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Kassam Stadium
- Oxford United
Saturday, October
29th, 2011,
V Port Vale, League Two 3pm
By Kevin Hulbert
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I like to
vist new stadiums and I heard that Oxford had a
good ground. I was looking forward to this game,
as both Oxford and Port Vale were pushing for
promotion.
There was a
lot of traffic on the main roads leading up to the
turn off to the ground. The stadium is well
signposted, but it is in the middle of two very
big council estates and near to a huge industrial
area. The car park wasn't full outside the ground
when we arrived at 1pm. Although it was completely
full after the match. This made it difficult to
locate our car as the car park is very big.
Before the
game we had something to eat at a leisure and
bowling complex outside the ground. The place was
very full with local fans mixing happily with Vale
fans. I got the impression that they aren't so
friendly if local rivals, Swindon are visiting.
The ground
looks pretty impressive, although it is odd that
the fourth stand hasn't been built. One of the
Oxford fans explained that a temporary fourth
stand will be erected in 2012. The North stand is
where the away supporters are put. This is shared
with the Oxford supporters, who have one half of
the stand. The ground looks very impressive and
the double-tiered stand opposite is Premier League
standard. The Oxford fans are quite vocal and they
have a lot of flags flying in their main end. This
was quite an impressive sight at a League Two
game.
The
atmosphere at the game was really good. There was
lots of singing and banter between the rival
fans.The stewards are friendly and seem happy to
answer any questions. The toilets are really clean
and the catering staff selling refreshments
are very efficient.
Getting out of the ground is easy,
although it took almost 15 minutes to get out of
the car park. The traffic is very slow moving
getting onto the main road.
It was a good day out, even though we lost 2-1. Oxford fans generally are well behaved and friendly. The huge police presence in the car park makes it feel like a safe place for a game of football. My overall impression is that Oxford is a good place to watch football. |
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