Despite being based in the outer London Borough of Bromley, this ground could quite easily fit into the middle of the countryside, it is hard to imagine you are only a few miles from the centre of London!
I like this ground, even though it's basic, it feels 'loved', if that makes sense, despite the fact it is clearly a footbal lclub with very little money to play with.
I took these photos on 17th October 2010 at an FA Sunday Cup 1st round tie between Baldon Sports and The Lounge.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V57SohA_Xdk/Tgt_7NkSiXI/AAAAAAAADhE/KiVU1drT9ko/s400/DSCF1126.jpg)
The entrance to the ground, from the main road.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ax4kTjgiwWU/Tgt8KaIRSCI/AAAAAAAADcM/ICUT8AtcpPo/s400/DSCF1047.jpg)
The club signs, by the road.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Aeyz9DQGCM8/Tgt8Hc_5ilI/AAAAAAAADcE/alCtDVSa_hU/s400/DSCF1046.jpg)
On the right, as you walk up the path, are fields with horses in!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XobD7DHRiTk/Tgt8OYa6WjI/AAAAAAAADcQ/Xd5zsxu5xA8/s400/DSCF1048.jpg)
There is a small area for parking outside the ground.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VRxIyyWC01g/Tgt8S0eHeHI/AAAAAAAADcY/jWC6MAwutf4/s400/DSCF1049.jpg)
Turnstiles, that were not in use.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ZnA_TxgJME/TguAUvPxkcI/AAAAAAAADhw/G4Ndi7Pzy8Y/s400/DSCF1152.jpg)
Once past them there are changing rooms on the right, the corner of the pitch straight ahead.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-boACqlbVueU/Tgt8V-PhrHI/AAAAAAAADcc/xoxaFZx4gKU/s400/DSCF1050.jpg)
The 'tunnel' from the changing rooms, you can see the stand in the background, on the far side.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xQzU_yoySFQ/Tgt8Y2gyCVI/AAAAAAAADcg/4lULTMEOwqI/s400/DSCF1051.jpg)
Toward the near end, which has a small area of cover, which wasn't there on my last visit, the season before.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nqo-9BUl7x0/Tgt8bp0f6-I/AAAAAAAADck/JxQNC1Y6UuY/s400/DSCF1052.jpg)
Past the tunnel is a bar, immediate left. down the side it is very open, just hard standing by the pitch rail.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Yz7EA-HNaOc/Tgt8eApEkZI/AAAAAAAADco/soDssEBRgxY/s400/DSCF1053.jpg)
The entrance to the bar. note the small wooden sign in front of the entrance, to the left.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--S19Q1yIRVg/Tgt8gwlk8DI/AAAAAAAADcs/r0jocM_-Dw8/s400/DSCF1054.jpg)
Nice 'home made' touch.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Wedh5Q2DoRA/Tgt8kL69GzI/AAAAAAAADcw/g_7OxNl83ds/s400/DSCF1055.jpg)
Club name and emblem above the entrance to the clubhouse.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mJuhg0_8wVM/Tgt8mKlMHoI/AAAAAAAADc0/54q_v31NbUM/s400/DSCF1056.jpg)
Inside the bar.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SSR8cbrYR8s/Tgt8roJnPtI/AAAAAAAADc8/LxtrRlB0pvQ/s400/DSCF1058.jpg)
I also sneaked a snap of the boardroom, as the door was open!
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cx87eAM5EjM/Tgt8t7nS8YI/AAAAAAAADdA/gsBH2VHF5ao/s400/DSCF1059.jpg)
On the noticeboard, just inside the entance are plans for ground improvements.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n3PIOUpiH6E/Tgt8wCXXvZI/AAAAAAAADdE/SYn9w3Nu_i0/s400/DSCF1060.jpg)
They are detailed...
