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Cover image by Al Macphee/MiraclePR Grassroots and amateur football players in Devon know the pattern: a strong start in pre-season, a few hard sessions, then life, work, travel and knocks cut the routine short. The real fight isn’t effort on the day, it’s fitness motivation that lasts when training feels dull, the weather turns or the … Read more
The view from the touchline is very different from the view in the stands. As a football photographer you are expected to freeze crucial moments on demand, in all weather, under poor floodlights and with players running directly at you. It is demanding work, but it is also one of the most rewarding routes into … Read more
Cover image by Reuters/Heute licensed under CC-BY-4.0 After punching above their weight in the Premier League last season, Nottingham Forest suffered a drop-off in fortunes at the start of the 2025/26 campaign. Managers Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou were dismissed by the club in quick succession, opening the door for Sean Dyche to take up the reins. … Read more
Preview by Alastair Muirden. Photo of 24/25 Premier Division winners Newton Abbot Spurs Reserves contributed by SDFL The Torbay Clearance Services South Devon Football League returns for its 123rd season and in a healthier condition than it has been for some time. In fact, you would have to go back to 2016 to find as many … Read more
By Mike Carter, festival Historian & Archivist. Email: morewine22@gmail.com Tel: 07768 671272 The Torbay Easter Hockey Festival returns for its 73rd running over the Easter weekend, from Friday 18th through to Monday 21st April. There are three other Easter hockey festivals still in existence (a resurrected Blackpool, Skegness and Beanfields, Weston Super Mare), but Torbay … Read more
WE’RE BACK! The Windmill F.C., who reached the Herald Cup final in 2022, are rejoining the SDFL for the new season. Main photo ©Al Macphee/MiraclePR Report by Alastair Muirden The South Devon Football League continues to buck the trend in adult Saturday football. At the annual general meeting held at Buckland Athletic football club, 6 … Read more
Report by Alastair Muirden. All photos contributed by the SDFL. Last Friday night, Stoke Gabriel and Torbay Police hosted the flagship fixture of the South Devon Football League calendar: the Herald Cup Final, sponsored by Torbay Clearance Services. The volunteers at the host club certainly know how to put on a show, and the 300 … Read more
Ilsington Villa’s five goalscorers in their 6-0 Herald Cup Semi Final victory over Ashburton. Photo contributed by SDFL. After wrapping up the Torbay Clearance Services Premier Division, Ilsington Villa switch their focus to tomorrow night’s Herald Cup Final under the lights at Stoke Gabriel and Torbay Police, with a 7pm kick off. Villa, the Premier … Read more
Report and photos contributed by SDFL The first cup final of the season went ahead courtesy of the hard working ground staff at Buckfastleigh Rangers where Watcombe Wanderers Reserves took on Paignton Saints Reserves for the Fred Hewings Cup; this is the knockout competition restricted to all reserve teams in the league, and this year’s … Read more
Report provided by Mike Carter, Festival Historian and Archivist. All photos ©Al Macphee/MiraclePR A very successful 72nd Torbay Easter Hockey Festival concluded on Easter Monday with the final game being abandoned at half time due to a tremendous rain storm , summing up the weather over the whole weekend . The transition from the Redcliffe … Read more