These photos were taken on an end of season Friday night, in May 201. i had visited here onece prior to that, a good few years before, for a Dulwich Hamlet Reserve Team pre-season match against their first team.
As, per usual I try to begin with a club crest, but note, the name is wrong in this, & they are plain 'Arundel FC' NOT 'Town'.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK39tQanEI/AAAAAAAACIM/RNUl9tOPdFo/s400/PICT1808.jpg)
The ground is across this car park, over a small bridge.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK34rikZxI/AAAAAAAACIE/A7uP5ij8Cro/s400/PICT1806.jpg)
Before you get to the entrance of the ground there is this board with the incorrect badge. Note the 'For hire' section, on the bottom right.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK37QJ239I/AAAAAAAACII/kvdwBFVl_hI/s400/PICT1807.jpg)
This has the crest of the Arundel Petanque Club on it, which is based next to the football pitch.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK3--I1IVI/AAAAAAAACIQ/ShxXCZBbRH8/s400/PICT1809.jpg)
Past the sign is the small bridge, with the entrance to the ground straight ahead.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4Br1wbVI/AAAAAAAACIU/d4CdvrmLRsE/s400/PICT1810.jpg)
There is a small car park here, the building on the left is the changing rooms.
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This is the sign on the outer wall of the changing rooms.
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Lovely gates are at the entrance to the ground.
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Next to them is the pay booth where you get into the ground.
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Admission prices on display.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4M0kHJ2I/AAAAAAAACIo/pGjMiIo5ig8/s400/PICT1815.jpg)
just inside is the raffle ticket seller.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4bNHh2QI/AAAAAAAACJA/OoorYdcdIqI/s400/PICT1821.jpg)
Straight ahead, on the pitch perimeter, facing you, is this sign; informing you of where to go. To the right of this is the club house, as the signage says.
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Here we see the bar, & entrance, from on the pitch .
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK451VhljI/AAAAAAAACJ4/p1s1_k3TcyM/s400/PICT1834.jpg)
Past the bar, on the right along the side, is a small area of cover.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4R0yzmLI/AAAAAAAACIw/ytQ8i90NDKY/s400/PICT1817.jpg)
On the other side is the main stand.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4WbzEAVI/AAAAAAAACI4/N82NJuOzNJs/s400/PICT1819.jpg)
It is open hard standing behind the goal, with the club name painted into the tarmac.
We are going to head round the ground this way, clockwise.
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A closer look at the name on the floor.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4d6MpnBI/AAAAAAAACJE/7-9AFHE7iKw/s400/PICT1822.jpg)
From nearer to the centre behind this goal we glance over to the cover on the right again.
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Behind the net we see down the pitch, noting that it is also open down the other end.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4jZRlILI/AAAAAAAACJQ/IQYGtsthw78/s400/PICT1824.jpg)
Moving on toward the corner the chaging rooms are on the left.
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Here we see that corner from on the pitch, the tea bar coming into view on the right of picture.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK48NEU2ZI/AAAAAAAACJ8/ZlkEfdaSGM8/s400/PICT1835.jpg)
Past the goal now we see the main stand once more.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4oArq61I/AAAAAAAACJY/qbtohelqB6k/s400/PICT1826.jpg)
Here are the changing rooms, from on the pitch, gates open on the left for the 'tunnel'. Note the blue sign, to the left of the glass entrance.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5D2Y5gLI/AAAAAAAACKI/TwPku_bf_ro/s400/PICT1838.jpg)
It as an old, worn club sign.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5FrlNl9I/AAAAAAAACKM/OwRPhkq0aIs/s400/PICT0001.jpg)
From in front of the changing rooms we look back behind the goal.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5HjdMeXI/AAAAAAAACKQ/rBZ6wXqYx3I/s400/PICT0002.jpg)
At the corner we see over the pitch to the dugouts on the far side.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5J0lTNQI/AAAAAAAACKU/xaDPjKBrb5Y/s400/PICT0003.jpg)
Along the side it is hard standing to the seats, with grass behind.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5MNqfLfI/AAAAAAAACKY/wQiQKQJtC44/s400/PICT0004.jpg)
From this side we see behind the goal.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5OyvERKI/AAAAAAAACKg/fmbRzTDbnr8/s400/PICT0005.jpg)
There is a tea bar behind us now.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5UbG9wPI/AAAAAAAACKo/fZ9ap7zL0pc/s400/PICT0007.jpg)
Moving on we are almost at the main stand.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5RYui5JI/AAAAAAAACKk/axBvrvhd7po/s400/PICT0006.jpg)
An old wooden & concrete structure.
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Some seats reserved for club officials.
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Under the roof we look back toward the tea bar, & part of the ground we've already covered.
