I took these photos last season, when I saw the Dulwich Hamlet youth team (Academy one) lose to Chatham Town 6-5 after extra time in the Kent Youth League cup final, having been four up early in the second half. Shocking!
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This is the large social club, which you see as you arrive. Behind this building are a number of secondary football pitches, the main one is beyond that.
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This is the car park, walk on ahead for the ground.
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As I mentioned, a multi sport complex. The local egg chasers..
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The summer brigade...
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And,well, we are quite close to the Channel...so why not this lot too?
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As we head to the entrance their 'pitch' is on the left.
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You would have though some obscure French beer, rather than Carlsberg...
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Continue along the path...
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Turn right when you reach the sign...
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And up the path to the turnstile.
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Here we are...
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In the ground, & the first thing you see is the tea bar.
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Changing rooms to the left of hte path.
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At last...the pitch!
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Behind us, to the right, we can see the other pitches over the fence.
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But in this corner, behind the goal, is the open hard standing, and the changing rooms.
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From in front of them we look down the main side, a step of terracing, and the covered seating.
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But we'll come to them later. We are going round the ground in a clockwise direction. Here, behind the goal, we see the small sized all-weather football courts to our left.
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Hard standing all the way along behind the goal.
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From here we see the stand along the side.
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In the other direction is a totally open side, with the dugouts over there.
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Another look at the stand, from the other side of the goal.
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Hard standing continues to, and around, the corner. The open fields beyond are the rugby pitches.
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Simple hard standing down the full length of the open side, as we start to head along it.
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A quick glance back behind the goal before we do.
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And a 'corner flag' shot, seats as the backdrop.
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Moving along, we head toward the dugouts.
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A bit worn, but still smart, in club colours with the crest on the side.
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Between the two of them, on the halfway line, looking across the pitch to the seats.
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Past the dugouts it's more open hard standing to the next corner.
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All the way to the end.
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Behind the goal there is no area at all for spectators, making this a thre sided ground.
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Before I nip across, I try to take a picture back down the open side, but the setting sun is a bit of a hindrance!
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The next corner flag shot.
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Halfway across the 'void area' I stop to take another shot of the stand.
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At the next corner we look back to the 'dead end'.
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Down the last, main side, it's more open hard standing, & more sun directly into the camera!
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Moving along we can see through the glare the stand.
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Here I take a snap of it, with the sun being blocked by the roof.
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Turning back round we have a clearer view of the open part.
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Three rows of seats in the stand.
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From the back row we look across the pitch.
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At the other end of the seats we look down the stand.
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Similar shot, but a bit nearer to the front.
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Past the stand, on our last part of the ground, is the only raised step to stand on, as we are almost back at the turnstile where we started.
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Looking back from the other direction, with the sun behind us.
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And the changing room block, looking toward it.
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Our last shots are from on the pitch at half time. The main stand.
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Dugouts opposite.
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And the centre of the stand, with the club name above.
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