Saturday seventeenth August 2024 – EFL League Two – Hayes Lane, Bromley
Fifteen years in the past this month I visited Hayes Lane for the primary time. Regardless of dwelling virtually on the doorstep for over a decade I’d by no means had a compelling purpose to go to. Again then, Non-League soccer was one thing folks went to look at not by way of selection however desperation. I believed I used to be a cheerful Premier League fan, however deep down I knew one thing was incorrect. Inside a yr of discovering Non-League soccer I used to be saved.
My first go to was to look at Lewes tackle Bromley what was then the Blue Sq. Convention South in 2009. The membership had been promoted to step two in 2007 when Hayes Lane was nonetheless a really fundamental floor, with lined terraces at each finish and a small, predominant stand.
Right now, it was a shiny and glossy 5,000 capability stadium and able to host its first match within the skilled sport towards a membership who had adopted an identical path to the EFL as Bromley.
