19 October 2019 -
Chesterfield Town 1 Wrexham 1 (2,199)
The second part of our
double-header was an FA Cup tie between Chesterfield and Wrexham, but
we nearly missed it completely. It was only down to exceptional
customer service from the lady in the ticket office that we found out
that kick off was at one o'clock not three, on police advice. Cheers
chuck!
After touring the hood
for a while looking for somewhere to park we ended up underneath the
huge Tesco. There are signs up saying “Matchday parking – 2 hours
only” but as there were plenty of spaces we decided to risk it.
Maybe when they expect a larger crowd the enforcement is stricter?
From Tesco it was a very short stroll to the stadium, which is a
shiny new affair with almost symmetrical stands on opposite sides.
Very pleasant appearance.
The 50/50 seller was
not on duty today so we missed out for once, then it was in through
the barcode turnstile and into the loos for a pit-stop – blimey!
These toilets don't smell rank, AND the stainless steel troughs
appear to have been cleaned THIS SEASON! Almost unbelievable. On to
the food counter and all the boxes were ticked, pie, cheeseburger,
Bovril and water, all served by somebody who actually knew what they
were doing, and did it quickly and efficiently. Surprised to see that
somebody had stuck a “LEEDS TAKE MORE” sticker onto the counter.
We took the food up to our carefully booked seats and tucked in. oh
my goodness, the beef & ale pie was superb, very peppery, great
pastry, filling so chunky it was almost half a cow. Sam's burger was
good too, only complaint was that the cheese looked “a bit too
real”, he prefers the bright yellow, plastic stuff. Top scoffing!
I mentioned the
carefully selected seats? When we buy in advance we try to find a
block of four seats unsold, and buy the middle two – hoping that
the single seats each side won't be taken. Put this plan into action
at Chesterfield and five minutes after sitting down both of the
“empty” seats had been occupied. WTF? Prior planning is supposed
to PREVENT piss poor performance.
The crowd was sparse
and one stand was completely closed, so the welcome for the players
was not very loud. But to our delight there WAS a “big baldie” on
the pitch, Chesterfield's Tom Denton, so that helped their cause
immediately. We love a big baldie! Chesterfield started brightly and
their right winger Rowley looks decent. They took the lead through
Big Mike Fondop, who performed some hilarious high-stepping
shithousery before lobbing the keeper. The second half belonged to
Wrexham and they deservedly equalised, meaning the tie will be
replayed. We saw the goal-line block of the season just before the
end, when a Wrexham defender acrobatically denied Spireites sub
Spyrou from scoring the winner.
Easy to exit the
ground, back to Tesco (no parking ticket) and away. Very enjoyable
trip, cheers Chesterfield!
And so to the scoring:
Atmosphere 2 Small
crowd but they had fun
Food & Drink 4.5
Nearly perfect. If Carlsberg did football food...
Stadium 4 New, shiny,
good
Value For Money 4.5
Cheap and entertaining
Bonuses for Bovril,
mascot in a costume, having a Big Baldie on the pitch, and singing at
least three different songs.
Final score 18.5.
Cracking stuff from The Spireites, second place!
Current table:
1 Rotherham United 19.0
2 Chesterfield Town
18.5
3 Boston United 15.0
4 Lincoln City 13.5
5 Falkirk 13.0
6 Mansfield Town 12.0
Total goals so far =
16. Average goals = 2.67. Global average 2.75.
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