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GROUNDTASTIC THE FOOTBALL GROUNDS MAGAZINE Mail: 21 Tiptree Grove, Wickford, Essex SS12 9AL Web: www.groundtastic.co.uk Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Groundtastic Facebook: www.facebook.com/groundtastic GT102: published 1 September 2020 Cover photograph: David Forsyth · Contributors: Bob Lilliman, David Collins, Atholl Beattie, Jock Gardiner, Mike Floate, Tony Cunningham, David Forsyth, Alan Price, TC Williams, Pete Miles, Alan Woods, Philip Paine, Mick Blakeman, Andy Dakin, Owen Pavey & Alan Burge 3 Locked Out 58 Sixties Stands (2) 12 League News 64 Holiday Snaps: Yerevan 16 Non-League News 68 Book Shelf: Brentford 22 World News 72 Book Shelf: Ilford 26 Scots News 74 Book Shelf: Kent Grounds 28 Welsh News 76 Tea Bar 30 FA Cup Outposts (4) 78 Exit Gates 38 Boundary Issues (1) 79 Club Shop 46 Barrow 80 Landscapes 52 Basildon United Notes: The last issue opened with an overview of the Coronavirus crisis and the effect it was having on the world and on the sport we love. Since then we have seen a gradual easing of restrictions, but for those that like visiting football grounds things are still a long way from normal. It seems likely that ’behind closed doors’ will be with us at some levels for a while yet and we should be prepared for a much different experience when grounds eventually become a little more accessible. Picking up on the feeling of being ‘locked out’, from page 3 we take a look at grounds from the outside. Next issue: GT103 - 1 December 2020 Groundtastic is compiled and edited by Vince Taylor and Paul Claydon and printed by Durley Publications. All items are copyright of those credited or Groundtastic, and cannot be reproduced without prior permission. 2