I was pleased to be able to get in this visit, as a few years before Dulwich Hamlet Reserves had been drawn here in a London Intermediate Cup tie, but I was working that day, & so missed the opportunity to see a game here. Now rectified!
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The venue is a short walk from Cockfosters tube station, at the end of the Piccadilly Line. Immortalised in a Fosters television advert!
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The ground appears to be in a 'sporting hotbed', not only by the cricket club...
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But also the Bowling Club.
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In case you're wondering where Cockfosters is, it's in the London Borough of Enfield.
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This is the entrance to the ground. The buildings along the right include the bar & changing rooms.
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This is a very blurred snap of inside the bar.
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As we enter the ground there is an overhang hre, to our right, in front of the bar area.
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It is a basic, open ground, you can see the railed off area behind the goal to our right.
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Turning the other direction, we are heading clockwise round the pitch, we pass this small covered bench stand.
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Beyond this is hard standing along the touchline.
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Looking over the halfway line we see the dugouts on the far side.
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We continue along the pathway.
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Which stops at the corner.
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There is no standing behind the goal, just the hedge separating the players from the open park beyond.
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Before we move on we glance back down the main side we've just come down.
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This is the 'non existant' end behind the goal.
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From behind the net we look over the open far side, & the dugouts.
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Squeezing in behind the goal we look end to end.
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And from the other post we see back to the small stand & club buildings.
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To the corner now, for a 'corner flag' shot.
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Down the far side now, simply grassed off behind the railings.
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A gap in the hedge, behind the corner, this is where I actually found my way into the ground, having been unsure where the entrance was!
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Further along, and there is some more hard standing paving.
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We have noe arrived at the dugouts.
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A club hoarding hangs over the fence.
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Here we see behind the dufouts, note the graffiti on the back.
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More 'wannabe' Banksy, than your run of the mill 'traditional' scrawl!
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Inbetween the two we look over to the bar & stand.
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Passing along there is more open hard standing.
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And from there we look toward the other goal.
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Open grassed area behind the goal.
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From this corner we see back down the touchline.
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Behind this end is the cricket club pitch.
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Moving behind the goal there appears to be some work in progress, laying down some hard standing.
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Very smart paving, if I may say so!
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Almost back round the the bar area where we began. From here you get a clearer view of the overhang in front of the bar.
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At the last corner,we look back along the hard standing, which reaches up to the goal.
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This is the view down the main side touchline.
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By the look of this sign a few locals clearly just stroll in through gaps, without paying admission.
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Completely concreted here, for this section.
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The overhang, with the clubhouse behind.
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And with the match about to kick off it's time to end our tour!
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Visitors in a huddle.
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I walk past the stand.
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And lean on the railing for kick off.
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