Walkers Stadium
Leicester City v Coventry City
Championship League
Saturday, February 17th 2007,
3pm
By Robert
Smith
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1. Why you were
looking forward to going to the ground (or not as the case may
be):
As we made the short trip up the M69 we both had a worried feeling about what could happen today. Either Coventry would at the very least battle out a draw, or if we were lucky, a win. The worst we could get was a reasonably big loss at the hand of our local rivals Leicester city. We got the worst. 2. How easy was your
journey/finding the ground/car
parking: Ground is easy enough
to find. After you get off the motorway follow the signs
for the Fosse Park shopping complex, then head right at the
roundabout. Continue until you reach the next set of traffic lights where you
go left, heading towards the ground. Stick on this road until you can see
the ground, there is parking available at the Leicester tigers rugby
ground. Parking is around £3 per car . There is also a car park
next to that . Beware of the one way system when parking, we ended up
going in the way we were supposed to come out.
3. What you did
before the game pub/chippy.... home fans
friendly?
Since we arrived at
around one o'clock we just sat in the car for a bit. Then we
went to see what the local area had to offer. We ended up finding a
pub, Nandos, a cinema and a Morrison's. A warning if you are wearing club
colours then don't try to get into the pub, because you will not be
allowed in. At some grounds I have heard of some fans getting hassle
by local fans but not here, Leicester fans just kept themselves to
themselves.
4. What
you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions of away end then other
sides of the ground?
On first impressions the ground seems quite modern as we made
our way towards it. Once inside the ground it beats all expectations, the
concourse is spacious and there's room to walk around. There are
also three plasma screen t.v.'s which show whatever match is on sky or the
BBC. The view from the away end is good considering you are put in a
corner, which is a fair distance from the
pitch.
4. Comment on the game itself, atmosphere, stewards, pies,
toilets etc..
At the start of the game the new Leicester chairman Milan
Manderic was introduced to the Leicester faithful. As soon as he
arrived on the pitch the Coventry fans started singing. This
was the only time Coventry fans made use of the great acoustics at
the away end that day. For the rest off the match there were only a few
Coventry fans who were singing, on that day it was the Leicester fans who
were the more vocal out off the two sets of fans. In terms off the
stewards they were more interested in what the home fans were doing
than the away fans. However when we were looking
for our seats they were extremely helpful. You can expect to pay
around £2 to £3 for burgers, pies, Cornish pasties ect. The toilets
them selves are quite small and they can get crowded at
times.
5. Comment on getting away from the
ground:
Getting out off the ground and back to the car was quite easy.
But getting out Leicester was awful it took around 15 minutes just to get
back on main road heading out of Leicester then a further 45 minuets to
get back on the motorway. After that it was plain sailing on the
journey home.
7. Summary of overall thoughts of the day
out:
Over all a day out at in Leicester is a good day. I would
recommend a visit.
The Stadium- Great
The Match - Poor ( if your a Coventry fan - we lost
3-0)
The Stewards-
Great
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