Got to say it's very impressive to see basically a full stadium at this level. Great atmosphere made too. Fair play to everyone involved!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kieran, there are no glory hunters at this level just passionate fans with their club in their DNA 👍🏻

@Lewis_Marriott

Жыл бұрын

Still in L2

@GazEndo68

Жыл бұрын

Mathematically not relegated yet. Fact check.

Great vlog and well done on doing that epic long journey. Only been there once about 6 years ago and remember parking next to Morrison’s.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil, I took the easy option and got the train, I’m too lazy to drive that far 👍🏻

Thanks, very good documentary of the highs and lows in the lower leagues.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, it’s normally the lows being a fan at this level but most of us wouldn’t change it, real football 👍🏻

Carlisle fan here just saw your Hartlepool video absolutely brilliant well done mate all the best next season 👍

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan, hoping to visit Carlisle next season for my ground hopping 👍🏻

Great video. Love how well you capture the atmosphere.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Nice one, thanks buddy 👍🏻

Really enjoyed that. Great video. Subscribed. Happy memories of going to Hartlepool watching my team Blyth Spartans cause an FA Cup upset and knocking them out a few years back. It was a baltic December night match. My mate was that convinced we would win he stashed a bottle of champagne in a bush outside the ground. We tried to open it after full time but it had frozen solid. Still wasn't wearing a coat like.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks KW, I love hearing these stories! There are not many clubs that would travel south to play away at Hartlepool 👍🏻, you wouldn’t catch us southern softies with no coat on in the winter 🥶 ❄️👍🏻

Came over to your channel from your comment on my video!! Love the content and have subscribed! A football coke and mars bar table is something I never knew I needed in my life 😍! Keep smashing it mate!! ❤

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sam, the birth of the coke and mars was from my visit to West Ham and being utterly appalled by their prices, hence the comparison league table, I have subscribed to your channel too 👍🏻

@TFHipster

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 genuinely love the concept!! It’s really unique and fun!! I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for you when we get round to going to Gillingham!

Just subscribed. It's great to see how the grounds have changed since I visited them back in the late 80's.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alibobs, if I’m being honest I loved the old fashioned grounds from the 80’s, lots of character 👍🏻

@alibobsmarland9572

Жыл бұрын

​​@@mattthegroundhopper9242 I meant to say it's great to see videos like this showing the changes not the changes themselves. Like you I preferred the character of the older grounds in the eighties. I enjoyed it more standing ion the terraces before most teams went all seater too..😊

I never expected to make an appearance on youtube :) . I made it into some of that but was too absorbed with the game to notice you. I only got back Monday evening as I visited some relatives in another part of Co Durham. Great atmosphere.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr Paul, it was a very absorbing game, I tend to go under the radar 👍🏻

I love this video mate from a Crawley fan ! Subscribed 👍

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh, probably see you next season 👍🏻

Devastated pools fan but fair play to Crawley who out battled pools in every department and crawley fans never stopped singing all game

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

It was a great atmosphere all afternoon, what a credit to the lower end of league 2! There was almost a party atmosphere at the beginning with the pools fans waving the blue and white flags, good luck for next season 👍🏻

@MrPaulc222

Жыл бұрын

Crawley supporter here: I feel for you, I really do. It could just as easily been us. A couple of weeks ago I thought we were certs to go down once you overhauled those 5 points. Not quite over yet though, but should be.

