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The Three Horseshoes

A great, friendly, traditional pub in Great Mongeham where you
will find a warm welcome from
Landlords Rachel and Johnny.
01304 379216
POOL TABLE - DART BOARDS
and all football matches
shown on HD screens

BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS PARTY NOW
BOOKINGS - Now Being Taken For; GARDEN PARTIES - WEDDINGS
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR ALL AGES - CHRISTENINGS -
ANNIVERSARIES - (A Small Deposit Secures)
The Above Includes; Free Use Of Garden Facilities.
(Bring Your Own Food Or We Can Supply)
Children Have Free Use Of;
BOUNCY CASTLE - SLIDES - SWINGS - TRAMPOLINE
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT - PLEASE PHONE TO BOOK
Next Time You Go To A Match, Please Buy A Programme -
By Matt Badcock
IF YOU’RE reading this, then it’s good news – you’re either reading a football programme,
an increasingly endangered species or a publication supporting our national game.
Like many things post-covid and in this ‘new normal’ there are lots of things different at
our Non-League grounds now.
The National League have given their clubs the
option of not running programmes this year and
we’ve seen similar in the EFL.
In this digital world an increasing number of clubs
are looking at those avenues rather than the
printed page. Everyone will have their views on
this traditional aspect of football match going.
But here we are, in a programme like booklet,
talking about competitive Non-League football.
Hopefully that is as good to read as it is good to write.
For many months now we’ve not had much competitive football to write about in The
NLP. Yes, we had some play-off games, but the return this month of competitive football
starting with the FA Cup has been most welcome.
Of course, everything around the game is different. We’re all getting used to the added
things we have to do. Book a ticket online beforehand, fill out a test and trace form,
sanitise our hands as we enter the ground, follow one-way systems.
It’s very different to what we left in March when the 2019-20 season stopped in its tracks.
Players are turning up in kit, staying out at half-time for team talks – the current weather
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