3pm 23 October 2021
Devon Football League, South and West Division
Watcombe Wanderers 0 Lakeside Athletic 6 (att 10)
The last time I watched Watcombe Wanderers, in April 2014, they were a dominant force in the South Devon League. I speculated that only their facilities might hold them back.
They resolved that problem by moving to a new home, and are now playing at step seven in the Devon Football League. They're no longer quite such a force though, and were fortunate not concede more against Plymouth-based Lakeside.
The visitors opened the scoring with a penalty, and three goals in each half gave them the easiest of victories. It wasn't a good afternoon for Watcombe, as on an adjacent pitch their third team were beaten 9-1 in the South Devon League's bottom division.
Watcombe's new home is the former ground of now-defunct Buckland and Milber FC. It's on the outskirts of Newton Abbot and accessed via a very bumpy track called Long Lane.
The main pitch is fenced on the near side, where there's also hard standing, dugouts and portable buildings that serve as changing rooms, toilets and a cafe.
The rest of the sloping pitch isn't enclosed, but it ticks the ground-grading boxes for this level, and offers scope for the club to develop the facilities and potentially to progress further.
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