonleague #groundhop @NonLeagueCrowd

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3-0 Hutton at half-time, though that was so short that I didn't have time to do this before the second half started.

Looking a decent enough game to end the season on a lovely sunny afternoon.

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@RussWWFC Not a bad game so far for this level and this late in the season.

Decent view from over on the small grass bank as well, but may move towards the other goal for the second half as it's mostly all Hutton.

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@ModestoSilo @TonyIncenzo How soon is it going to be redeveloped?

I definitely want to get there in all its glory before that happens.

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Lovely morning so far in Shenfield, an early lunch and a drink in the pub for me before heading off to @AllHuttonFC @huttonfc in a bit for my final match of the 2025/26 season.

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@pompeyjones92 I'm looking at a few days in Scotland around that sort of time, so this is definitely one of my candidates for the Saturday.

Probably either this, Greenock Morton, Dumbarton or Partick Thistle, but a small part of me is also tempted to try for Queen of the South.

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Ground 358: Beech Lane

Saturday 23rd May 2026
Kislingbury 4 (45+1, 50, 84, 89)
Finedon Volta Reserves 1 (14)
Northamptonshire Combination League Division 2

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@RussWWFC @Herongate_Ath @AllHuttonFC @huttonfc If this comment on their most recent Instagram post is any indication, Hutton should almost certainly be playing on Saturday.

I'll head there first for the earlier kick-off, then get an Uber/taxi over to Herongate if Hutton ends up being called off.

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@RussWWFC @eofl @OChelmsfordians @AllHuttonFC @huttonfc @Herongate_Ath @HaroldWoodafc1 I'm hoping for Herongate of those 3, looks like there's a bit more shade there than at the other two, particularly Hutton.

However, Hutton do have an Instagram for their Essex Olympian teams that seems to be kept up to date, so I'll keep an eye on that as well.

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@NonLeagueCrowd @northantscombo Match report:

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