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I travelled by train from Lytham St Annes changing at
Preston and Manchester to arrive into Scunny just after 12 and made my way
straight to the Honest Lawyer for refreshment, a decent selection of
real ales on albeit pricey at £2.90 a pint. Nice pub though with both sets
of fans in watching the early match on Sky. From there it's a short
walk to the Blue Bell a Wetherspoons which also had some decent beer on.
Had some lunch in the spoons then went round the corner onto
Doncaster road and caught the No. 35 bus to Tescos which is located
across from the ground on a retail park. Just takes a few minutes and is
only £1.70
I had already bought a ticket online for
the Rainham Steel home stand, for £20, which is still a proper
terrace. Even arriving with only 15 minutes to kick off I was
able to get a great spot right behind the goal and with a barrier to lean
on. The ground though does look a bit worn down generally, but there
was a good atmosphere. The attendance though of 4,608 meant
there were plenty of empty seats in the three other fairly small
stands.
It is not that often you hear Lonnie Donnegan
being belted out on the P.A. at grounds these days, but very appropriate
song 'Any Old Iron' was echoing around the ground just before kick
off.
The first half was mostly Swansea
pressing Scunthorpe and how it stayed goalless, was a mystery to
me. Needing to take a leak I headed for the loo at half time where
there seemed to a problem with the plumbing as the floor was under an inch
of water, but needs must as fans were reduced to wading though.
Pukka pies were available at £2.50 at the nearby snack bar.
The
second half had Scunthorpe attacking the home end and they played
much better as the home support got right behind their team and they went
in front through a penalty. Swansea tried to grab an equaliser but to
the dismay of their support of about 300 failed and Scunthorpe grabbed
three vital points in their fight to stay up.
Got the
bus back from outside Tesco at five past five and was back in
the Wetherpoons ten minutes later. The town centre was very quiet and with
hardly any evidence that a match had taken place. Caught my
train at 1820 and was back home for half
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