Week Ahead - And Into Easter

A busy period coming up with lots of football scheduled over the Easter holidays.

In the Cymru North league there is a double-header of action at Llandudno FC with games on Good Friday against Ruthin Town and Easter Monday when Guilsfield are the visitors. Prices have been reduced for both games (which are 2.30pm kick-offs) to £5 adults, £2 concessions and free for kids.

Clubs often throw open their doors to supporters during school holidays, with open training sessions on the pitch a good way for children to get close to the players and ask for autographs and pictures afterwards.

Free tickets, for instance, are available at Cardiff City for their Easter Family Fun Day between 11am and 2pm on Wednesday 8th. 

Easter Monday also sees the final of the Montagu Cup, the oldest football final still played at its original venue, which is the Hampden Road Ground in Mexborough, South Yorkshire.

This year's final, which is an 11am kick-off, is between Wickersley CC and the Gate Inn with cash admission priced at £4 adults, £2 concessions and primary school children free with a paying adult.

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Week Ahead - 23rd March

Non-League Day 2026 is upon us and this coming Saturday (March 28th) there are special offers and reduced prices up and down the country.

Maidenhead United of the National League South are at home to Weston-super-Mare and advance tickets to visit the historic York Road ground are priced at just £5 with under-17's in for £1. Read more about the Magpies link-up with Juventus here.

It's 'Wroxham Day' in the Norfolk Broads as the Yachtsmen host Stanway Rovers in the Isthmian League. Advance tickets (before midnight on Thursday 26th) are priced at £5 for adults, £4 concessions, £1.50 for 16-18 year olds and free for under 16s.

If you can rustle up a dog, an Premier League or EFL season ticket, a blue light card or some Kings Langley FC club merchandise to wear, then there is 50% at the gate for the home game against Biggleswade United (under 16s free with a paying adult).

Football for a Fiver at Hanworth Villa for the home game against Ascot United (adults, concessions and under-21's), £1 for under-16's accompanied by a paying adult and also just £1 for EFL/Premier League season ticket holders.

And it is 'Pay What You Like' at Bexhill United (plus you get to see or sit in their beautiful grandstand at the Polegrove ground) with 25% of the gate going to the Sussex Heart Charity.

This is just a sample of what's on offer, head to the Non-League Day website for a match finder and I'll be updating every day on X until then.

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The Changing of the Seasons

  

A beautiful spring day at Sandygate, home of Hallam FC, on Saturday as Bridlington Town were the visitors for a Northern Premier League (East) fixture.

The hosts took a first-half lead with a well-taken shot from just outside the area before Brid levelled after the break with a rocket. That left home goalkeeper Hugo Warhurst no chance but he preserved a point with a fabulous save shortly after.

Saturday afternoons at Sandygate have a nice feeling and it has been good to see the club grow so much over the years while still retaining that familiarity and hum of conversation.

Hallam have done well in leveraging their history, playing at the world's oldest ground, and their erstwhile rivals Sheffield FC have been much in the news, locally, nationally and even wider (I saw one piece on Reuters when searching online), over the past week after appointing Jon McClure, lead singer of Reverend and the Makers, as chairman.

The long-term aim remains to bring the world's oldest club back to Sheffield from their current home in Dronfield, just over the border into Derbyshire, but the work has started already in terms of engaging locally and getting more people through the turnstiles.

Week Ahead - 16th March

Free Inter-Services football at Aldershot Town on Wednesday 18th at 7pm as the Army host the RAF.

Brentford's B team take on Coventry City under-21s in the Premier League Cup with tickets at the Gtech Community Stadium costing £1-£5. The game takes place on Tuesday 17th, kick-off 7pm.

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Week Ahead - 9th March

FA Youth Cup quarter final action at Villa Park on Tuesday evening (10th March, 6pm) with Aston Villa taking Crystal Palace for a place in the final four. Tickets are priced at £5 for adults and £2 for under 18's.

Swansea City U21s take on rivals Cardiff City at the Swansea.Com Stadium on Friday 13th (kick-off 5.30pm) and tickets are free.

In the Wessex Premier League on Saturday 14th it is football for a fiver (under 16's free) at Downton FC when they host Andover New Street.

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