Cheap beer at the club house 18.30 - 19.30 tonight for anyone arriving early and fancying a pint. The club house is sponsored by Brewdog, so mainly their stuff.£3 pint, £2.50 bottles.

Farnham have just confirmed the match as Thursday April 25th at 19.45 if anyone fancies heading over.

A bit more self promotion...

Best craft beer venues : Cassidy's and Ten Ton Tap (town centre so probably best post match. The latter is now a brew pub. Both also decent for real ale.)

Best real ale pub : Eight Bells (check opening times) and Railway Arms. Opposite the station, this is popular with Alton FC bods.

It's a decent ground, not as good as yours, and a decent bar. Lovely town too. Dog friendly, as are all the pubs. If you bring a dog, Alton Water Meadows s a good place for a walk. Enjoy your trip. Farnham are at dog unfriendly Abbey Rangers so I may even bring one of my dogs along for a day out, football and beers. Alton is a regular destination over the summer.

Edited to say car park can get busy if Alton RUFC are at home. They are quite happy for you to pop in for a pint if you fancy watching a bit of rugby before the football kicks off. They don't have floodlights so kick off earlier.

Real ale fans going by train wanting to celebrate / forget are recommended to try the Garden Gate in Aldershot on the way home. Five minutes walk from the station.

Midweek crowds are noticeably smaller than Saturdays but, with this being the first home game since securing the title, I suspect the crowd may be bigger than the match would typically pull. I'd suggest not rocking up to the turnstiles at 19.43.

Tuesday 26th March. Farnham are in Jersey on 23rd, that'll be a bit of a drier trip than last year now...

One change to the match information originally posted, the supermarket car park is free in the evening.  ** No longer true, see edot below ** Starting at 18.30 I think. Plenty of places to eat and drink within a short walk of the car park, including all named pubs.

Note the Mystery Food Bar at the ground doesn't always open on Tuesday. Farnham usually announce on social media a few hours before kick off if it will be. The standard chips and burger outlet will be open.

Edited to say parking charges were introduced at Waitrose car park after 18.30 on 8/4. If you are happy to walk two minutes more drive past the car park entrance and take the first left into Upper Hart car park. This is still free after 18.30.

No worries. I moved south in 1991. My first match was Tooting v Dulwich (I lived at Streatham so you were my two local teams.) Tooting won 3-0 so obviously I decided to support Hamlet.

I could easily have been a Tooting fan...

Dulwich / Farnham fan here, just to add to your Supporters Club info.

There is no general parking at the ground. Don't drive down Mead Lane. Most people use the industrial area next door or the Waitrose car park sign posted off the main road through town. (That is pay.)

Decent basic pub food at the William Cobbtt, anyone walking from the station will pass this. The Katsu chicken chips are recommended.

Personal opinion but the best real ale places are Borough Beer House, Hop Blossom and Queen's Head. The Borough Beer House is best for craft beer and is a free house, the other two are Fullers.

Cash or card to get in but some bits are card only once in the ground. The Mystery Food Bar usually opens on Saturdays and is much better than your typical football food. It often sells out in the first half.

If the weather continues being rubbish, check before travel. Farnham hope to open a new covered terrace on Saturday, which should help with a few pinch points. The far end is closed to spectators.

Real ale fans wanting to break the train trip home to celebrate / forget about the match should try the Garden Gate in Aldershot. Surrey Hills Ranmore is usually in excellent nick there. It's only a short walk from the station.

F1 fans might be interested to know Mike Hawthorn is buried in the cemetery just past the ground, going out of town.

If anyone has any questions, I'll try to answer them. Enjoy your visit, weather permitting. I may see some of you in one of the pubs. I'll ask the dog to leave his Hamlet scarf at home...

Congratulations on that result. You've laid down a big marker there. Expect a few managers from other clubs to send their friends along to watch you a.s.a.p now...

Fleet have done a good job at regenerating the club and have a fairly young support base with many travelling. As you will be a new opponent, I'd expect them to bring more than most. Guildford probably will too, though their home gates aren't brilliant (running track ground.)

Admin - Dulwich Hamlet fan who moved away and now normally watches Farnham Town. I come in peace.

The £99 FTFC season ticket was the early bird price. Full price is £110. Incidentally their local derby was versus Badshot Lea and pulled just under 1,100.

FYI out of the CoCo South teams I went to last season Alton were cheapest at £6. A few were £7 but most - including Farnham - £8. I suspect most will be £8 this time. Some clubs don't really bring paying away fans but I suspect your turnstile people will hear a few moans about £10.

Whilst a couple of the places you will visit can be a bit soul destroying - two men and a dog in a basic ground built to hit ground garding cheaply - you can have a nice day out at the likes of Alton, Farnham and Jersey. There's good football people to natter to at most of the club's too. Take your binoculars to Guildford, that'll bring back memories of Croydon away last century for your longer lasting fans. Despite the ground, Guildford can be a decent day out too.

Your pre-season with RPV - if both sides take it seriously - will give a good indication as to where you will be. They were deserved champions last season. Out of the existing teams Farnham and Jersey are the likely favourites. Abbey Rangers will fancy running them close. Knaphill and Colliers Wood seem to be losing a few faces so may slip back a bit.

I hope you enjoy the season despite the lowly status and that your club can begin to re-establish itself. Even as a veteran of over 30 years at Hamlet I get no pleasure in seeing a potentially big club like yours playing what's basically County League football.