I've always liked going to L
eatherhead. It's a reasonable ground, with most of the facilities down one side.
These photos are from my visit there last season, on Easter Monday.
Like the Hamlet, we are both a pale shadow of more illustrious times in our past, and while I don't think either clubs like 'languishing' in Division One South of the
Isthmian League, we can both take comfort in the fact that we try to live withing our means, & are surviving.
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This is the sign to rhe ground, & adjacent
leisure centre, from the main road.
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Here is the match poster.
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These are the turnstiles, from inside the ground.
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As we enter we are in one of the corners.
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We're going to stroll round Fetcham Grove clockwise. Here we see the covered terrace behind the goal.
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Good modern cover, and subtantial enough steps.
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Home graffiti, as we look across the pitch.
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From here we look to our right, and the main side of the ground.
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Along the opposite touchline it is open, with the dugouts in the centre.
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Basic hard standing, and slight grass banking.
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From this corner we also look back to the covered end.
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And again, from the side, with some of the covered terrace opposite in shot.
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Here we continue along the open side, towards the far end.
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From behind the dugouts, in the centre, we look across to the main stand.
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Continuing along we can see the far end, not covered.
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Before we go there we look back down the open side, with a Hamlet fan 'playing up' to my camera!
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Now wer'e going behind the goal, open as we saw, but with a couple of steps of terrace behind the goal.
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From this corner we look over to the main stand, on the far side.
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Here is the terracing behind this goal.
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Another look over to the dugouts, with the pylons in full shot.
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A little bit of action, with the stand as a backdrop.
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Behind the goal is this 'emergency exit', which is in use a lot, as the ball get kicked over the low fences.
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Here is the Leatherhead keeper, who at one stage jumped over to try to retrieve the ball himself!
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From the next corner we glance back to the open terrace at this end.
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As we turn the corner we see an area of covered terrace.
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Despite it's ramshackle look, i do like this side of the ground. It has 'character'!
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From here we look back behind the goal again.
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And as we move along we reach the seated area, with the 'patio' behind the bar immediately tucked at the back!
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The seating continues as we move along.
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It is a bit strange, in that it's divided up into little sections.
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It's almost like lots of little stands, roofed over to make one!
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From the centre we look across to the dugouts, as the second half is about to start.
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The 'posh bit' for officials!
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We're finally at the end of the seated area,press box at the back.
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Before we move on, time to look back down the seats.
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A couple of loyal Hamlet fans, Tony & Richard, pose for the camera!
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This is the area behind the stand, various buildings, with the bar at the far end.
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The tea bar, also behind this covered side, is busy at half time.
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Now wer'e back 'ground side', for the final stretch, which is more covered terracing.
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From this terracing we look over to the more recent covered terrace, behind the end where we started our tour.
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Here we view it from a side angle.
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We finish by looking back down the side, with the terracing prominent.
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One last picture, of another poster displayed outside... cheekily covered over by local Kingstonian fans! ;-)