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1. Why you were looking forward to going to the
ground (or not as the case may be):
I was looking forward to this
as it would be the first time Port Vale had visited the B2net Stadium. It
was also when Chesterfield Were top of the league in Great form and Port
vale were returning to form.
2. How easy was your journey/finding
the ground/car parking?:
We took the Club coach to the match which
was approximately one and a half hours from Burslem. The coaches were
parked just outside the away end on the road that goes to nearby Tesco,
this is a good location as it ws easy to get into and out of the
ground.
3. What you did before the game pub/chippy.... home fans
friendly?:
Due to Tesco being a minutes walk from the ground we
decided to go there, It is a Tesco express with many shops inside such as
Greggs and Costa Coffee, We decided to go to Greggs as we had arrived
early and got pretty hungry we also walked upstairs to where Costa Coffee
was and got an expresso. We then walked back to the stadium but
didn't really talk to any home fans due to it being pretty
early.
4. What you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions
of away end then other sides of the ground?
The ground looks
amazing from the outside and looks like a Championship ground, we had
researched it before hand and found that it fits just over 10,000 fans, it
looks bigger than 10,000. When up in the stands we had a very good view
from the top left of the stand, it has plenty of leg room and decent
height to watch the game. The curved roofs on the left and right of us
were nice and reminded me a bit like Huddersfield. The lack of a
scoreboard for us to see was very annoying as we could not judge time for
our half time break. All in all though the ground was good.
5.
Comment on the game itself, atmosphere, stewards, pies, toilets etc..:
The game ended 2-0 to Chesterfield which was expected as they were
11 points clear coming into the game. Chesterfield really showed us why
they were top of the league and how to play football in League Two. The
atmosphere was great as we had sold out of our allocation of just over
1,500, meaning singing all through the game, Vale fans were using the
walls at the back of the stand for banging to create atmosphere. But this
ended up with the letter 'P' on the Printability Stand falling
off!
Chesterfield fans were also in good voice and with
the two goals going in it was upped even more. Stewards could have been
better in my opinion, not the most polite to say the least. Toilets were
very clean and modern which are pretty impressive when you compare them to
vale parks toilets.
6. Comment on getting away from the ground
after the game:
Getting away from the ground was terrible as
trouble erupted between the two sets of supporters, outside the stadium.
We finally got away 45 minutes after the game.
7. Summary of
overall thoughts of the day out:
It was a Great day out due to the
weather being perfect. Atmosphere being great, but pity about the stewards
and trouble afterwards. Great stadium to be at and some good football, I
will though still lok forward to going there again sometime in the
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