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Sandy Lane
Saturday, November 1st, 2025
 
National League North
Attendance: 1,028
     
1-0
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
 
2025
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MCTravel
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Bristolcityeastendboy1965
91
lovely northern town poor housing
nsbasti
90
Even as I waited at Crewe station for my first (of 6) trains I knew I had misjudged the weather and under-dressed. It was a fact that became ever more apparent as the day progressed meaning I eventually got home frozen through. But that was the least of my disappointments. The 3 trains there were all on time and with enough seats. A gentle 10 minutes stroll to the ground that sits on the edge of a commercial park and looks okay from the outside with a welcoming clubhouse in front. It was difficult to find the way in but I eventually made it into the tiny cramped and poorly laid out bar for a pretty awful fizzy IPA. At least I got to watch the home regulars gobbling down their ''chip buckets'' - a hollowed out half loaf of white break filled with chips and gravy topped with grated cheese. Apparently they do a curry version as well (bonus !!) and the deal is you eat the chips with a fork then polish of the bread by hand. Amazing. By now Scarborough away fans had piled in (what a rough bunch they were) and I escaped the frenzy to find a seat in the stand. Once again with far too many of the grounds at this level every expense has been spared on the arena - presumably in favour of player wages (see below) to stay up and/or go up. This means the interior of the ground was higgledy-piggledy, run down and generally hurtful to the eye. If my earlier assumption that all available money is being channelled into the playing staff is correct then either they have very little of it or it is being spent poorly as the quality on show was dreadful. Once again, size and strength appear to be the only recruitment criteria as footballing skill was most notable for its absence. The visiting side were far superior in most areas of the game so it was an absolute shocker when the home team won at the death. I was long gone by then. Body shivering, teeth chattering (and with the two most boring young blokes in all of England sat right behind me having an incessant genteel pissing contest about who''d been having the more challenging week - shifting a piano versus getting a little girl to school and swimming lessons) l capitulated and left as the second half began. Back to the station to warm up on the early train. It broke down before it left the station. Eventually got going but now 20 minutes late so missed my next connection. Not to worry and that train too had broken down and was 25 minutes late. Crammed to bursting and stood up I endured a tortuous hour plus (we''d got stuck behind a stopping train) to Stockport where they announced my final train had - you guessed it - broken down. Luckily for me the Trainline App told me there was another train that would stop at Crewe before my delayed original. So there I was Crewe and actually not too much later than planned. Bought myself a prize bottle of Shiraz on the way home and sat in front of a roaring fire to drink it. Not a great day but I was not defeated and it was yet another bugger ticked off. Well done, Neil.
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