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The old club name was still on the sign pointing the way to the ground from the main road, despite the merger between Malden Vale FC & Raynes Park FC being back in 1995.
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Follow the sign & you head along this drive, the ground being at the end of it, on the right.
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Still on the approach driveway, the ground is the other side of the mesh fenced perimeter.
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Turning right at the end this leads up to the turnstiles & club entrance.
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This building, outside the ground, houses the clubhouse & the changing rooms.
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To the right of the bar, in the corner of the ground, is this entrance, which is the way in on a matchday.
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Inside we see the booth where admission is taken.
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To the right is a small area of cover behind the goal, & some shallow steps of terracing.
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Straight ahead, as the entrance is in the corner, we see along the side, which has some terracing, & the main stand in the centre. We are going to head this way first, clockwise around the ground.
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Set back, in the corner, is this walkway, which is the 'players tunnel', back to the changing rooms.
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Here we see the tunnel, from just on the pitch.
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Still pitchside, we look along the stand side.
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Moving along a few yards we get closer to the stand.
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Back behind the barrier, we see the hard standing, with some shallow terracing behind.
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Moving on past it, we look back down the same area.
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Now we are up in the stand, an old wooden structure, with wooden benches.
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The area in the centre being set aside for officials.
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Past the directors enclosure, we look back along the stand.
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From up here we look beyond the stand, down along the open hard standing around the rest of the ground.
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There is some sort of old concrete base, pitchside next. The dugouts are on the far side. I am wondering if they were previously over here, or if they were going to be moved over to this side at some stage?
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Back on the pitch we directly face the stand.
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Before moving on along the open hard standing to the corner.
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And from the corner we now look over the pitch, & we can see the dugouts on the far side.
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Before we turn the corner, to get behind the goal, we glance back down the stand side.
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Very open, with concrete hard standing, behind the goal.
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From behind the goal we look down the pitch.
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Then to our right, back to the stand.
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And now onto the next corner.
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With the very open path down the dugouts side. Clearly the perimeter fence has taken a bit of a bashing from the elements!
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Continuing along, getting nearer to the dugouts.
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And here they are.
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Here we look directly into the home one.
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Before we walk onwards to the next corner.
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Some of the groundstaff equipment left in the corner.
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With the club tractor parked up behind the goal.
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Here's another shot of it.
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Moving along we come to a shallow terrace, with a bit of cover further along.
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I'm not sure how dry you would be under it in wet, windy weather. But I bet the food from the barbeque is tasty on a warmer early or end of season day.
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Finally, back to the corner where we came in, by the toilet block.
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