Floodlit Pitch

  Dove Holes - Double Winners Sometimes this great sport of ours can make you feel that you’re a user, no great friend to anyone, a bit of a football slut if you like. A visit to the Hope Valley League can make you feel like that. That’s with no disrespect intended to the HVL. You see, watching your side regularly, reduces the chances to visit the local amateur leagues. When your side is away there’s always another game to go to, check up on your clubs rivals perhaps, whilst keeping an eye on the important game involving your club. There’s always something else more pressing, visiting one of the local pro or semi-pro clubs in other leagues, or worse, attending a family event. That is, until the end of the season when most football is done and all that’s left is the amateur leagues that you’ve neglected for so long. So, here I am making my first visit to Baslow, just 15 miles away.   Baslow Sports Field Despite the league being so close this is only my 2 nd game at this level. Th