It's a tidy little county league ground, with the South Downs as a backdrop, & the famous Jack & Jill windmills in view.
I took these pictures at the end of January 2010, stopping off on the way to a game at Worthing.
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This pub is just outside the station..named after the town, not the football club!
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The old fashioned picture on the pub sign caught my eye. Nothing to do with football grounds, but it's my blog, & I can publish whatever I like! ;-)
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The ground is 10 to 15 minutes from the station, & this is the sign by the main road.
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It is set back from the main road, down this drive.
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You can see the lights here, past the open field.
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This is the entrance, main club buildings behind.
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A sign for the main club sponsors.
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Through the turnstiles are the main buildings, which include the changing rooms & bar.
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Looking toward the pitch we see one of the dugouts.
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This brick is on the wall of the turnstile block, presumably the year it was built.
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You can see it here, in the middle, between the windows.
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I was here at around midday, & the groundsman was busy marking out the pitch.
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To our right we see the dugout, again, but we're going head the other way round, clockwise.
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Turning left we see hard standing in front of the clubhouse, with hte roof acting as an overhand, with the other dugout further along.
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Looking across the pitch, on the halfway line, we see the main stand along the far side.
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This is one of the dugouts, pitch side.
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From the pitch this is the tunnel, into the changing rooms.
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Past the buildings is this open hard standing area, doubling up as a car park, & storage area.
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From this corner we look over to the open end behind the goal.
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here's a side on shot of the buildings, plus tractor.
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Open hard standing behind the goal, plus a shaled over area behind.
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Now behind the goal, we look over to the main building.
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And through the net, over to the seats.
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Past the other post, we look at it again, without the goalnet obscuring it.
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So to the corner, where it's open to the next field, which I think 'doubled up' as an extra parking area in our cup match five years or so ago. Also a couple of park benches in the corner.
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There's anoher one in this corner too, but it's obscured by this fencing surrounding this electrical box. The view won't be too good if you sit here!
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This is the actual 'sightline' if you sit on this bench.
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Looking over the pitch, from this corner.
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And a bit closer to the corner flag.
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Now we're moving along the side, hard standing here, leading up to the stand, a small grass bank behind.
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Here we reach the stand.
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Only a few rows, but more than adequate for this level.
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Directly opposite the club building.
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At the back of the stand is this plaque, named after a great club stalwart.
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Moving along we glance back down the stand, from the far end.
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Past the seats is more hard standing, with benches atop the slope.
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From here we see the other open end, similar to the other one, but with more grass banking.
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Before we get there we look back down the side.
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Now behind the goal, the banking is quite steep.
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Looking to the pavilion side, from the top of the bank.
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Same spot, other direction.
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At the top of the grass bank is a solitary bench, where a good view of the pitch can be had.
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I am wondering, though, where it was 'arf inched from, as Hassocks is not Haywards Heath!
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Almost at our fourth & final corner, we look back along the area at this end.
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Down the side now, almost to where we began, on the halfway line. More benches along the top.
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Our last 'corner flag' picture, looking over to the far side.
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The path lowers here now, as we are heading to the turnstile block.
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Through the gate, time to leave, by the dugout, which we saw when we came in.
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