Dunkirk

Dunkirk FC were formed in the residential area of Dunkirk in Nottingham in 1946. The club have performed in local league football before progressing to the Central Midlands League and the newly formed East Midlands County League in 2008, before moving to the Midland Football Alliance.

At the conclusion on the 2013-14 season Dunkirk moved sideways to the Midland League.

Dunkirk FC will play in the Midland League Premier Division in season 2014-15.

My visit

I had already taken full advantage of the zig zag bus ticket and trams on Wednesday 16th January 2009, when Pete Moss telephoned to find out my whereabouts. He kindly picked me up in the Nottingham suburb of Radford to kindly give me a lift to Lenton Lane which is near a flyover and devoid of decent transport links.

We got to the open gates of the grounds car park where Dave, the groundsman who Pete knew, was boarding his cutter. He kindly unlocked the gate into the ground for me when I explained what I was doing, even though he seemed more than a little bemused.

The grandly named Ron Steel Sports Ground is a very neat venue. The clubhouse and changing rooms are in the car park. The whole pitch is surrounded with a path and then flat open grass. The near end has an unusually constructed stand with plenty of scaffolding poles holding it up. A covered standing area is down the side which is only a few metres from the River Trent.

The ground has potential for Dunkirk to be promoted in the future, should they wish to progress to a division which would require more travelling.