18.9.07

The weekend Fixture

I have visited Lincoln Utd on several occasions and it has always been a pleasant little ground that is much better than many of the southern league grounds we visit.A good clubhouse with a great garden(a pet cemetary included for the more ghoulish amongst us),a bonus of sharing with a cricket club.
I only have a few minor gripes one being that i was told to leave a wheelchair bound person outside the ground and go in to find someone to open the gate to let her get in.There was a jobsworth inside the ground that could of done this within my eyeline.Secondly the rails that they put in to i would guess charge for stand entrance were only just wide enough to allow a wheelchair through, how someone propelling their own chair would manage i have no idea(90% turns in a chair are difficult).Thirdly just because a person is in a chair they and the carer are not dum.If we had needed the disabled toilet i would of asked and found it.I did not need to be told where it was and that they had one because that is the law as we left the ground as if to cover themselves.It is a fine line between being helpful and unintentionally offensive.
Well I have had my moan now and look forward to the new disabled toilet facilities at the walks although a nighttime function in the clubhouse during the winter will be fun.Perhaps they have central heating in the new outside disabled facilities with a roof between the clubhouse and the toilet for those wet winter nights!
The game was a continuation of the Swindon second half. Great crossing , running at players and the good news was Matty Nolan got himself on the score sheet.The floodgates will now proceed to open for him is my prediction.My view is that no side in the southern league will live with us if we continue to play like.
A good draw in the next round as well with a very winnable tie if we turn up in the right frame of mind. Whoever decided at Stourbridge FC to take pictures of their ground on a drab grey day?Have a look if you get a chance here and follow the link that says ground.It doesn't make the place look inviting at all. Another adjoining cricket club as well,will the cricket theme continue and lead us to Bramall lane in a later round this season?