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HCZoHBjoiaA/Tgt8yd3scxI/AAAAAAAADdI/4c7fQgRxn6s/s400/DSCF1061.jpg)
But I do not think they have started work yet, though I could be wrong.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3EbGcdpRVfI/Tgt81034IxI/AAAAAAAADdM/RCAyUCvi1RY/s400/DSCF1062.jpg)
Back outside we start our circuit, down the open touchline. The grassed area behind is used as a training area.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iBGxEIIFFwA/Tgt9Ej6VR8I/AAAAAAAADdc/4Gjfm770nAs/s400/DSCF1066.jpg)
The teams line up pre-match in front of the stand, opposite.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9z6LRljZuHI/Tgt9IAb_FXI/AAAAAAAADdk/Gsvyg8hW2G4/s400/DSCF1067.jpg)
We continue down the side.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-parGVPd4cSo/Tgt9KaJu_PI/AAAAAAAADdo/S7cEBspueh4/s400/DSCF1068.jpg)
From here we turn right, to see the covered end.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BcaxacABVTM/Tgt9N05xwnI/AAAAAAAADds/vp6HG7QvF0M/s400/DSCF1069.jpg)
Onward, past the training goal.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nEkN9W_aVBE/Tgt9ZnpXcoI/AAAAAAAADd4/z0sHX8O_Uuk/s400/DSCF1073.jpg)
The pitch, from behind the training goal.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-emcThefrA_4/Tgt9cWhFkXI/AAAAAAAADd8/3-NGM0URay8/s400/DSCF1074.jpg)
Almost at the corner.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kBWCHjrW-oE/Tgt9fYsBlKI/AAAAAAAADeA/ewTKBE7luwI/s400/DSCF1075.jpg)
Turning round I notice some balloons stuck up in one of the pylons!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QYn4tnoMbEg/Tgt9hLWL-wI/AAAAAAAADeE/mfnlpTd3dNg/s400/DSCF1076.jpg)
Down the length of the open side.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y5fNp1akM-4/Tgt9kBSQtVI/AAAAAAAADeI/cMYI7KT5Zbg/s400/DSCF1077.jpg)
'Corner flag' shot, over the pitch, to the stand.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0UT-t85DdYQ/Tgt9n5aV8rI/AAAAAAAADeM/A8SV3XjMBWU/s400/DSCF1078.jpg)
Hard standing behind this goal too.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7gNsnE7xYG0/Tgt9rrc98zI/AAAAAAAADeQ/sLsSmZoNM2U/s400/DSCF1079.jpg)
Scaffolding poles hold up the netting behind.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d5OsvejOk7Q/Tgt9v4NL0UI/AAAAAAAADeU/yM3PPRetIMA/s400/DSCF1080.jpg)
Behind the net.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EOKCgg9WV3o/Tgt9-CTO9YI/AAAAAAAADek/gdhhyzmobB4/s400/DSCF1086.jpg)
Moving on to the next corner.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cLsUbH5SIB0/Tgt-Be8VL4I/AAAAAAAADeo/K9XHBgqgQSE/s400/DSCF1087.jpg)
Almost there, we see along the stand touchline.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VtUmeS7f3Ko/Tgt-EArGwgI/AAAAAAAADes/Cy5vyb6MBWo/s400/DSCF1089.jpg)
Heading there, but not before glancing back behind the goal.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fr3F4IeTDNE/Tgt-Mt1ndOI/AAAAAAAADe4/4xk9_m2yOpA/s400/DSCF1091.jpg)
Corner flag angle once more.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-exIGgeXwv38/Tgt-PbudqCI/AAAAAAAADfA/iVefKeQm8Kk/s400/DSCF1092.jpg)
Heading down the side now, toward the seats.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BNTLojKuJ6Y/Tgt-TJ35VoI/AAAAAAAADfE/gRbNdVJItRk/s400/DSCF1093.jpg)
Almost there.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-42_pQyRT8D4/Tgt-ZAg6hsI/AAAAAAAADfM/m3YTnHB95oo/s400/DSCF1096.jpg)
Here we are. Presumably it does have a safety certificate? ;-)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Jad4xHUM9pc/Tgt-cH1Io_I/AAAAAAAADfQ/j0E1ew_LLXs/s400/DSCF1097.jpg)
Emptier, at half time.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C2pm3uh6BiE/Tgt-k4WsSRI/AAAAAAAADfc/5jvDRAXabPQ/s400/DSCF1101.jpg)
From on the pitch you can see the dugouts at the front are actually built into it.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-b46V6G1Yc8I/Tgt-n9bJpXI/AAAAAAAADfg/hfzHV4YI3ws/s400/DSCF1102.jpg)
You can see this much more clearly in this picture.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dHsgLJDXvJ4/Tgt-rJkSpnI/AAAAAAAADfk/rQ2PKkbJB78/s400/DSCF1103.jpg)
There are steps up to the seats, by the first dugout.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nS3E-PllppY/Tgt-uoyyc5I/AAAAAAAADfo/eFkpldD0qGc/s400/DSCF1104.jpg)
A few seats on wooden planks, behind the roof of the dugout!
