| women at Colchester 13:02 - Sep 15 with 975 views | Sharkey |
I'd be interested to know how watching a home game at Colchester felt. Anyone here go? From the bit I saw on YouTube, the crowd seemed to be very supportive, - not so easy when you're hardly getting a kick. Were there enough ballboys/ballgirls, or had both clubs left it to the other? Was the children's pre-match area open? Who was doing the 'announcing'? (For what it's worth, I think the ColU guy is very good.) Did they slip in a bit of Modern English at half-time? |  | | |  |
| women at Colchester on 13:12 - Sep 15 with 910 views | EJP |
I took my daughter along.
There was a bloke with a drum at the back of the stand making a fair bit of noise and trying to start the songs.
Couple of ballboys/girls and balls on cones, with the stewards having to retrieve balls that went into the unused stands.
Children's pre-match bit was open, with magnetic darts, X-Box with Fifa, two table football table and one air-hockey.
No idea on the announcing but the speaker system was shocking (we were sat far right facing the pitch).
Two concession outlets open
Plenty of parking (£4.00 for 3 hours, or £5 for all-day - and 20p "booking fee")
Would we go again? It was only £15 for the pair of us and was something different for a Sunday afternoon. [Post edited 15 Sep 13:14]
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| women at Colchester on 16:09 - Sep 15 with 506 views | docklandsblue |
| women at Colchester on 13:12 - Sep 15 by EJP |
I took my daughter along.
There was a bloke with a drum at the back of the stand making a fair bit of noise and trying to start the songs.
Couple of ballboys/girls and balls on cones, with the stewards having to retrieve balls that went into the unused stands.
Children's pre-match bit was open, with magnetic darts, X-Box with Fifa, two table football table and one air-hockey.
No idea on the announcing but the speaker system was shocking (we were sat far right facing the pitch).
Two concession outlets open
Plenty of parking (£4.00 for 3 hours, or £5 for all-day - and 20p "booking fee")
Would we go again? It was only £15 for the pair of us and was something different for a Sunday afternoon. [Post edited 15 Sep 13:14]
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Drum man is one of the players Dad’s (Megan Wearing I think)
My review… park and ride was shut, parking at the ground is slow, but my daughters wanted to hang around at the end and chat to the players so not a problem for us. Beer is bad and more expensive, sitting in an actual pre booked seat for the women is weird and not being able to wander off to the beach post match is a shame. There was a marked increase in quality of opponent which made it less fun than previous seasons but then we all know how that feels after last season.
They’d done a good job of tweaking the ground to make it feel like Ipswich, I miss a pint of ghostship and the ability to pick where I stand and move at half time and the kids missed the sweet shop at Felixstowe - partly offset by enjoying the air hockey. We’ll be back in a couple of weeks - think it was £12 for 2 adults and two kids and the changes that weren’t for the better are just the price of progress. |  | | |
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