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The first away
day of the season took us to The Galpharm, one of the furthest we'll visit
all season. I was really looking forward to it as from what I'd seen
looked like a nice set up.
Huddersfield is sign posted on
Leaving the Motorway, taking you down a few typical Yorkshire country
roads, but still, the Town Centre is very easy to find and once near the
town centre the stadium is signposted and very easy to find by car.
Arriving in Huddersfield after the 4 & half hour drive up from the
South Coast, the first sight of the stadium is a very impressive one. Over
the bridge and up the hill to the car park see's the sunken Galpharm
Stadium in front of you. Very impressive sight. The main Car park right
behind the Pink Link Stand seemed very handy indeed and at the cost
of £5 for the parking I wasn't going to complain with
that... but after the game this turned out not to be so
handy when after 45 minutes we had moved only 1
mile.
Back to Huddersfield itself...
We parked the car up
and made the 10 minute walk in to Huddersfield town centre, where we went
for a drink at the 'Station Tavern' (now called the 'Kings Head' I
think but everyone knows it as 'Station Tavern') which I believe
you can walk into straight off the train platform. A bit of a dive for a
pub but full of friendly huddy fans aswell as a good mix of our following
led to a good amount of banter and football chat. The Police did make an
appearance and tried to move us on for some reason but nobody budged and
the police soon realised they were going to cause more trouble by moving
us on as we were all quite content. Very reasonably priced beverages with
a good selection on offer and would recommend to any visiting
fan.
We then moved back towards the ground, being recommended
the 'Gas Club'. Costs £1 to non-members and would immagine that it is
usually a top notch pre-match venue as they have sky sports on a nice big
Projector screen but turns out that on the first and last games home games
of the season the 'Gas Club' has a live "band", they wernt great
whatsoever and was far far far too loud as you couldn't hear a word the
person next to you was saying. So if your there for huddy's first or last
home game of the season, steer well clear of The Gas
Club.
Going through the turnstiles at the Galpharm takes you
through to a galley with a bookies, refreshments and toilets. All
facilities what you'd expect from a modern Stadium. With prices to
match.
The Pink Link Stand (the away end) gives a fantastic
view of the pitch. Able to create a good atmosphere in there aswell. Being
such a modern ground there are none of them supporting pillars or anything
so just a nice un-obstructed view of a very nice playing
surface.
The game itself was all one-way, unfortunatly for us
our team failed to show up and we were well and truly stuffed (albeit it
only finished 3-1), never seen us play so badly but got to give it to the
Huddersfield Fans they were very vocal, all 3 stands at one point each had
a different chant going on, making the 820-odd travelling saints fans
feel very small indeed.
Apart from the Saints performance,
was a very enjoyable day, nothing but credit to the Terriers fans, very
friendly, welcoming & Helpful. A pleasent suprise for me as am so used
to complete opposite on away days. A Thoroughly recommended away day to
anybody.
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