@graemenicol6377

Жыл бұрын

Let's be serious it's where you Monkey hangers belong

New subscriber from America. Great content!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken, appreciate it 👍🏻, spread the word to your American buddies 🇺🇸

Love the stats at the end Matt. I'm enjoying your ground hopping. Ebbsfleet fan.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Nice one Michael, thanks for your comments, now you know what to expect next season when the fleet are away to Hartlepool 👍🏻

@michaelday3636

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 I have family in Hartlepool seen the Fleet play there last time Hartlepool were in the National league

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelday3636 👍🏻

Thought at first you were taking a weekend off Matt. Then i see you arriving at Hartlepool, for that short trip. Yet another ground marked off of your list. Must have been deafening with those Crawley fans. More were there than for their home games lol. Shame Hartlepool are down, but at least the Gills have a short trip to Crawley next season. All 4 sides of the ground looked full too. Hopefully our team will improve on that next season. Not nice kicking towards an end with no fans. Am still guessing where you travel from each game, but you havent even given me a tip, so no chance other than to say Barming, where i lived as a kid. Good stuff your putting out on the channel mate.Thanks from Berlin Dave the Gill

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Berlin Dave, good to hear from you as always, you are getting closer with the location, I’m not in Barming but I am located in the Weald, there is your clue 👍🏻 The Crawley away fans are a lot noisier then the home fans. In fairness to the Hartlepool fans they kept going to the end. The home end was completely full, I think it was their highest attendance this season ⬆️

@davidwilliamgay4821

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 i'll taken a look where the Weald of Kent is Matt, and guess further lol

@davidwilliamgay4821

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 ok i have you Matt the Groundhopper. Either your in Sevenoaks or in Headcorn near Maidstone. Knew both places well back in my youth, although we used to drink and dance more in Tonbridge or in Tunbridge Wells. One drove, the other 3 got pis...d

Brighton fan here. Great video mate got family members who support Gillingham, remember when brighton had to share the ground?

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, Gills v Brighton in the league, it seems a lifetime ago, Brighton have been the success story within the last 10 years 👍🏻

Another superb video Matt, long way to travel for a neutral game! Keep the videos coming

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, it was on the list so had to be done.

As an American casual fan of Everton I stumbled across your channel. Really good stuff, enjoying learning of these clubs outside the premier league that have virtual no coverage here. But what is a Mars? Hope you keep these up and your channel grows, wishing you all the best. Subscribed

@alibobsmarland9572

Жыл бұрын

A mars bar. A layer of caramel topped with toffee and covered in chocolate.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks JG, great to have Americans on board 👍🏻 a mars bar in the USA is called a Milky Way. Spread the word to your friends because there is a lot of great football outside of the Premier League. My team Gillingham has just been bought by an American businessman, thanks for subscribing 👍🏻

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Great description and a great treat 👍🏻

@neildeakin4454

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 In the UK with have a 'Mars' bar and 'Milky way' bars. Two different products.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@neildeakin4454 that is correct Neil, a Milky Way in the USA is a mars bar but we also have a separate different Milky Way in the UK 🇬🇧

I did wonder why as a groundhopper, you were cheering in the away end during your Swindon vs Gillingham video? Now I know. That was still the most entertaining game I've seen all season at the County Ground.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon, yes I am a Gills fan and that was a great game to watch live. I am unashamingly biased when I watch them play, all part of the fun 👍🏻

Great blog buddy just baffled how crawley have managed to stay up gutted for hartlepool

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian, i am a neutral but it appears to have been won and lost within the last couple of weeks, it’s a tough gig dropping out the league 👎

@ianhancox1263

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 it sure is tough believe this or not I'm a walsall fan and I live in the North East part reason I'm gutted hartlepool look like being relegated it's one game I can get to easily

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@ianhancox1263 thanks Ian, make sure you check out my Walsall video 👍🏻

@ianhancox1263

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 will do buddy thank you

It's crazy really but I was involved with the coaching staff at Barrow AFC ... for 8 yrs. The away games were always the ones where our fans made the most noise. Home games were much quieter. Bigger crowds now the club are back in the league after 50 yrs out...

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Nice one Barry, are you still involved in coaching now?

Great Video......... Get a ticket for the Technique Stadium (Chesterfield FC) Love to see you there

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin, I will check the date of your playoff home game, if it’s feasible I will go 👍🏻

Enjoyed this. Thanks for posting. Have you visited SJP (Exeter City) yet?

