Saturday 9th November
Skrill Premier
Attendance: 1232
Admission: £14
Hyde play in the Skrill Premier after winning the
Conference North in 2011. Their home is Ewen Fields which also plays host to
Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad (EDS), it can hold around 4073 people. The club formed in 1885 and nearly went out of business in 2010 but
they were saved by Manchester City. Ewen Fields has 4 terraced sections to the
ground, on one side you have the seated stand and the famous Shed End home to
the vocal Hyde fans.
The Admission at Hyde is £14 for Adults which at this
level is cheaper than a considerable amount of teams with Under 16’s getting in
for £4. The first port of call is to check out the food, pouring rain wasn’t
helping the overall atmosphere and doubts were cast whether the game was even
going to go ahead. The Chip cone at Hyde costs £1.50, quite expensive considering
its size and taste. The chips were average and with the cost it wasn’t
brilliant. The programme’s at Hyde are £2.50 for a decent 40 paged programme
with decent features and good use of images, so that makes the
Admission/Programme/Chips work out at £18 for Adults. A large noisy contingent
had made their way from Chester to watch their team and the overall game was
entertaining, two sides battling at the wrong end of the table. Hyde never got
going in the second half and so Chester won the game 1-2. 
The parking outside the ground is of a reasonable amount
but there is also a large amount of parking just around the corner of the
ground. In addition to that the staff there were friendly and easy to talk to
and showed some excitement to the match. There is also a large social club inside the
ground open before and after the game, a nice place with some photos of their
Conference North winning season.
Overall a great visit, one of my favourite grounds to go
to watch a game, a shame to see where they are in the league and a shame that
the chips weren’t of the quality we have witnessed earlier in the season.
Price: 7.5pts
Programme: 7.5pts
Food: 5pts
Entertainment: 8pts
Parking: 3pts
Staff: 2.5pts
Staff: 2.5pts
Facilities: 2pts
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