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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 go to Anfield as an away
supporter for a while and as soon as the fixtures
were published in the summer, this fixture was the
first to cacth my eye. I have always wanted to view
the famous kop from the opposite end and witness the
sea of red scarves and hear 'You'll Never Walk
Alone' bellow out around Anfield before the start of
the game.
2. How easy was your
journey/finding the ground/car parking?
I travelled to Liverpool with the official
supporters coach, so we found Anfield pretty easily
as the coaches park just round the corner from
Anfield Road. As for the journey, we managed it in
just under two hours and the stadium is visible from
where the coaches are parked, and the away section
is about 100 yards away.
3. What you did before
the game pub/chippy.... home fans friendly?
As soon as the coaches were parked, we could see
that the Arkles Pub was packed with Wolves fans and
they was spilling out onto the street. So decided to
head towards the Flat Iron Pub which is just down
the road from the Arkles heading away from the
stadium. The Flat Iron is a rough looking pub from
the outside but inside it is brilliant, it was
welcoming to Wolves supporters but there was
only a handful of Wolves supporters in there.
We socialised with the Liverpool fans and stayed in
there until about 2pm. We then headed towards the
stadium and came across a fantastic chippy that was
very cheap, I would massively recommend the chips
with curry sauce, which was fantastic. There was no
trouble whatsoever outside the stadium and both sets
of fans mixed in the streets.
4. What you thought on
seeing the ground, first impressions of away end
then other sides of the ground?
We then got to the away turnstiles and had a quick
look at the Hillsborough Memorial which is situated
right next to the away section in Anfield Road.
Anfield looks dated outside and inside, but this is
why its so famous and makes Anfield what it is. The
concourse is very small and was not really suitable
for the 2000 travelling Wolves fans. When at our
seats, the stands are so close and compact which
generates a fantastic atmosphere! But the leg room
was tight! We was allocated the left side of
the bottom tier and there were Liverpool supporters
in the upper tier, i witnessed no disruption from
Wolves and Liverpool supporters.
5. Comment on the game
itself, atmosphere, stewards, pies, toilets
etc..
The first half saw a dreadful performance from
Wolves and we found ourselves 2-0 down going into
the break. The atmosphere was great at the start
with 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and the Wolves
fans were in full voice. But when the game is
underway, the Liverpool supporters were silent and
the only noise was coming from the Wolves section.
At half time I decided to go for a pie and a pint
but the concourse was really really packed and it
took me 15 minutes to get to the front of the queue
to find out they stop serving beer at 4pm (for a 3pm
kick off) and hardly had any food left. This angered
many Wolves supporters, especially missing Stephen
Fletchers goal which he scored just after half time.
The stewards were very helpful and there was no
trouble between stewards and spectators, the toilets
were basic and compact but that is what I would
expect for an old, historic stadium like
Anfield.
6. Comment on getting
away from the ground after the game:
Getting from the stadium was fairly easy and we were
back on the coach 10 minutes after the final
whistle. We got back to Molineux at about 7.30pm.
7. Summary of overall
thoughts of the day out:
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my day out at Anfield
even though the Wolves lost. I mainly enjoyed mixing
with the Liverpool supporters in the Flat Iron Pub
before the game and witnessing 'You'll Never Walk
Alone' before the start of the match. Was gutted to
miss Fletcher's goal because queuing in the
concourse but overall a brilliant day out and I will
definately be returning to Anfield again, hopefully
with Wolves if we avoid relegation!
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