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@MikeFloate
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Thirty years of publishing books on football grounds 1995-2025.
Joined August 2011
RT @groundhopper23: The latest issue of @groundtastic (GT122) dropped on to the doormat this morning. A fabulous read as ever, packed with….
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Thanks again to the lads @Groundtastic for a great review of Cropped. Bargain prices currently at Further posts coming soon to explain how Turner, old railway posters and cropping less-than-great photos are linked. Crazy but true.
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RT @Groundtastic: The Autumn 2025 issue of Groundtastic (GT122) delves into the history of New Writtle Street. Opened by Chelmsford FC in 1….
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…And refs, one in particular was no friend of the club would find nobody there to lift the stopper as we kept a lookout for his arrival through the fence and made sure he’d have to shout to get our attention. An unnecessary postponement saw our chairman pay his expenses himself.
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Crockenhill @CrockenhillFC16 had a turnstile with a great back story leading back to a local Victorian attraction. The space for people coming through was tight & clubs we didn’t get on with would find the main gate closed so had to pass kit bags through. to get our attention….
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RT @Groundtastic: Groundtastic Autumn 2025 (GT125) £6 + postage. Beyond The Cemetery End (1995-2024) £25 + postage….
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Two versions of the cover of the new book, both ‘Cropped’ using the same technique. Two pics taken seconds apart. One works, the other doesn’t. Find out the how and why by ordering at
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Yes, Wested Meadow @CrockenhillFC16 This is the reject cover with people looking all over the place. Proper cover has everyone focussed on the game. Alan Curnick and Ricky Stanton in shot, and Dan Perfect?
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RT @Groundtastic: We are now accepting pre-orders for the Autumn 2025 issue of Groundtastic (GT122), due out of 1st September. Everton's ne….
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Find out how Johnny Mather knows your eye has been drawn to his nuts by buying Cropped, a new and very different, football grounds book.
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RT @Groundtastic: If you're interested in British grounds and stands that have been lost over past 55 years, these are the books for you:….
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Turnstile fans alert! @PeterRMiles.
An original Boro Ayresome Park turnstile given a new lease of life @guistownfc @NonLeagueCrowd @NLFanAccount . Read more on
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Excitement all round earlier this week! As always, an entertaining and informative read.
Floodlight down @WhitbyTownFC @MikeFloate and smoke and fire on the way to cricket at Lockton in the NY Moors for High Farndale v Slingsby. @NorthYorksFire Read more on
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A bit different for #floodlightfriday - electrical fire under the lamps at Whitby Town on Tuesday! The only floodlight books on sale at and
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Memories of the 1996 Northern League Groundhop game at Whitby last night. A nearby wildfire leaves a smog over the area then an electrical fire knocks out one floodlight pylon.
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Newlands Photographic’s books published by 2015, the new book and the full list in 2025. All available books on sale at .
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Can’t disagree!.
Got to say this is the bargain of the weekend….
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The paperback edition of Cropped has arrived, a small number are on sale at a reduced price and with free postage. Who doesn’t like a bargain! It’s quite a bit more than a bog standard book of ground photos!
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One not to be missed, a colossal volume. Interested in grounds? A Must Have!.
Beyond The Cemetery End is a revised, expanded and updated reprint of The Cemetery End, now covering the years 1995-2024. A unique pictorial record of more than 500 lost British grounds and stands, you can buy the book here:
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