Weston Homes Community
Stadium - Colchester United
Saturday March 27th,
2010
Vs Wycombe Wanderers, League One,
3pm
Joe
Myall
I was looking forward to our first
visit to the Weston Homes Community Stadium. it was the first game of our
very strange derby ever to be played there and it was also another new
ground to tick off my list. I was also looking forward to it because with
Colchester in the play offs and us scrapping for our lives it looked due
to be a good game.
I took the
supporters coach up to the stadium due to the fact the nearest train
station is 2 miles away. However as you approach on the motorway it
is easy to see the stadium and it is quite well sign posted with the brown
football ground signposts. I just went into the stadium before the game as
I couldn't see any pubs or chippys anywhere. the home fans however seemed
a bit frosty towards us but that probably had a lot to do with our weird
rivalry
The
ground itself is well built and the view from the back row of the away end
was very good as the stand was very steep. There is also a lot of leg
room. However the place seemed characterless and dull but most new grounds
are like that. The steps going up to the seats are quite small and are
very easy to trip on, as I found out the hard way.
The game
itself was very good with chances for both teams and Wycombe getting a
very dubious last minute equaliser that appeared to go in off the hand of
our winger. The atmosphere in our end was fantastic in what was probably
our biggest away game of the season with giant flags, lots of balloons and
blue strands of what appeared to be tissue paper. The stewards were good
about all this and generally just let us get on with it. Even the one time
they did tell us to sit down they seemed to give up quite
easily
After the game I
would recommend waiting around for a bit before leaving as there was a
long queue trying to get out the one road. However once we got onto the
motorway the traffic seemed to disappear.
Overall I would
definitely go back to the stadium again but I would recommend a supporters
coach if your club offers
one.
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