![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-f_L5pt9WCOY/ThSi2TecpCI/AAAAAAAAB2c/4hQAUpSv99Y/s280/DSCF0956.jpg)
This approach leads to the ground from the main road.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qYm7R98JGTw/ThSi8L0HK2I/AAAAAAAAB2g/4v-C35jpghQ/s280/DSCF0957.jpg)
At the end of it are the club buildings, changing rooms to the left; clubhouse to the right.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gf5LhUJlSlM/ThSjFKJiTeI/AAAAAAAAB2o/QVNL9Nyae0k/s280/DSCF0959.jpg)
This is the way to the chaging rooms.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hfSg5zXQJOI/ThSmbFFlJTI/AAAAAAAAB6g/nf9Su2_aowA/s280/DSCF1029.jpg)
While the bar is through these doors.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mMi_JTMn6Is/ThSjIF-prKI/AAAAAAAAB2s/Cgyx6bnC5Bg/s280/DSCF0960.jpg)
Here it is.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Oaa2g2aRVO8/ThSmMMBUpPI/AAAAAAAAB6M/xNVwnEgFBMY/s280/DSCF1023.jpg)
A number of old photos line the walls.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cg6sUV92cxY/ThSmDEp6SJI/AAAAAAAAB58/5GEEGr8ewK4/s280/DSCF1020.jpg)
As do various pennants.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8ZNFGvit2k0/ThSmFx9c5RI/AAAAAAAAB6E/IQitZTlFl5o/s280/DSCF1021.jpg)
This one being from their cup final victory the week before.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WLD9P8VMozY/ThSmI0jAQzI/AAAAAAAADBg/BxsYiF8jbjk/s280/DSCF1022.jpg)
By the entrance to the bar was this wonderful old set from when club volunteers built the building in the 1970s!
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-s3lt4XXCIM8/ThSmO50MliI/AAAAAAAADBk/FRv43sWBNeY/s280/DSCF1024.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-352hi9ha5r0/ThSmRhoOOgI/AAAAAAAAB6U/mrjn883nWvk/s280/DSCF1026.jpg)
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qi29uVQ7yj0/ThSmUYztxJI/AAAAAAAADBo/qbxWWqRT6-8/s280/DSCF1027.jpg)
Moving back outside there is this covered verrandah looking out toward the pitches.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c1ACrD_IW4w/ThSmXnM8ZRI/AAAAAAAAB6c/aw_l8blNJcQ/s280/DSCF1028.jpg)
Here are the changing room buildings next to the bar.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ik8_c39W8Cc/ThSjLr0DdyI/AAAAAAAAB2w/7gsMP-3y_SU/s280/DSCF0961.jpg)
Stepping back we see the clubhouse.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hCx3RdaO-Qk/ThSjOAU5iRI/AAAAAAAAB20/wABjxCzkmbA/s280/DSCF0962.jpg)
There are several pitches here, the main one is in the 'middle'.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZIkpRwnJHKM/ThSjVNidj2I/AAAAAAAAB24/u3rMImYHnbk/s280/DSCF0963.jpg)
Here we are at the corner of the main pitch, it's roped off all the way round, & we're going to head round moving left, walking in a clockwise direction.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kPs4wpNq0WQ/ThSjY0HIp0I/AAAAAAAAB28/mYlGq4ghMhg/s280/DSCF0964.jpg)
The rope goes behind the goal.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dUNYwmf7ISE/ThSjcDis3aI/AAAAAAAAB3A/mtHy77VHvys/s280/DSCF0965.jpg)
Along the far side we can see the two dugouts either side of a small area of cover.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eVGuyKZ26lE/ThSjgMBH2NI/AAAAAAAAB3E/P0wxlXfEZJw/s280/DSCF0966.jpg)
A similar shot, from behind the net.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AH95DmdXi8s/ThSjtk0DfOI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/LxNA2BDfHms/s280/DSCF0969.jpg)
