Day out in Altrincham
Altrincham 1-1 Ebbsfleet United
Blue Square Premier (Conference) att: 914
The season flickers into life. We opt for a trip to Altrincham to see some competitive football. It's an all afternoon affair. Want to use public transport and the tram system is closed for an upgrade. The replacement bus service is fast and takes us through parts of leafy Timperley I'd never seen before. Then wanted to go to The Green House Vegetarian cafe (41-43 Oxford Road WA14 2ED ) which I haven't visited in years. It used to have that old-school veggie 1960's feel of soups and shives of wholewheat bread. But today it's had a good lick of paint, the sun is reaching through the windows and we get absolutely stuffed on a slice of pizza and five portions of different salads. Thoroughly enjoyed it, if you want to keep out of the pub before the game they'll no room for beer after eating here.
To the match. We're in the queue to go in when there is a minute's silence announced for the late Sir Bobby Robson. Nobody is going in and everybody in line and inside respects the memory of legendary man.
We take up a position at the front and it has to be outdoors 'cos the Biffa wants some sunny tanning rays. Don't do match reports - Alty have one here but suffice to say Chris Senior scores a well worked opener for The Robins. Seen him play quite a few times, one of those nippy terriers who will chase every ball and any opportunity to get a goal. After that Ebbsfleet have more of the game. They equalise in the second half on 59 mins with substitute Lindie coming on. From our viewpoint the Alty defence had gone to sleep.
For the last part of the game Alty lost their impetus and it all resulted in long hopeful balls and wasted half chances. Three minutes of added time and the sun is shining and we've a BBQ to drop into on the way home. I think the Ebbsfleet manager and their 30+ fans at the game would be more pleased with the result as this a new team who haven't played together before .
Stats: Admission £13, couldn't find a programme seller, pre-match lunch £10, bus fares £5.20. Temperature 25 °C, very slight breeze, t-shirt weather.
Some photos
Blue Square Premier (Conference) att: 914
The season flickers into life. We opt for a trip to Altrincham to see some competitive football. It's an all afternoon affair. Want to use public transport and the tram system is closed for an upgrade. The replacement bus service is fast and takes us through parts of leafy Timperley I'd never seen before. Then wanted to go to The Green House Vegetarian cafe (41-43 Oxford Road WA14 2ED ) which I haven't visited in years. It used to have that old-school veggie 1960's feel of soups and shives of wholewheat bread. But today it's had a good lick of paint, the sun is reaching through the windows and we get absolutely stuffed on a slice of pizza and five portions of different salads. Thoroughly enjoyed it, if you want to keep out of the pub before the game they'll no room for beer after eating here.
To the match. We're in the queue to go in when there is a minute's silence announced for the late Sir Bobby Robson. Nobody is going in and everybody in line and inside respects the memory of legendary man.
We take up a position at the front and it has to be outdoors 'cos the Biffa wants some sunny tanning rays. Don't do match reports - Alty have one here but suffice to say Chris Senior scores a well worked opener for The Robins. Seen him play quite a few times, one of those nippy terriers who will chase every ball and any opportunity to get a goal. After that Ebbsfleet have more of the game. They equalise in the second half on 59 mins with substitute Lindie coming on. From our viewpoint the Alty defence had gone to sleep.
For the last part of the game Alty lost their impetus and it all resulted in long hopeful balls and wasted half chances. Three minutes of added time and the sun is shining and we've a BBQ to drop into on the way home. I think the Ebbsfleet manager and their 30+ fans at the game would be more pleased with the result as this a new team who haven't played together before .
Stats: Admission £13, couldn't find a programme seller, pre-match lunch £10, bus fares £5.20. Temperature 25 °C, very slight breeze, t-shirt weather.
Some photos
Labels: Altrincham, Non-League
posted by lorenzo23 at
22:49
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home