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Kassam Stadium
- Oxford United
Saturday, October
8th, 2011,
V Bristol Rovers, League Two 3pm
By Paul Dickinson
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With only four of the current 92
left to do, and none of them near West Yorkshire
and with watching Leeds every week, its proving
difficult to get over the finishing line.
However, there were no
Championship games today due to the
international break and with Oxford
being at home, it was too good an
opportunity to turn down.
I'd seen Leeds play several
times at the Manor ground and had been
frustrated in recent years by constantly passing
signs for the Kassam stadium enroute to games on
the south coast - so was looking forward to
finally getting this one ticked off.
An easy 3 hour trip saw me
arrive at the ground at 1.45pm but already the
car parks were full and all the streets close by
seemed to be permit holders only. I eventually
found somewhere approx one mile away - no
problem for me but a warning for those who may
not want or be able to walk that far.
I had time to have a
quick pint in the bar which is directly
underneath the Main Stand and enjoyed a chat
with a couple of very friendly Oxford fans. You need to buy tickets from the ticket
office in advance of going in and mine was
£22 for the South Stand upper - quite
expensive for League Two and especially
considering I was nowhere near the halfway line.
However, the game made up for
it, Oxford played some great football and were
worthy 3-0 winners. The atmosphere was also
better than I was expecting due to a higher than
average attendance, boosted by a large following
from Bristol.
After a 20 minute walk back to
the car, I was quickly back on the M40 and home
for 8.30pm - another groundhopping day safely
negotiated and with plans already formulating to
get the last 3 done asap!
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