![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNh9lP3dvI/AAAAAAAAFzY/qvMX8IQMiTM/s400/DSCF0943.jpg)
This is the entrance to the ground, to the car park, & the turnstile block.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgM6iEorI/AAAAAAAAFwE/k61MAYBRZ80/s400/DSCF0892.jpg)
Excellent message!
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgO-8JR8I/AAAAAAAAFwI/2IGil_RWvfc/s400/DSCF0893.jpg)
It's hardly expensive. (& the 'DH' in chalk is not my doing!)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNh6QvaM2I/AAAAAAAAFzQ/1ze5ZQmH7PI/s400/DSCF0941.jpg)
This sign was also by the turnstile.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNh8Yrft1I/AAAAAAAAFzU/EK3cJgqdZzg/s400/DSCF0942.jpg)
The entrance is in the corner of the ground, & once inside we look over the pitch.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgU4WZsrI/AAAAAAAAFwM/_EY9JLZGG2I/s400/DSCF0894.jpg)
To our right we look down the touchline. Initially I thought that was dugouts in the distance, but it turned out it was an open terrace.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgXvNmTWI/AAAAAAAAFwQ/BLxQRBVPnhc/s400/DSCF0895.jpg)
To our left, behind the goal, it is open hard standing. with car park space as well. Have a look at the hoarding that's facing us, & not the pitch...
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgZgHBJhI/AAAAAAAAFwU/71UMuA9pIbY/s400/DSCF0896.jpg)
Something I've not heard of before, but this event sounds magnificently eccentric England at its best!
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgb6X8kTI/AAAAAAAAFwY/ti7_hhGeb7c/s400/DSCF0897.jpg)
Turning round, we look back at the entrance, from inside the ground.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgeqkiB8I/AAAAAAAAFwc/EjP24L6qlPc/s400/DSCF0898.jpg)
Not a sign you usually see inside football grounds...
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgg0oUqQI/AAAAAAAAFwg/BJHvQo8A5Ys/s400/DSCF0899.jpg)
The high netting to stop footballs flying out of the ground forms a 'barrier' between the hard standing & the car park.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgjFzfTvI/AAAAAAAAFwk/UZn4IOE6LqE/s400/DSCF0900.jpg)
From behind the goal we look over to the main side of the ground, which houses the club house, changing rooms & main stand.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgkxpB2jI/AAAAAAAAFwo/srna7yflQf4/s400/DSCF0901.jpg)
A similar view, from past the other post.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgmopBqFI/AAAAAAAAFws/zetzhhkwSnk/s400/DSCF0902.jpg)
Moving along we are almost looking down that side.
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgo5cL2PI/AAAAAAAAFww/2AQSftwEI9E/s400/DSCF0903.jpg)
Here we look back along the car park end.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgsEeIlYI/AAAAAAAAFw0/Wajug6SWeL0/s400/DSCF0904.jpg)
Now we're along the side, as we see over the pitch.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgtwtq-HI/AAAAAAAAFw4/5Ve_zEOXj3g/s400/DSCF0905.jpg)
Further up is the entrance to the clubhouse, with a nice patio area outside the entrance.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgvialoZI/AAAAAAAAFw8/3stIW2gjj2k/s400/DSCF0906.jpg)
And to the left of the above photo we cut round behind the clubhouse & past the beer barrels.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgxsiOpEI/AAAAAAAAFxA/fZdJQihEZZg/s400/DSCF0907.jpg)
From pitchside you can see there is no spectator room in front of the bar.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNgzH7bk7I/AAAAAAAAFxE/Hn3tvz9spdw/s400/DSCF0908.jpg)
Moving along are the dugouts, with the seats beyond for the next specatator area.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNg09syY8I/AAAAAAAAFxI/KeUhiabDlX8/s400/DSCF0909.jpg)
Here is the stand, from on the pitch.
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNg2YgJo4I/AAAAAAAAFxM/bAx4aiDgTj4/s400/DSCF0910.jpg)
A smart club sign is on the roof.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNg3tCljHI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/i95JssSn7L4/s400/DSCF0911.jpg)
This is the players tunnel.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNg7eDqp9I/AAAAAAAAFxg/5G5g0vV_nCo/s400/DSCF0914.jpg)
Next to it is the part of the stand sectioned off for club officials of the home & away sides.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNg6LIpoHI/AAAAAAAAFxc/M-ZOcyClc3g/s400/DSCF0913.jpg)
Beyond that is your 'common garden gnome' spectator area.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNg9c7stEI/AAAAAAAAFxk/PtiDREnFazY/s400/DSCF0915.jpg)
In the middle we look back along where we've come from.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhDKIVRYI/AAAAAAAAFxw/dbTe6mvfw8A/s400/DSCF0918.jpg)
Following by the direction we're heading. Note the exits at hte back. Unusually you cannot leave the seats at the front.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNg_FO9G2I/AAAAAAAAFxo/vQsy5DBtCTA/s400/DSCF0916.jpg)
A bit further down the stand we glance toward the other open end.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhBG_FIhI/AAAAAAAAFxs/-3p4w0u7aoE/s400/DSCF0917.jpg)
Behind the stand, & just beyond it, this looks a bit like a garden allotment area!
