The ground isn't the easiest one in the world to find as it would seem that the local council must think it funny not to place road signs up on certain streets and the signs they do put up tend to be ones telling you that you carnt turn the way you want to turn into.
After the tour of Sutton it seems that the ground is in the nicest part of the town (not that that means much).There was some kind of party on in the club house next to the ground so that meant no pre match pint.It was easy enough to spot who were going to the football match and who were going to the Party. Still i think i Lincoln City fleece and jeans looks better than a cheap looking suit anyway.
The ground seems to be one of the smarter Central Midlands stadiums that i have been to.Given that the Weather had been crap for the last couple of days it was good to see that there was covering on two sides of the ground with plenty of seating as well.The only problem i can see is that they appear to be boxed in a bit with little room for expansion should it be needed if they want to climb up through the leagues.
We were met by central midlands PR man Rob Hornby and chatted about various things to do with football.He recommended the burgers but i had eaten before i set off. the tea was ok though.He checked to see if we had done out predictions in his online competition he has set up,At the time of writing i am third in the table....out of five still its a bronze medal winning position,its a long season etc etc.
There seemed to be a bit of dispute as to what time the kick off should have been, it was 7.45 some clubs really need to check there central midlands hand books more often.
Sutton looked good.There is quite a slop on there pitch so its an advantage to kick up hill first half (as Sutton did).Sutton are managed by former Retford United manager Mark Shaw who seems to have them playing much better football than he got Retford playng.They took the lead bang on half time wti a header from a corner.
Sutton stepped it up in the second half going 2-0 up.Although Pinxton did get it back to 2-1 at one point Sutton killed it off when they added a third as the Pinxton keeper goofed up with the ball at his feet.it was then 4-1 and Shaw brought himself on and added the 5th with a cool calm finsh
And sods law it started to rain as the games finished!
I quite enjoyed the night as a whole.nice ground great company and a team that can play a bit of football.Just wished i had tried one of those burgers.
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Admission £ 3
Programme £1 7/10
Badges- sold out :-(
food -tea 60p
Ground -6/10
WAG factor-none lets be right no self respecting WAG is going to sit it the cold watching this crap on a Friday night when to could be out on the piss in Mansfield/Nottingham.
Game rating 8/10 you can't moan at six goals can you
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