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

No, I nearly went there a few weeks ago Jimmy, it is actually a very easy train journey as the station is almost opposite the ground, it will be ticked off next season ✅👍🏻

@jimmyjam4371

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 let me know and maybe we could have a chat at half time! 😀

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmyjam4371 sounds like a good plan Jimmy 👍🏻

Great video, subscribing👍🏼

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy 👍🏻👍🏻

Nice one Matt, new sub.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy, appreciate it 👍🏻

Very good. Long way 2 go. Keep it up. 😮

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments 👍🏻

Loved the drama in football that you show and will watch more EXCEPT do you have to put your noggin on film all the time? Voice over & keep the action on the events at the ground.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, unfortunately the noise is so loud at the ground you wouldn’t clearly hear my voice and it sounds muffled. So you need to almost lip read in these environments so unfortunately you are stuck with my noggin for now 👦👍🏻

I saw you talking to your phone and wondered what was up, then my mate sent me this 😂 I'm the long haired guy at the back at 6:14 lol

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks George, was you standing to the left of me on the back row, I remember you. You are not the first person to think I am mad talking into my phone 👍🏻

Any chance you can come back to Boro for the last game of the season against Coventry, Monday 8th of May, the atmosphere will be Electric, subbed 👍

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, I probably won’t be able to make that but I have promised other Boro fans that I will experience an away game with you guys next season 👍🏻👍🏻

Sad to see this. hartlepools was Cloughie's first venture into football management and got them promoted if my memory serves me well. Let's hope the same happens again very soon. Best wishes from a Rotherham fan......

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom, good call about Cloughie 👍🏻

@jimbrown8842

Жыл бұрын

Clough had moved on by the time Hartlepool were promoted in 67/68,the little known Angus McLean took them up.

Hartlepool's problems started directly after the Papa Johns semi-final defeat against Rotherham last season. After that the club went into freefall and finished not far off the relegation places. Graham Lee was sacked. Paul Hartley was then made manager at the start of this season and the results were diabolical. I think Hartley thought the standard of football would have been the same as his tenure with Scottish lower league however he got a big shock. Did not win the first 11 matches beginning with a 0-4 hammering at Walsall and reached a peak with a 0-6 drubbing against Everton kids! in the Papa Johns. I think there were a lot of issues behind the scenes. So in essence we were relegated due to those first few months. I believe if John Askey was appointed earlier maybe we could have survived.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Accurate but sad analysis of your club

I've been down to Crawley and they didn't chant once, fair play though that's one hell of a journey and they never shut up, disappointed with pools fans they just seemed to give up as soon as they went behind.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, I did make the comment in the video the away fans are a lot noisier than the Crawley home fans 👍🏻

Great vlog. Great day for Crawley, deserved it.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, Crawley really deserved their win 👍🏻

What a banger Matt!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy, I also saw your latest non league video 👍🏻👍🏻

@the_footballtourist

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Much appreciated. Did you pop up to Hartlepool for the game and then come straight back home?

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@the_footballtourist yes, there and back in a day on the train 🚂👍🏻

@the_footballtourist

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 That’s a long trip but I don’t suppose there’s much to do up there. Glad it was worth it!

Good vid.👍Just a one season stay in league 2 for the monkey hangers.😟😟😟

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike for your comments 👍🏻👍🏻

Hey groundhopper good vid wouldnt mind doing it neither i watched the scunthorpe video as im a fan. Bet you wont be going there for a while. Well done rob

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob, I feel sad for Scunthorpe dropping down again. I really enjoyed my day there. Hopefully you will have a happier season and I will be looking out for your results 👍🏻

@robmccutcheon1930

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 cheers mate we beat palace newcastle brighton sheff u sheff wed 13 yrs ago its so sad to see the club sent to the wolves...... We cant believe it

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@robmccutcheon1930 on a brighter note, look at Stockport County, they turned it around 👍🏻, there is always hope with a decent size fan base

@robmccutcheon1930

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 i fear not pal this club is dead and gone....

