A Sunday afternoon revisit to Parc Meurig, the wonderful home of Bethesda Athletic. Sadly the Ardal North West League game versus Llay Miners Welfare was a bit of a damp squib with both teams cancelling each other out. It finished goalless (att: 129) #Groundhopping #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Wales #ArdalNW

The #EmiratesFACup got underway this weekend with 219 ties taking place in the Extra Preliminary Round. My choice of game was at the Rowley Lane Sports Ground where (Southern League) London Lions beat (Combined Counties) Rayners Lane 3-1 (att: 120) #Groundhopping 🏆 #RoadToWembley

At Cae-y-Castell tonight as Flint Town United took on Barry Town United in their first home game of the new Cymru Premier season. New teams, new format, new players, new matchday but The Silkmen conceding late is nothing new; a 3-2 loss made it two defeats from two #Groundhopping #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Wales

A visit to another Liverpool hub as Woolton FC returned to the Simpson Sports Ground for their first home game of 26/27. They beat Ashton Town 3-2 the North West Counties League Div.1 North (att: 154). Last season The Woo played at Jericho Lane as they made the play-offs #Groundhopping #NWCFL

West Lancashire League action this Tuesday evening and a #Bolton 'Derby' at the CMB Sports Ground. Chew Moor Bridge were beaten 2-1 by Eagley in the West Lancashire League Premier Division (att: 124 h/c). A thoroughly enjoyable game to watch with some quality goals #Groundhopping

Another visit to the Volksparkstadion, but my first in nearly a decade, as the mighty blues of #Everton travelled to #Germany for a pre-season friendly against #Hamburger SV. Die Rothosen were beaten 2-1 by The Toffees (att: c35,000) #Groundhopping #EvertonAway #UpTheFuckingToffees 💙

Another disappointing evening in Europe for #Cymru as, despite winning 1-0 on the night (1-1 on aggregate) The New Saints exited the #UEFA Conference League after losing 4-2 on pens to a bang average Flora Tallinn side (att: 958). In the current coefficients only San Marino are worse than Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🆚️🇪🇪

Headed to Lincolnshire on an historic day for Immingham Town as, for the first time in 30 or so years, the club returned to both to the Northern Counties East League and, competitively, to the Woodlands Sports Ground. Doncaster City were the visitors and they won 4-1 (att: 180) #Groundhopping

The domestic season got underway in #Wales this Friday night with nine games in the FAW Welsh Cup 1st Qualifying Round. I headed to a sunny Rhyl where NFA were beaten 2-0 by Mochdre Sports (att: 132). Since my last visit to Ffordd Derwen the club have installed a seated stand #Groundhopping 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru

It's been about 20 years since my previous visit to the Causeway Stadium, home of Matlock Town, and this afternoon I fancied a revisit to this wonderful ground. The visitors for this pre-season friendly were League Two Rotherham United. It finished all square 1-1 (att: 776) #Groundhopping

With works going on at Eamonn Deacy Park Galway United are playing games at Pearse Stadium so tonight was a rare chance to watch soccer at the home of Gaillimh GAA. A tremendous League of Ireland Connacht Derby vs Sligo Rovers ended 3-2 to United (att: 3,076) #Groundhopping 🇮🇪 #LOI

For my first new 🏟✅️ of 2026/27, I headed to #Ireland where, after a mere 21 years, I finally completed visits to all 2️⃣0️⃣ grounds of the League of Ireland. I was at Ferrycarrig Park where I was treated to a Division One #DesmondTwoTwo between #Wexford and #Kerry (att: 421) #Groundhopping 🇮🇪 #LOI

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, home of FC Iberia 1999 née FC Saburtalo and, on occasions, the Georgian national team #Georgia 🇬🇪 #FloodlightFriday

The UEFA U19 Championship Finals have come to North Wales this year so it would be remiss of me not to see at least one group stage game at each of the host venues... 5️⃣ - The Oval, Caernarfon. Serbia 0-3 Croatia. Att: 1,143 🇷🇸🆚️🇭🇷 #Groundhopping #Cymru #Wales