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There are three rows of seats along the stand.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5bpIbUSI/AAAAAAAACK4/75j77JLKyg4/s400/PICT0011.jpg)
Over the halfway line, to the dugouts.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5domuAKI/AAAAAAAACK8/qCMRoKPPOMo/s400/PICT0012.jpg)
Through the supporting beams at the front we look left, to the goal we've already walked from.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5fnEHfJI/AAAAAAAACLA/D-0XKjIl2W4/s400/PICT0013.jpg)
At the end of the main stand, we have a shot back along it.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5kZHVWhI/AAAAAAAACLI/AnBMp6bDliY/s400/PICT0015.jpg)
A similar photo, but more toward the pitch.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5mPNAbuI/AAAAAAAACLM/VHQOR_yf3DI/s400/PICT0016.jpg)
And this snap from on the pitch, right in front of it.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4-6SHVhI/AAAAAAAACKA/cNnJGpuN5FQ/s400/PICT1836.jpg)
Past the stand, to the left, are the petanque courts.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5isy_bzI/AAAAAAAACLE/I2CraycenJY/s400/PICT0014.jpg)
This just leaves the narrow path along this section od the ground, to the next corner.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5o-tDT2I/AAAAAAAACLQ/9YiWu-vx29A/s400/PICT0017.jpg)
The hard standing continues behind the goal, where there is an open area of grass, presumably used for training.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5q_axSWI/AAAAAAAACLU/muR5-6up4V8/s400/PICT0018.jpg)
Mini goals are there, as well as an old piece of ground maintenance equipment.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5syjl16I/AAAAAAAACLY/hGEdLM_mW0I/s400/PICT0020.jpg)
On the path we head toward the goal.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5vlW8G0I/AAAAAAAACLc/hCD0TONttkc/s400/PICT0021.jpg)
Main stand to our right, & up above it, not the clearest of views this evening, is Arundel Castle.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5xm-IkhI/AAAAAAAACLg/uuI1RqI9iNM/s400/PICT0022.jpg)
This is my average attempt of a better shot of it.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5z_Q05TI/AAAAAAAACLk/xxyASgzhjcs/s400/PICT0023.jpg)
And so on to the next corner, past the dustbin.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK519NdsjI/AAAAAAAACLo/yEbqZRLoTjM/s400/PICT0024.jpg)
As we almost reach it we turn back, for another look at the open end.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK59Ua-UlI/AAAAAAAACL4/Hya5nPfZh98/s400/PICT0027.jpg)
From the corner, across the pitch, we get more of the castle in the background.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK54BzcSyI/AAAAAAAACLs/YW2QkZtXy48/s400/PICT0025.jpg)
Now along the side, again a hard standing path, with the dugouts up ahead.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK56cX_3mI/AAAAAAAACLw/3ZCyj4gU6HY/s400/PICT0026.jpg)
Directly behind the dugouts.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK5_001c6I/AAAAAAAACL8/pGzz_c1F9WA/s400/PICT0028.jpg)
Behind them is a prcarious couple of planks, plonked over a stream, to get wayward footballs from the field behind.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6Ca3PgxI/AAAAAAAACMA/FmrV7ZoapMk/s400/PICT0029.jpg)
The front of the dugouts.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4zby2y_I/AAAAAAAACJs/nAGO8aQFOH8/s400/PICT1831.jpg)
Halfway line picture, this time toward the main stand.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6ExxjIHI/AAAAAAAACMI/A5VZierUyA0/s400/PICT0030.jpg)
Home dugout.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK41AXTXUI/AAAAAAAACJw/FOdcPjNC1rI/s400/PICT1832.jpg)
Moving on past them, to the final corner, we see the first bit of cover we had a peek at, as we came into the ground; with the club house past it.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6H2-4Q1I/AAAAAAAACMM/84AMsaIiew4/s400/PICT0031.jpg)
It's a strange mix of a terrace & a stand, almost as if it's not sure what it wants to be!
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6LHLlhAI/AAAAAAAACMQ/c4wPCipJwkc/s400/PICT0032.jpg)
The angle from on the pitch side of the barriers.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4w3SXxEI/AAAAAAAACJo/jwiPeH5PEMc/s400/PICT1830.jpg)
Seats simply bolted onto the back of a terrace.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6M4247OI/AAAAAAAACMU/uUhgCJ94h9E/s400/PICT0033.jpg)
A stange sign at the back of it. When the ground is full? When the stand is full? So when full you have to get up & stand, then? Anyone know?
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6O0Tk_mI/AAAAAAAACMY/Us8MJMZOG9E/s400/PICT0034.jpg)
Now past the corner flag, looking back at it.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4rMQi0fI/AAAAAAAACJg/rZlgvLRL_Rg/s400/PICT1827.jpg)
A hoarding in front advertises this internet channel, of some sort.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4tfAc_0I/AAAAAAAACJk/YYU5Q5gOo_A/s400/PICT1828.jpg)
We've now reached the club house.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6RQgMNrI/AAAAAAAACMc/-fCCKbJanAk/s400/PICT0035.jpg)
Which is where we started our tour.
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Inside a poster advertises the website.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6dzYC2YI/AAAAAAAACM0/nRawsfDdiYA/s400/PICT0041.jpg)
While outside a board lists the line-ups for the game.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK6cOyxN2I/AAAAAAAACMw/_QOmtYfs_84/s400/PICT0040.jpg)
Another shot of the clubhouse ends our walk around this pleasant ground, as many in this league are.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_eG-h-3kiVVA/TBK4UHVpqVI/AAAAAAAACI0/EfrsXsdDs4M/s400/PICT1818.jpg)
dusk is drawing in, the lights are coming on, & the teams are coming out.
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time for kick off, & putting the camera away, & relaxing to enjoy the match.
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