You need to go to a chesterfield game next season mate see how our atmosphere compares especially when we play Rochdale

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jack, I have been to Chesterfield once before pre-the channel when they was in league one! Yes, they are on my list and you never know you might be an EFL club next season 👍🏻

New sub from Rotterdam The Netherlands 👍🏻🙂

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Nice one, if I went to a game in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 which one should I choose?

@jeremiehaas1895

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Feyenoord Rotterdam ofcourse. My local team 🙂👍🏻. NAC Breda, Fc Twente and Cambuur Leeuwarden are also a great experience. But i woud advise you to visit German games. No mather What game at what level. always good !!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremiehaas1895 that’s great, I’m going to build the channel first then I will venture over to Europe to cover some games 👍🏻

@jeremiehaas1895

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 thats the way to go about it. Channels like yours is what the game is about. Without the lower leagues there is no football.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremiehaas1895 well said 👍🏻👍🏻

I was at this game. Crawley deserved it. Pools were not good at all. Hopefully we can bounce back!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks David, it’s a tough gig dropping into non league. However there are discussions about increasing it to 3 up and 3 down which I think would be good for the game 👍🏻

Subscribed

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Nice one mrDG sports

I've got my eye on this situ as I'm doing the 92 club and don't want Crawley to drop out, HOWEVER Hartlepool are not mathematically down YET

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mountain Goat, yes you are correct as they could still stay up which I mention in the video. However the odds are stacked against them, if they do survive I will have to change my thumbnail 👍🏻

@mountaingoat3012

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Victoria Park will more than likely have to go into your non-league pile. I've seen a number of 92 clubs drop into the National League and never return. I know they are not wasted trips as I saw a game and been to a new ground, but they don't count anymore so seem a waste.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@mountaingoat3012 yes at the end of the season I will need to have a shuffle about with my lists!

@mountaingoat3012

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 The end of season re-shuffle :-)

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@mountaingoat3012 👍🏻

Horrible police and not the nicest supporters in Hartlepool, they definitely won't be missed......very cold on that east coast to!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

It’s a fair old trek for the National League clubs this season 👍🏻

Hope they do the great escape They deserve it with their great away support

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Daz, I think that would make even bigger headlines, it’s not over until it’s over

Be nice to see you at stockport county one day

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to go to Edgeley Park as it is a good old traditional ground and what a great story it has been for Stockport County in the last couple of years, it is on my list.

@AllYouCanEat101

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 be a pleasure to have u visit

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@AllYouCanEat101 nice one 👍🏻

Come to morecambe on Saturday

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rhys, I can’t make Morecambe on Saturday but it is on my list for the near future 👍🏻

sorry to see the pool lose to a nonleague side!crawley have not got the support any where near pool.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian, unfortunately support size doesn’t come into it, look at Notts County, getting crowds of 16,000 some weeks, absolutely crazy 👍🏻

Good. They shouldn’t have been in the league anyway. If they used VAR at the National League final they would never have stayed down.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee, educate me, what was the decision?

Unbelievable jeff

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I bet he cried his eyes out when he came off air

Never mind a Coke and a Mars br do a Pint and A pie review!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin, that was the original intention but clubs in Scotland don’t serve alcohol and not every ground sells pies. However they all sell fizzy drinks and chocolate, hence the comparison 👍🏻

Can we have Tom Nichols back

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Noooo, we need him for our promotion push next season ⬆️ you must be disappointed losing such a good striker and goalkeeper

@MrPaulc222

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Indeed, selling them to a club that was a relegation rival for much of the season was a monumental blunder made by half-brained f*wits.

