EBB Stadium/Recreation Ground
Aldershot Town v Crawley Town
League Two
Saturday, September 24th 2011, 3pm
By Paul Dickinson
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As I've now only got five of the
current 92 league grounds left to do, I
decided to stay down south after seeing
Leeds at Brighton the night before, to take
in this game. It was a venue I'd been
particularly looking forward to, as I'd
missed out on a trip when Aldershot were
originally a league club and I'd heard a lot
about the atmosphere and character of the
ground.
Having driven from Brighton to
Southampton on the Saturday morning, I
met up with my brother-in-law, a Saints fan
who is always happy to join me on these
groundhopping days out.
We caught the train upto Woking and
spent a lovely couple of hours in the
Sovereigns pub - only 5 minutes walk from
the station and with 8 real ales on when we
were there. A 15 minute train journey saw us
arriving at Aldershot at 2.45pm and with the
ground only 5 minutes walk from the station,
we were comfortably in time for kick off.
The ground itself was everything I
hoped it would be and such a pleasant change
from all the new soulless stadiums - I
particularly liked how all the fans go in
the same entrances at the front of the
ground, how you can move between
different terraces during the game and
the atmosphere created by the East Bank.
Special mention must also go to the
floodlight that appears to point completely
away from the pitch - we even took a photo
of it, it was so weird!
The game itself was fairly
tight with not too many clear cut
chances and Crawley scoring the only
goal in the last 10 minutes.
We left as soon as the final
whistle went and had time for a quick pint
in the pub opposite the train station before
arriving back in Southampton by 7pm
In summary, a great ground for all
fans who still yearn for the days when
stadiums had some character and atmosphere
about them!
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