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lVB4AOuVdaE/Tgt-yDmV5HI/AAAAAAAADfs/r5tAwen4BA0/s400/DSCF1105.jpg)
More rows of 'benches' in between the two dugouts.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SU7J5BDfcqA/Tgt-2c6ILGI/AAAAAAAADfw/iQ4c1rZsfbA/s400/DSCF1106.jpg)
Above the next dugout, looking over to the 'covered' end.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3yCaObFQftw/Tgt-5VeWnCI/AAAAAAAADf0/w4nyUE7_MXg/s400/DSCF1107.jpg)
And back to the open end, the other way.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QtOk1TZLEjk/Tgt_CyKFL9I/AAAAAAAADf4/Gbcx6J-nmXc/s400/DSCF1108.jpg)
Over to the bar and changing rooms.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A8YH85WGLt4/Tgt_J0os_vI/AAAAAAAADf8/kdxcmHXsgC4/s400/DSCF1109.jpg)
The second dugout.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wANqvkuy84k/Tgt_N9CtRoI/AAAAAAAADgE/gJxUzLMxgvw/s400/DSCF1110.jpg)
Now we're past the stand, looking back up into it, by the dugout.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pHClqYOsZJg/Tgt_Q8D-oZI/AAAAAAAADgI/V8q43gOpJq8/s400/DSCF1111.jpg)
The hard standing continues along past it.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sZMdZECQfLs/Tgt_TRwGIbI/AAAAAAAADgM/a1EYrZ2k8zo/s400/DSCF1112.jpg)
With the stand now behind us.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ipghw-ZyYZM/Tgt_VUezJXI/AAAAAAAADgQ/PDfbM0uX00s/s400/DSCF1113.jpg)
Heading toward the covered end.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gj6jGmNR8yE/Tgt_YngS4rI/AAAAAAAADgU/BrsaLlIU4MM/s400/DSCF1114.jpg)
Back down the touchline, as we brush past a broom!
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XyFBQZE0oug/Tgt_cKrvEQI/AAAAAAAADgY/yJXFd-jjU3o/s400/DSCF1115.jpg)
The next 'corner flag' picture.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qNP5hXo6ZVY/Tgt_e3pfTRI/AAAAAAAADgc/Jug8tj00PE0/s400/DSCF1116.jpg)
Now behind the goal, same hard standing continuing to the cover in the centre.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uNHX0nLBcZ8/Tgt_hwYVkuI/AAAAAAAADgg/m6nS-h1sWCM/s400/DSCF1117.jpg)
A step of terracing under the scaffold structure.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fdKZDxpDuKw/Tgt_kg1vKjI/AAAAAAAADgk/dyd3HKjteeQ/s400/DSCF1118.jpg)
Looking at it, from pitchside.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-w-7fS9yR37g/Tgt_nX3v5PI/AAAAAAAADgo/DjpL-pq1d2o/s400/DSCF1119.jpg)
A horse roams behind us.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Q_oYjajAvIo/Tgt_peQTHYI/AAAAAAAADgs/RlFnqm4Y-Ys/s400/DSCF1120.jpg)
I am guessing it wasn't finished yet...
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-keXWJhEqT80/Tgt_ssevVYI/AAAAAAAADgw/2coZ2gAkoI4/s400/DSCF1121.jpg)
A derelict caravan in the field behind.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fW6YXxk2rKs/Tgt_v2hURZI/AAAAAAAADg0/lGWMEeE1KG0/s400/DSCF1122.jpg)
Past the cover we are almost back at the corner where we began.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N6qIfQowiN4/Tgt_zkcpVPI/AAAAAAAADg4/NCPL8CQxGzM/s400/DSCF1123.jpg)
The railed 'tunnel' where we started.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yEF25uak-TY/Tgt_2-ojGRI/AAAAAAAADg8/tPCW4QAUXXI/s400/DSCF1124.jpg)
Our final 'corner flag' snap, stand behind.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sl4s2enUFPg/Tgt_5R3sw_I/AAAAAAAADhA/Mr6rNBEGp_8/s400/DSCF1125.jpg)
Now to the game, the teams about to come out, and quite a few match action shots for you to enjoy.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BxNEktsvusk/Tgt85bSnXsI/AAAAAAAADdQ/EwtqFhtvwkg/s400/DSCF1063.jpg)
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