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
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