Moving on there are cricket nets to the left, traditional cricket in the summer, football in the winter.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5AJL3NFbzFA/ThSjxvHzFcI/AAAAAAAAB3U/wpB_kwjGQgQ/s280/DSCF0970.jpg)
Toward the main side again, from the other side of the net.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ugExhXYmHUI/ThSj3LCx3hI/AAAAAAAADBs/A1GP_Qnhtz8/s280/DSCF0971.jpg)
Directly behind the goal.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OXvNwyz7pe0/ThSj8TyhSVI/AAAAAAAAB3c/ih1vzW6Liy0/s280/DSCF0972.jpg)
Zooming in on the cover & dugouts.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GBVBXsbgdzE/ThSkAwqUrjI/AAAAAAAAB3g/rkqxXsXafrA/s280/DSCF0973.jpg)
At the second corner now.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vH-SOuiFId0/ThSkHKw9VfI/AAAAAAAAB3o/LzGIv7x623c/s280/DSCF0976.jpg)
The rope continues down the side.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eAdUGdNvYJM/ThSkJYxCPBI/AAAAAAAAB3s/jXr27twG748/s280/DSCF0977.jpg)
Set back immediately behind us, in this corner is the cricket building.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SVhyllqq-qM/ThSkMwYma0I/AAAAAAAAB3w/-7v95EHxiag/s280/DSCF0978.jpg)
Moving on we are heading toward the dugout & cover.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hEmYP5M6R2A/ThSkO_b2B9I/AAAAAAAAB30/XuYZ1UYmuYE/s280/DSCF0979.jpg)
The first dugout is the visitors.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jUMesc5o23Y/ThSl2HCQizI/AAAAAAAAB5s/gJYYKbO-5dw/s280/DSCF1016.jpg)
Then we reach the shed in the centre.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E-tKr5m-Anw/ThSkRTVMgOI/AAAAAAAAB34/XOUT3CqCRZI/s280/DSCF0980.jpg)
Here it is from the front.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-juWAJV0RYj0/ThSl66FZ3WI/AAAAAAAAB5w/PBccgFHrRPY/s280/DSCF1017.jpg)
Directly acroos the halfway line.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xUsnMIunY3E/ThSkUpB0koI/AAAAAAAAB38/ipPBhtd-PqI/s280/DSCF0981.jpg)
Ryman League footballs in usse in the Essex Olympian League!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4e6aQV0Brjw/ThSkYR7pH0I/AAAAAAAADBw/MKPaDwaRxvA/s280/DSCF0983.jpg)
Now at the next dugout. Note a secondary pitch to the left.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3mmXFBGbRgo/ThSkbPu6pmI/AAAAAAAAB4E/TneoaCpPU0M/s280/DSCF0984.jpg)
There are also dugouts along the side of it.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-v7kMk2MpBN8/ThSkj4VKghI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/0vDQcFSMq6U/s280/DSCF0987.jpg)
Back to the main one, we are behind the home dugout & cover.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Mmy4HJdMw88/ThSkgou5HmI/AAAAAAAAB4M/k8WH07lOm58/s280/DSCF0986.jpg)
Here we look directly at the covered section.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VNajEhIZb9M/ThSmA2wUUnI/AAAAAAAAB54/PKAFk_LDiYA/s280/DSCF1019.jpg)
And the home dugout.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rt68c8QFvO8/ThSl9lJhj_I/AAAAAAAAB50/9QuP1DnIsF4/s280/DSCF1018.jpg)
Now it's open & roped off from here on, as we head to the corner.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dmo9nnFoQ2g/ThSkdqWQ-jI/AAAAAAAAB4I/4Pu42OUenxQ/s280/DSCF0985.jpg)
From the same area we step back a few yards, & look at the main pitch through the posts of the adjacent one.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Xp1Wk5mV1TU/ThSkmImH6oI/AAAAAAAAB4U/4cHYqMnoJwk/s280/DSCF0988.jpg)
