Sunday, 16 March 2014

Squires Gate 1-2 Stockport Sports

Saturday 15nd March
NWCFL Premier Division
Attendance: 42
Admission: £5/£3

Squires Gate were formed in 1948 and they play their home games at the Royal British Legion Stadium which consists of three main covered areas. Firstly behind the goal near the clubhouse and the changing rooms is a small seated stand, the other stands were long covered stands across the side of the pitch with one having more seating.

So it was another Stockport Sports away game, after two wins in the last two games there was somewhat an air of confidence with our trip to Squires Gate. The admission at Squires gate is £5 for adults and £3 for concessions which is the norm at this level. We grabbed a programme priced at £1.50 and went for a walk around the small ground. The ground seemed very low, maybe why so many balls were kicked over. There is a nice clubhouse at Squires Gate where we had a flick through the 28-page programme which maybe lacked some original content but it did include a lot of colour. We sampled the hot-food on offer in the clubhouse, so we asked the all-important question, ‘What hot-food do you have?’, the response of ‘hot dog or pies’. So not a huge variety considering they had just the one type of pie. The meat and potato pie was the food we sampled, honestly wouldn’t of known it was meat and potato unless they had told me. It was nice enough, definitely filled a hole and for £1.50 it wasn’t too bad.
 
The entertainment was of a good standard with Stockport Sports starting well from the off, scoring early on from Sam Pollard and then just before half-time through a header from Ben Halfacre. Squires Gate did get back into it just after break with a goal of their own but a scrappy second-half meant it resulted in a 3rd consecutive 2-1 win for Stockport.

The parking outside the ground is great for the club, the car park catered for the amount of fans that turned up also facilities overall were pretty good at Squires Gate. The staff all around the ground seemed really friendly which always makes the game experience better. The admission/pie/programme combo costs £8 at Squires Gate.

Overall the visit to Squires Gate was a good one, a ground I’m glad I could get to this season and would happily come back soon to watch some football.

Price: 7.5pts
Programme: 6.5pts
Food: 6.5pts
Entertainment: 7.5pts
Parking: 5pts
Staff: 3pts
Facilities: 2pts


Total Score: 38pts


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