Broadwood
Stadium - Crawley Town
League Two
Saturday, December 10th, 2011,
V Burton Albion, 3pm
By Iain
Ferguson
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1. Why
you were looking forward to going to the ground
(or not as the case may be):
Burton
were on a good run and with Crawley at the top
of League
Two, this seemed like a good away trip to go to. Also a new ground never visited before. 2. How
easy was your journey/finding the ground/car
parking?
Set off
about 10am and a easy enough trip down the
motorway. Got there about half one and parked in
a side street across the roundabout easy enough,
with a short walk under the subway to the
ground.
3. What
you did before the game pub/chippy.... home fans
friendly?
Went in
the large bar at the ground behind the home end.
Crawley fans and staff were friendly and both
sets of supporters were in the bar with no
trouble at all.
4. What
you thought on seeing the ground, first
impressions of away end then other sides of the
ground?
Ground
only has three sides and apart from a seated
Main Stand is nothing to write home about. Still
has a "Conference" feel to it. Burton fans were
only given one corner of terracing, though the
of the view of pitch was okay.
5.
Comment on the game itself, atmosphere,
stewards, pies, facilities etc..
The 200
or so Burton fans were in good voice with some
entertaining banter between the subs and the 2
sets of fans. Crawley fans very quiet. Notible
chants included "3 sides and a motorway"
refering to Crawley as not a particulary notable
town. Food was slightly overpriced for the below
average fair on offer. Had a burger which was
tasteless. Stewarding was petty
and over the top. They looked in my
girlfriends bag and asked her to take the top of
her plastic coke bottle, then threw it on the
floor!
6. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: Left 5
minutes early as Burton were comprehensively
beaten three nil and we were back on
the motorway within minutes.
7.
Summary of overall thoughts of the day out:
Disappointed
with Burton's performance AGAINST
arguably the best team in League Two this
year and stewards put a slight dampener on
a cold day out..
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