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Late drama provides the ideal end to groundhopping drought

Dorking Wanderers Reserves 1 Epsom and Ewell 1, Combined Counties League Division One, Saturday 7 th March 2020 My mid-season break from Non-League football is over! Which, loosely translated, means ‘it’s finally stopped raining!’ For now, at least. Having not been to a non-league match since 8 th February, when I watched Langney Wanderers defeat Pagham 1-0, I was itching to get back on the road again. Although my brief hiatus from Non-League football did see me take in a trip to the King Power Stadium to see Leicester City take on Manchester City, it’s just not the same. I really do miss going to Non-League games. Far more than I ever thought I would when I started this groundhopping expedition at the start of last season. Of course, the main reason for my month-long absence from the Non-League terraces has been purely down to the awful weather we’ve been enduring. It’s been annoying as a spectator. I can only sympathise with how frustrating the season must