Today is the First Round of the Lancashire FA Amateur Cup, a competition for the real grass roots level of football in the county, being open to teams from below step seven leagues, and I am at the Castle Hill Centre on the north side of Bolton.
The ground stands right next to the embankment carrying the Bolton to Blackburn railway line.
Terraced houses and some newer flats hem the ground in on the other side.
Hosts Castle Hill are in their first season in the Premier Division of the Lancashire Amateur League after a runners-up spot earned them promotion from Division One.
Their ground is part of a sports and community centre attached to a local school, with the centre buildings the dominant feature behind the goal at the south end of the ground.
The visitors are New Longton Rovers from the Premier Division of the Preston and District League, and there are no goals in a closely fought first half, with the hosts perhaps just about shading proceedings.
The blue shirted home team certainly pose the greater threat after the interval, and Chris Hutcheson fires them into a 57th minute lead, before Matt Heaton cuts in from the left wing to make it 2-0 after 77 minutes.
New Longton are unhappy about something in the build up to that second goal, but Billy Sanderson takes his protests too far to earn a straight red card, with his brother Jack Sanderson making comments about that decision to earn himself a second yellow.
Against nine men Castle Hill can coast home comfortably, and Ashley Gregory and Chris Hutcheson add further goals to wrap up a 4-0 win.
