10.30am 16 November 2024 Manchester Saturday Morning League, Division Two Championship Rochdale Road Rovers 6 North Manchester Athletic 2 (att 8) Rochdale Road Rovers are one of two Manchester Saturday Morning League teams based at Crossley Playing Fields in Chadderton. With both at home, and not wanting to travel far for my first game, it was a logical destination. That said, it was plan B. The league's Full Time website listed groundsharers Hare and Hounds as playing instead at nearby Clayton Playing Fields. I headed there first, but wasn't too surprised to find only junior matches. As I'd assumed, both Hare and Hounds and Rochdale Road Rovers were playing on the pitches at Crossleys. Hare and Hounds were using the same pitch I'd visited for a game last year , but Rochdale Road's game yielded a groundhopping 'tick'. The four or five pitches at Crossleys all feel quite separate from each other. They're on different levels and a footpath also splits the
Steve B the Groundhopper
Watching lower league football across the UK ... and occasionally beyond