Hartlepool are pretty much down now

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Not impossible but only a miracle will save them now 👎

I get sick of hearing "fans" from the top clubs moaning when their team lose and the awful feeling and anger they feel....even though they never go. They will never know what real fans feel, the Hartlepool's and Rochdale's whose fans must be heartbroken to lose league status. We are about to suffer a rare relegation and I feel terrible...I can't even begin to know what it feels like to lose league status.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Clem, I am a Gills fan and we got relegated last year, we all suffer in some way. But you are right, a club who finish out the top 4 in the Premier League it is a massive disaster for the club and fans, I find the Premier League a bit boring if I’m being honest

@Clem_Fandango11

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 You guys have been through a lot in the past. I agree, the PL is boring generally. I love the Championship, though that's being ruined by parachute payments.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@Clem_Fandango11 bring back divisions 1 to 4 👍🏻

mad limbs when crawley scored to potentially keep them up (sarcasm)

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

Have you bin to pompey

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Hello John, no not yet but it is a very easy train journey for me so hopefully next season 👍🏻

Bradford v Leyton orient last game of the season and go in the away end with the orient fans we are class

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank, I think the Orient fans were class when they got promoted at the Gills last week, you’ve had a great season 👍🏻

@elaineblackhurst1509

Жыл бұрын

Surely last game of the season for Leyton Orient is home v Stockport County - the Champion’s party!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@elaineblackhurst1509 tickets for Brisbane Road will be like gold dust for the promotion party 🎉 🥳🍾

@VeNoMfrank

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 thanks matt

Is it true that hartlepool was one of the takeover choices of Rob McElhenney?

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know, where did you read that?

As somebody from Blackhall Colliery it's where the Monkey hangers belong.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

How much was the train ticket? Monkey hangers Vers the dead monkey club ..lol 🤔👍

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin, unfortunately just over £100, way too expensive 👎🚝

@martinryan2370

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 remember going to a game there in cup over 20 years ago flew into teeside airport .

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

@@martinryan2370 unfortunately the Matt the Ground Hopper travel expenses won’t stretch to a plane ✈️😀

@davidwilliamgay4821

Жыл бұрын

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 hope your sponsors or advertisers help towards the cost Matt

@GordonFerrar

Жыл бұрын

Young lads travelling 100s of miles supporting their local club! Keep your opinions to yourself Martin.

Sorry but Hartlepool are not relegated yet based on the updated table. Crawley P44 Pts 45 GD -22 Hartlepool P44 Pts 39 GD -28 Until it is mathematically impossible to stay up, keep believing!!!

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Yes you are right Christoff, they can still catch Crawley with a goal swing etc, what a story that would make!!!

@MrPaulc222

Жыл бұрын

I'm a Crawley supporter and totally agree with you. If we lose next game and Pool win theirs, last-day nerves can do all kinds of weird stuff. 6 goals sounds a lot for the gap in goal difference, but it only needs a 1-0 and 2-0 defeat for Crawley and similar wins for Pool. That would save Pool on goals scored.

Only Tin pot clubs have a drum. Regardless of their league status. W*tford, classic example.

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, Sheff Weds had a drum and a trumpet 🎺 and they are a huge club despite being in League 1

But Hartlepool aren't officially relegated yet...........

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Yes you are right Phil, if they escape this it will make an even bigger story, I will have to change the thumbnail 👍🏻

Crawley only got one chant 😂

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

Yes Karl but it was loud 👍🏻😀

@MrPaulc222

Жыл бұрын

"We only need one chant, we only need one chant..."

Sussex !!!!! Sorry for the monkeyhangers mind and shows the sterile atmosphere in the premiership

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

You can’t beat lower league football for atmosphere 👍🏻

How on earth do u put up with that bloody drummer. Same monotonous beat

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

It did make for a good atmosphere 👍🏻

You could of watched Gillingham

@k.avilla8061

Жыл бұрын

' Could of ' or ' Could HAVE ' ?

@mattthegroundhopper9242

Жыл бұрын

I nearly went to see Bradford v Gills but this game had a lot more riding on it. I will be resuming my Gills roadshow next season when the Gills are going for promotion 👍🏻