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POOLE TOWN (Hampshire League)
Hopes are high that a return to their spiritual Poole Stadium home might be in the offing. Discussions are said to be taking place between the club and the local council, which could see the
Dolphins going back to the ground from which they were forcibly removed in 1994. In the meantime they have relocated to a new temporary home, setting up camp at Oakdale Middle School’s
Tatnam Playing Fields.
POTTERS BAR TOWN (Spartan South Midlands League)
As part of a programme to bring their Parkfield ground up to Ryman League standard, the Hertfordshire club have built a 150 seat stand on the clubhouse side of the pitch.
CLACTON TOWN (Jewson League)
The ambitious Essex side carried out ground improvements to the tune of £120,000 during the
close season. In addition to a new entrance and the construction of a hospitality suite, a substantial covered shelter has been erected at the far end of the Rush Green Bowl ground (pictured above
by Vince Taylor).
RUGBY TOWN (Midland Combination)
Competing in the same division as Leamington, Rugby Town are another club from the past attempting to recapture past glories. They are based at the William Webb Ellis Road ground of
Rugby Lions RFC, a set-up that includes a seated stand and floodlights.
WALSALL WOOD (West Midlands League)
Wood have retained their place in the Premier Division after an appeal to the Football AssociaGroundtastic
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