Wakefield is more of a Rugby Town than a football and given its close proximity to Leeds it isn't surprising that the towns football club has never climbed up to the higher reaches of the non-league pyramid.
One of the things that attracts football fans to watch games at this level is the fact that unlike in the premier/football/Scottish leagues you can have a decent night/afternoon out for not much finical outlay and you know your money is going back into the club.
from time to time though you do get the feeling that some clubs take non-league fans for a ride.I know that some clubs at this level do charge £8 like Wakefield fair enough.However Wakefield do also advertise on there website that a programme is included in the price.However the gate man told us that that wasn't the case and charged us £1.50 for the programme.
I accept this could be an Innocent mistake on the part of the club but could it be that the chap in the picture has been elected to the board of directors?
In all fairness the ground is quite nice.The large seated stand is quite impressive for a club at this level and wouldn't look out of place in the Unibond premier or conference north divisions.There are terraced areas to the wings of the stand and there is hard standing all the way around.
There is a basic bar inside the ground selling beer in cans and a nice range of scarfs,badges and scarf etc etc. While we had a pre match drink Chris Sutton was on Sky sports talking about the Lincoln job and why it took it.Good luck Chris,it may be a big job but i have faith that he can keep us up.He was never afraid to speak his mind as a player and i hope this continues as a manager.A club official was good enough to get us a copy of the teamsheet and with that we drunk up and went to join the gaggle of groundhoppers in the main stand.
I was impressed with the quality of the game both sides looked to play the ball around on the deck. The only goal of the game came about halfway through the first half when the Woodley keeper fumbled the ball and Jon Frogott slotted home to the delight on the Wakefield fans in the stadium. Sorry the match report is sparse but not a deal happened
On to my second moan of the night. Another area where non league football excels over its full time counterpart is in the food stakes.Again for the first time this season we were disappointed.The cups were small (about the size my Guinea pigs would drink out of.) and the chips were greasy i know that i am spoiled by living 2 doors down for the best chip shop in Nottinghamshire but these were dreadful.
Admission £ 8
Programme £1.50 -3/10 23 pages nice presentation and graphics but when you take out the league tables and adverts there wasn't a great deal to read.
Food 1/10 see above
Badge £3
Ground 8/10
Match 7/10
clubhouse/bar 6/10
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