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Easington Sports - Mark Sturmey

18/8/2020

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This will be my 3rd season watching my local club, Easington Sports FC based in Banbury Oxfordshire. From the moment i started going I’ve been made to feel very welcome so much so I now run the clubs official Instagram page.
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Sports are currently playing in The Hellenic League Premier Division and play their home games at Addison Road based in the Easington district of Banbury. 
A town which most people associate with the nursery rhyme Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross. 
Banbury is a market town which is well worth a visit, with Parson’s Street in the Town centre full of independent shops, cafes and Ye Olde Reindeer Inn which is steeped in history and was used by Oliver Cromwell, while laying siege to the now destroyed Banbury Castle.
It is said Oliver Cromwell planned the Battle of Edgehill in the pub’s fine wood-panelled Globe Room, which was also used as a courtroom to try many Royalists.
So why not visit Banbury, the Ye Olde Reindeer pub have a pint of Hooky Beer which is brewed in the nearby Village of Hook Norton, and pay Easington Sports a visit, you are sure to receive a warm welcome.
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Banbury Cross
The ground has seen improvements since I’ve been going with a 50 seater stand being added bringing the total number of seats to 100, this summer the club have added 2 covered standing areas at the Clubhouse end.
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The club were formed in the immediate post-war period of 1945/46 to fulfill the sporting and social needs of the young people of the Easington housing estate something in which is still the case today with 27 youth teams, as well as the first team in the Hellenic League Premier Division we also have a development side in the Hellenic League Division Two North and a new team The Clan FC in the Oxfordshire Senior League and a Ladies team for the first time this season.


The clubs proudest moment game in the 2019/2020 season when a Craig Robinson goal gave is a 1-0 over Cirencester Town Dev to clinch the Hellenic League Division One West Championship and promotion to the Hellenic League Premier Division for the first time in the clubs history.
In our first season we were sitting in a very credible 8th when the season was cut short due to COVID-19.

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Craig Robinson heads the winning goal to crown Sports Hellenic League Division One West Champions.)
 am really looking forward to the new season starting whenever that maybe!
I for one am backing the #letfansin campaign currently running on Twitter.
I do not understand the government’s stance on playing games behind closed doors while the rest of the country is opened up, I really hope that this situation is sorted soon otherwise there’s every chance the Non League Pyramid will lose friendly clubs like Easington Sports that I enjoy following.

Mark Sturmey.

(Photos from E. Barson Photography)
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My Club - Ashton Athletic - Thomas Smart

15/8/2020

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Ashton Athletic are a club based in Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Wigan Borough and play in the North West Counties Premier Division. Last season the yellows were in top form but sadly the season got cut short. Ashton Athletic are a special club, a club that have lots of volunteers that keeps them running, a brilliant set of players and coaching staff and an enthusiastic set of supporters.
When you enter Brocstedes Park you are greeted by all of these kind and helpful people. The volunteers work extremely hard to make sure games are fulfilled and every supporter, home and away, have a very pleasant experience.
The coaching staff, Dougie Pitts and Jason Foulds have done a remarkable job with the yellows and this is reflected by the quality on the pitch. The Chairman, Jimmy Whyte is truly a remarkable man, he loves Ashton Athletic with his heart and soul.
The fans are vital at Ashton Athletic, we truly have a great set of supporters who are very friendly and as well as everyone else associated with the club, have took me under their wings. I’d like to give a special mention to the Nash family for their great support every week, home and away! You’ll always hear them signing and they love to have a laugh. At a time like this, were a team local to the yellows, Wigan Athletic, are on the brink on liquidation, Ashton Athletic will be extremely vital in the community and they will give many Football supporters something to do on a Saturday.
​If you are local, and have nothing to do when fans are allowed back into grounds, I would highly recommend giving Ashton Athletic a try! If you enjoy it you could even join me and plenty of other great people and help out at the club! I’d also like to give a special mention to: Dougie, Jay and Jimmy for the lifts to away games, Bill Bohannon and Chris Picton for being great to work with at the front of the ground, Brad Reid for being an absolutely great person, Clare Reid, Amanda Dixon, Lisa Daniels and Karen Picton for being so generous every match day, the Nash's for being absolutely brilliant and all of the players for being absolutely brilliant with me all season
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