The UEFA U19 Championship Finals have come to North Wales this year so it would be remiss of me not to see at least one group stage game at each of the host venues... 4️⃣ - Central Park, Denbigh. Spain 4-0 Germany. Att: 1,725 (a new ground record attendance) 🇪🇸🆚️🇩🇪 #Groundhopping #Cymru #Wales

The #U19EURO Championship Finals have come to North Wales this year so it would be remiss of me not to see at least one group stage game at each of the host venues... 3️⃣ - Cae Ras, Wrecsam. Cymru 0-4 Germany Att: 1,535 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🆚️🇩🇪 #Groundhopping #Cymru #Wales

The UEFA U19 Championship Finals have come to North Wales this year so it would be remiss of me not to see at least one group stage game at each of the host venues... 2️⃣ - Bangor City Stadium, Bangor Croatia 1-3 Ukraine Att: 826 🇭🇷🆚️🇺🇦 #Groundhopping #Cymru #Wales

The UEFA #U19EURO Championship Finals have come to North Wales this year so it would be remiss of me not to see at least one group stage game at each of the host venues. The opening fixture took place at... 1️⃣ - The Racecourse, Wrexham. Wales 0-7 Spain. Att: 3,606 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🆚️🇪🇸 #Groundhopping #Cymru #Wales

With the main stadium under the auspices of UEFA ahead of the U19 tournament, this afternoon's pre-season friendly between Bangor City 1876 and Airbus UK Broughton took place on the adjacent 4G pitch. The Wingmakers won 3-1 (att: c180) #Groundhopping #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Wales

David Petriashvili Arena, the home of FC Gagra #Georgia 🇬🇪 #FloodlightFriday

The Llandyrnog & District Summer League reached it's conclusion tonight as Llangynhafal beat Clawddnewydd 4-0 (att: 108 h/c) at the Cae Cymro Community Centre to clinch the 2026 title. This is their fifth in total and their first since 2019. Llongyfarchiadau 👏 #Groundhopping #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Wales

More Llandyrnog and District Summer League action this evening as Ysceifiog, who play their home games at Dolfechlas Road, Rhydymwyn, took on Nantglyn. The visitors won 2-1, with the winning goal coming from Deio Jones #Groundhopping #Cymru #Wales #SummerFootball 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The was an additional game as I dipped into the third tier of Georgian football for a match at the Sport-Kompleksi Shatili where WIT Georgia were beaten 1-0 by Merani Tbilisi (att: c125) #Groundhopping 🇬🇪 #Georgia

Georgia was absolutely wonderful. Definitely worth a visit 🇬🇪❤️🇬🇪

Georgia was absolutely wonderful. Definitely worth a visit 🇬🇪❤️🇬🇪

The third of my trilogy of Georgian top flight games was at the David Petriashvili Arena, home of FC Gagra, where Dinamo Tbilisi beat Samgurali Tskhaltubo 5-3 (att: c300). I was absolutely gutted that this game was moved from the Boris Paichadze to here #Groundhopping #Georgia 🇬🇪 #ErovnuliLiga

The second of my trilogy of Georgian top flight games was at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium where current champions FC Iberia were beaten 2-1 by FC Rustavi (att: c550). The winning goal for Rustavi came from a free kick from inside their own half. Lovely stuff! #Groundhopping #Georgia 🇬🇪 #ErovnuliLiga

A trilogy of Georgian top flight games began with a trip to the 5th most populous city in the country, and birthplace of Stalin, Gori. FC Spaeri were the visitors to the Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium tonight where Dila Gori ran out 3-1 winners (att: c350) #Groundhopping #Georgia 🇬🇪 #ErovnuliLiga

🇫🇷 TEN YEARS AGO 🤯 📆 Saturday 11th June 2016 🏆 UEFA Euro 2016 Group B 🏟 Stade de Bordeaux ⚽️ Wales 2-1 Slovakia 🗣 Attendance: 37,831 📝 groundhoppersdiary.blogspot.com/2016/06/uefa... #MemoriesOfFrance #Euro2016 #Bordeaux #Cymru #DontTakeMeHome 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🆚️🇸🇰

More Llandyrnog and District Summer League action this Monday as Henllan beat Rhewl 4-2 at Top Parc (att: 48 h/c) with Matthew Jones scoring a hat-trick. A good game to watch in the evening sunshine #Groundhopping #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Wales #SummerFootball