November sees a massive month of football at Champion Hill, with a startling EIGHT home games across 30 days. You can’t have too much of a pink ‘n’ blue thing, so gird your loins and let’s get cracking.
We start with our Women hosting Milton Keynes Dons at Champion Hill on Sunday 2nd. Then it soon gets momentous with the first of four – yes, FOUR – home evening fixtures in the space of three weeks. Anyone kind enough to read these updates over the past few years will know that I’m in awe of the romance of midweek encounters under the lights, and I hope you’ll join me in embracing the full set of four. The first sees our Men hosting Harrow Borough in the cup on the evening of Tuesday 4th.
The home games come thick and fast for our Men, as Saturday 8th sees the visit of St Albans City, followed quickly on its heels by the second of the magical midweekers as we host Wingate & Finchley on Tuesday 11th.
A week later, Cray Valley Paper Mills are the third of our floodlit guests, visiting The Hill on the evening of Tuesday 18th. The arrival of Hashtag United on Saturday 22nd is perfectly sandwiched between that and the fourth and final of the beautiful Tuesdays as we host Brentford in the London Senior Cup on the Tuesday 25th. Our Women complete the Champion Hill Autumn bonanza when we host Actonians on Sunday 30th.
In between all this there’s a bit of work to do on the road. Also under glorious light, our Women visit AFC Portchester on the south coast in the League Cup on Wednesday 5th; then AFC Sudbury on Sunday 16th. While our Men take away jaunts to Chichester City on the 1st, Burgess Hill Town on the 15th, and Dartford on the 29th. Meanwhile, back in the Tuscan Hills, our Women’s Reserves play host to Actonians Reserves on Sunday 2nd and Millwall Lionesses on Sunday 9th, with both games at our training centre at Green Dale.
If that’s not enough live and local football, I don’t know what is. A full TEN chances to cheer on The Hamlet on home turf this November. We’ll surely see you there. At Champion Hill, Saturday games kick off at 3pm, Sundays at 2pm and midweek evenings at 7.45pm. With bars inside and out, and wholesome food on offer, we strongly recommend you arrive in good time to settle in for the action. Head to dulwichhamletfc.co.uk/fixtures/all-fixtures for details, advance tickets and to keep an eye on any changes.
And don’t forget to make time to stop by the Mega Container on match days, to pick up the latest pink ‘n’ blue gear and to have a chat with your Dulwich Hamlet Supporters’ Trust. The Trust unites our community and makes its voice heard. Join us under the lights and Up the Hamlet!
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Pic credits: Keely Man
this article first appeared in the November issue of SE22 Magazine.