Saturday saw the Tons taking to the pitch for the first of three games in three days and it’s safe to say this was a bit less glamorous than the trip to Barcelona. Since last Saturday’s sunny fixture at Eastfield FC the weather had taken a distinct turn for the worse. Plenty of layers were needed […]
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Hereford Palace vs Clapton CFC preview: Visit to league basement boys kicks off busy weekend
This weekend Clapton CFC will be taking part in three games, in two countries in a 72-hour footballing fiesta. A home fixture against U.E. Sant Miquel is followed the next day by a trip to Barcelona to face C.E. Jupiter in a pair of friendlies that will be another season highlight for the Tons. Firstly, […]
Clapton CFC 11 Hereford Palace 1: Tons notch up double figures to keep scoreboard operators busy
If you had just caught the scoreline, you might have been forgiven for thinking that Clapton had switched disciplines and taken up Rugby Union. Saturday’s game with Hereford Palace provided, on average, a goal every 7 and a half minutes to entertain a brilliant crowd of 400-plus in the autumn sun. Player-manager Geoff Ocran named […]
Clapton CFC back to league duty to face improving basement side Hereford Palace
There can be no glossing over it, it’s been a massively tough start to life in the football pyramid for Hereford Palace. The brand new Wormwood Scrubs-based side started the Middlesex County Football League season with a whopping 18-0 (yes, EIGHTEEN) defeat at home to NW London. A frustrated club spokesman told us that everything […]