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhF92oJPI/AAAAAAAAFx0/o7vlnTHrYT8/s400/DSCF0919.jpg)
There is now simple hard standing to the next corner.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhIzE-dTI/AAAAAAAAFx4/gqVH_66bykE/s400/DSCF0920.jpg)
A quick peek back to the stand.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhKkNDaYI/AAAAAAAAFx8/11rQ7dXSfnk/s400/DSCF0921.jpg)
Behind the goal more open hard standing.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhMaNi2LI/AAAAAAAAFyA/y5sp_GBlyxg/s400/DSCF0922.jpg)
Scaffolding holding up the high netting at this end makes it's a bit of a tight squeeze in places.
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhOghwXKI/AAAAAAAAFyE/rrtzKjcL_hk/s400/DSCF0923.jpg)
As you can see here.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhQq_hZsI/AAAAAAAAFyI/thbpdfkR3GY/s400/DSCF0924.jpg)
At this end we look back to the seats, & beyond.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhS5AZDkI/AAAAAAAAFyM/sLKwzfv1hD8/s400/DSCF0925.jpg)
Similar shot again, but past the other post.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhVFBLhNI/AAAAAAAAFyQ/95-eNH_aB8c/s400/DSCF0926.jpg)
On we go, along the scaffolded path.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhXlxdbqI/AAAAAAAAFyU/3cRhGfcIwGU/s400/DSCF0927.jpg)
In front of the railings are some old concrete posts, so there must have been a lower pitch surround in the past.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhakGPemI/AAAAAAAAFyY/A5oJOLphmmA/s400/DSCF0928.jpg)
At the next corner, we look both across the pitch & back behind the goal.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhcpIzP-I/AAAAAAAAFyc/1w3rv97eAJE/s400/DSCF0929.jpg)
Down the last side now, more hard standing, with a small grassed area behind it. Surely not a training area?
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhfUMK_nI/AAAAAAAAFyg/yUQpqilG4nU/s400/DSCF0930.jpg)
The goals are a bit on the small side...
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhilxp_5I/AAAAAAAAFyo/FcsIBf1qIsw/s400/DSCF0931.jpg)
But there is one at 'either end'! And beyond this one we see the terrace area.
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhlUmNgAI/AAAAAAAAFys/J4zCired1pk/s400/DSCF0932.jpg)
Here it is. I have no idea, but I am wondering if maybe, in the dim & distant past, this terrace had a roof to it?
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhqC0BD0I/AAAAAAAAFy0/x8ieSygpRPw/s400/DSCF0934.jpg)
From this area of the ground we see over to the main side.
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhnRhhc8I/AAAAAAAAFyw/u7waVI4yJtE/s400/DSCF0933.jpg)
It's not just any old terrace...
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhr3vuZ3I/AAAAAAAAFy4/WV-BTT-Q7LE/s400/DSCF0935.jpg)
Some Isthmian grounds don't have terracing this substantial...
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhunsEiBI/AAAAAAAAFy8/b0yMLObEliU/s400/DSCF0936.jpg)
Once past it there's only the hard standing up to the corner where we came in.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhxR9PVOI/AAAAAAAAFzA/_ApPfoeD3rk/s400/DSCF0937.jpg)
A last look over to the car park end.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNhztCOFaI/AAAAAAAAFzE/Tpq8B58NE6M/s400/DSCF0938.jpg)
And then we're at the exit. Time to go...
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNh2YyuveI/AAAAAAAAFzI/iNtLpA3iiEs/s400/DSCF0939.jpg)
But not before one quick glance back, & clock that old turnstile. I wonder what ground that came from?
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNh4ccX-dI/AAAAAAAAFzM/-6BIuWqt3BU/s400/DSCF0940.jpg)
Off we go...waiting for the 'groovy' bus back to the centre of Bognor Regis!
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4Tuyez2ROzA/TTNh_lPNECI/AAAAAAAAFzc/JgaXsDkKPR8/s400/DSCF0944.jpg)
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