Broadhall
Way - Stevenage Borough
Saturday, April 14th,
2007,
V Tamworth, Conference National 3pm
By Luke Barber
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1. Why you were
looking forward to going to the ground (or not as the case may
be):
Its the 3rd time I've been to Broadhall
Way and despite our record against them not being the best I enjoy
visiting due to the fact that the place is full of nice friendly people
who are very nice and welcome your custom into the town wherever it may
be. The ground is a two minute walk from a local Retail Park which
includes Burger King, Pizza Hut plus several other
shops.
2. How easy was your journey/finding the ground/car parking? I didn't tend to go the shortest route which was through
Luton Town Centre, I intended to go on the A14 and take the Junction for
the A1 and followed the signs from there. Once in Stevenage it was fairly
easy to find the ground, as soon as you leave the A1(M) it is signposted
clearly and from the A1(M) its a 5 minute drive.
3. What you did before the game pub/chippy.... home fans friendly? Before the game myself and some other lads that we went with
popped over to the Retail Park and went into Pizza Hut, decent food at a
fairly reasonable price. Once that was all done we went into the Stevenage
Borough Clubhouse which is of fair size and has a large screen plus
several smaller screens for when there is an early game on. Beer was
reasonable not to cheap but not over priced. Fans seemed friendly and were
more than happy to speak to ourselves & got on very well with the few
that we spoke to.
4. What you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions of away end then other sides of the ground? It was the 3rd time I've been to the ground & I've
always liked the ground. Away fans are situated in the Buildbase Stand
which is an all seated stand which I believe holds around 1,400-1,600 away
fans but with only about 150 Tamworth fans there it seemed a bit much for
the likes of ourselves to be based. There is a long seated stand on one
side of the ground and a good sized terrace on the opposite with a smaller
terrace behind the other goal for home supporters.
Tickets were expensive for the standard of football
with adults being £14 and Concessions being
£11.
5. Comment on the game itself, atmosphere, stewards, pies, toilets etc.. The game itself was a fairly good one although we
was on the wrong end of a 3-0 score line. The atmosphere in the ground was
boosted by a Kids for Free day for home supporters which boosted the crowd
slightly compared to other years, and there was more singing this time
around compared to other visits. The stewards seemed a bit over the top
there was 1 individual in particular who would do anything to get on our
nerves and was being generally fussy, the food was over-priced and not the
best and the toilets were of good standard compared to other clubs in the
division.
6. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game It was easy getting from the ground, there was no trouble
from the home fans and within 5 minutes we had left the massive car park
which is based off a nature reserve.
7. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out Overall thoughts of the day were mixed the game itself
spoiled what was a good day. I would definitely consider going to
Stevenage again and again if I could and maybe next time I could spend
more time in the local boozers that are in the town centre which is 15
minutes walk up the road. |
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