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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 22:40:03 GMT
The admission booth is worth a snap....and Merse would approve of the wooden waste bins in the covered stand.
China mugs of course.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2010 20:51:09 GMT
I’d not been to Langsford Park before nor did I know much about Tavistock AFC. They’re actually one of the oldest clubs in Devon – founded in 1888 – and were regular opponents for Torquay Town either side of the First World War. We're at Tavistock in the St Luke's: St Lukes Cup: Round one (to be played in or before October 31): Buckland Athletic v Elburton Villa, Barnstaple Town v Royal Marines, Plymouth Parkway v Dartmouth AFC, Cullompton Rangers v Bideford.
Round Two (on or before December 31): Plymouth Parkway or Dartmouth v Plymouth Argyle, Dawlish Town v Ivybridge Town, Elmore v Buckland Athletic or Elburton Villa, Tavistock v Torquay United, Barnstaple Town or Royal Marines v Tiverton Town, Witheridge v Cullompton Rangers or Bideford, Ilfracombe Town v Bovey Tracey, Willand Rovers v Exeter City.Devon FA site shows draw has been made for the whole competition: www.devonfa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/WestinsureStLukesCup/?js=1&tab=fixturesGood possibility of a quarter-final at Buckland. |
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Post by Jon on Jul 15, 2010 23:15:30 GMT
I’d not been to Langsford Park before nor did I know much about Tavistock AFC. They’re actually one of the oldest clubs in Devon – founded in 1888 – and were regular opponents for Torquay Town either side of the First World War. We didn't actually play Tavistock as much as you might have thought before WW1. We drew there in our first season in the PDL, but they conceded the points for the return game. In the next two seasons, the games at Plainmoor were played for four points. Tavi weren't in the PDL in 1913/14 for some reason. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 19:14:51 GMT
If you couldn't make it to Northwich then the SW Peninsula Lge Premier Division was the place to be. I didn't venture north to Holsworthy but instead opted to pay a visit to Waterslade Park so that I could witness Clyst Rovers go down to their sixth consecutive defeat, on this occasion it was the mighty green & blacks of St.Blazey who put them to the sword. Not the easiest ground to find but after only one wrong turn I managed to locate it. I've resurrected this thread from 2009 because, earlier this week, I went to have a look at what's left of the old Clyst Rovers ground at Waterslade Park, Clyst Honiton. Clyst, you may recall, had a near thirty-year spell playing in relatively senior football. At various times they were members of the South Western League, the Western League and the SW Peninsula League. Then in 2010, with their ground needed for the new business park next to Exeter Airport, the club withdrew from the Peninsula league. I'm pretty sure they've not been heard of since. The ground was mainly known for being at the edge of Exeter Airport. When we last played there in the Devon St Luke's the airport fire crew drove over in their tender and watched the game from the runway. I'm not sure if Waterslade Park ever had a heyday - it was always rather rundown when I visited – but Alpine Joe’s pictures sum it up perfectly. Here’s a handful more (of varying quality) found online:  www.panoramio.com/photo/23282203 www.flickr.com/photos/groundhopper27/14380231701/  thearchive.footballgroundsinfocus.com/BPUnexpected.htm www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Rovers-grounded/story-11798460-detail/story.htmlVisiting this week the entrance, off the former A30, is unchanged save for the absence of the sign saying “Clyst Rovers FC":  Wander up the Lane and you'll find your path blocked by the Clyst Honiton by-pass which is a new fast route to Skypark and the houses at Cranbrook. Here’s the view back down the lane in the direction of Pinhoe:  Taken from over the now-partially submerged old lane here are two views looking south and north respectively. Even if you’d been to Waterslade Park on a number of occasions you could easily drive along this road without recognising it:   This looks towards the football ground from what would be two-thirds up the lane. For those familiar with Waterslade Park the row of trees to the left lined the far touchline. Those to the right were where you swerved left to enter the ground itself:   The only reminder this was ever a football ground. I'm not sure how recently the buildings were demolished but there were diggers working on the site today.    It’s a funny business in East Devon. The Peninsula League should have been a viable alternative for those clubs which had been knocking around the lower reaches of the Western League. Instead Clyst disappeared completely. Heavitree (as a reformed club), Ottery St Mary and, from this week, Elmore are in the Devon & Exeter these days. Only Credtion and Exmouth, of former Western League clubs, are as high as the Peninsula League. Elsewhere in the county other one-time Western League clubs are not doing so well either: Dawlish (folded), Ilfracombe and Torrington. |
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