Frickley

[Ken Fox]

My other obsession apart from following the fortunes of Boston United is doing a bit of running - in particular parkruns. Sometimes Boston have been in the same league as Frickley Athletic, so I've had a few trips over to their ground in South Elmsall to see them play. There used to be a big colliery in Frickley (indeed the team used to be called Frickley Colliery) and a feature of the football matches was the huge slag heap adjacent to the ground. This is now Frickley Country Park and on Saturday it held its first parkrun (http://www.parkrun.org.uk/frickleycountry/course/). It looks like they've done an excellent job in turning an industrial waste ground into a rather nice country park.

[The Third Twin]

I've been in the early 90's when the coal heap still stood. It completely overshadowed everything at the time.

[Tash]

There used to be a door in the back of the stand were they could retrieve the ball from the slag heap. A white ball flew over the stand and a black one came back through the door 🚪 

[Ken Fox]

Just found Pete Brooksbank's ImpsTALK Rough Guide to Frickley Athletic:

http://www.impstalk.co.uk/rough_guides/opposition/frickley_athletic.htm