Reserves
"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists his Reserves play the kind of football that deserves to be seen by a wider audience."Having watched the Reserves play at Bury the other week, I can only agree. The quality of football is excellent - a fast passing game. However they play in Northwich, about 26 miles from Old Trafford. The stadium looks good in the photos and Northwich Victoria need the revenue. But it must be half an hour by car, or the train journey to Lostock Grahlam is 50 minutes from Manchester, plus a walk. All for a weekday night with a 1900h kick-off. Previously they used to play at Bury, then Altrincham and then Hyde. They used to get crowds of a few thousand now it's apparently 200-300.
I'm going to try and get to see another Reserves game this year but it'll be an away tie. Possibly the match against Manchester City in October. At least it will actually be in Manchester at the athletic stadium next to City's ground.
OGS Rallies Fans for the Reserves at ManUnitedYouth.Com
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posted by lorenzo23 at
15:44
1 Comments:
Very good point. Unless you can drive you're looking at around a £20 spend on public transport (train and taxi) just to get to games at Northwich (the stadium's location and the infrequency of trains to Manchester rules out walking from the train station as an option), which is hard to justify for a reserve fixture.
Great stadium to call home for the reserves but it's no wonder the crowds are way down on what we were getting 3/4 years ago in Altrincham, even with the great football being played this season.
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