And then continue our walk.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LXSIwEiKMnY/ThSkpbjv4MI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/nb2HYmHRudc/s280/DSCF0989.jpg)
At the third corner now.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UwJ8Ds8gZI0/ThSksCHqoAI/AAAAAAAAB4c/7y_VHFXvY38/s280/DSCF0990.jpg)
Turning to the area behind the goal, still roped off, high netting to save wayward shots.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-T-VElWqfdMM/ThSkvpA7pDI/AAAAAAAAB4g/t9-ORtei14w/s280/DSCF0991.jpg)
With an old roller dumped behind.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-waHS6LWEYBA/ThSk8baiIDI/AAAAAAAAB4w/EomfmU81fSI/s280/DSCF0993.jpg)
At the penalty area now, a glance back to the covered side.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5JslgLu-3Qo/ThSlAbd6OCI/AAAAAAAAB40/TuULyZ6Kiqw/s280/DSCF0994.jpg)
And onward to the goal.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-x1ufoGug3Qs/ThSlEsNrWkI/AAAAAAAAB44/t0hvLRuitgE/s280/DSCF0995.jpg)
Almost behind it.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_r2oDrHELMU/ThSlH8HG9pI/AAAAAAAAB48/aqMz0eK0SS0/s280/DSCF0996.jpg)
And to the last corner, still roped off, with the clubhouse across another pitch, to the left.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-42JBPmzB96s/ThSlK4FvZkI/AAAAAAAAB5A/nGTLlXXrjIw/s280/DSCF0997.jpg)
Glancing across that pitch.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-O7CCBBAekhs/ThSlN17uhPI/AAAAAAAAB5E/4Pj9jBnVni4/s280/DSCF0998.jpg)
Dugout occupied during the match.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-99SSUJ2L_Ck/ThSlQQhfB6I/AAAAAAAAB5I/Ca7bBtojPmU/s280/DSCF0999.jpg)
Not a huge crowd at this level!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uKq58J2qVf0/ThSlS6yHyHI/AAAAAAAAB5M/zbrDWhfacg4/s280/DSCF1001.jpg)
Over the halfway line from this side.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P0v4Co7QAMc/ThSlZSUp9FI/AAAAAAAAB5U/JWg_jnW4mcY/s280/DSCF1003.jpg)
And the away dugout.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3RTl9DXo4uQ/ThSlWQoDUhI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/ie6tbhya9ag/s280/DSCF1002.jpg)
Now on the last stretch, to where we began in the corner.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3rTnrZnEa5I/ThSlhBRMx5I/AAAAAAAAB5Y/mb1c8iRHZL8/s280/DSCF1004.jpg)
This was the rest of the crowd!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KzyPj_P1M4c/ThSllV91GKI/AAAAAAAAB5c/mQdTRA-aSS8/s280/DSCF1006.jpg)
A little bit of match action to finish with.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7iTHs8n0Pjw/ThSjoqi-98I/AAAAAAAAB3I/GDviY764duY/s280/DSCF0967.jpg)
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XzKvT-PJmPU/ThSkEtnY7NI/AAAAAAAAB3k/HfxPO-g_ixU/s280/DSCF0975.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fQA12oAD-3g/ThSky-hZZdI/AAAAAAAAB4o/LehXMSrj48M/s280/DSCF0992.jpg)
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xJgIwgH1VYg/ThSlooAEauI/AAAAAAAAB5g/C7JR99pl-RY/s280/DSCF1009.jpg)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Anl2QJx4QcE/ThSlr2lMyeI/AAAAAAAAB5k/JwOuH3CKrcs/s280/DSCF1010.jpg)
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dTfIY4LCQYA/ThSlvTVRwtI/AAAAAAAAB5o/Vzgld1in3As/s280/DSCF1012.jpg)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3eC01afTkUE/ThSi_vETMWI/AAAAAAAAB2k/-hhAZyq5Mw8/s280/DSCF0958.jpg)
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