Missed Opportunity!

A couple of games i failed to write reports on.....


Brentford 1 Darlington 1
Binfield 3 Eton Wick 0
Hendon 1 Heybridge Swifts 1

Hendon 0 Harrow Borough 2

Not my first choice for this night however due to weater i find myself back at Vale Fam, only a week + after my last visit. With the pitch frosty and in the shadow of the Wembley arch Hendon lost 2-0 to two second half goals. Both goals came in the same way with the highly rated Robin Shroot beating his man down the left wing before putting a low cross in which was invarably scored.

The ground at Wembley (thats Vale Farm not the Stadium), by far meets its criteria for the Combined Counties League that Wembley FC play in. With a long seated stand occupying the far side. The rest of the ground is terracing with some covered posistioned at the far end of the ground.

Photo's to follow!

Manchester City 0 Manchester United 1

I was quite looking forward to this game however turned out to be a little dissapointed. The City Of Manchester Stadium is an amazing ground, however for such a big game i was expecting a better atmosphere.

Man United i didnt feel played particuarly well however won care of a Wayne Rooney goal. United felt a little pressure as Ronaldo saw red however still feel the game lasked the passion i was expecting.

I would however recommend Eastlands to anyone though. In terms of new build grounds it is in my opinion one of the best. The programme was also a good buy at £3 with 100 pages.

Altrincham 0 Rushden & Diamonds 4

After much thought we decided to pick this game as it was local to where we were staying. Altricham were very poor with Rushden missing countless opportunities, as the fog decended and got thicker!

The ground has both seating and terracing, with most of it covered. The away supporters are however left to stand in the uncovered terrace behind one goal.

There is covered terracing running both behind the other goal and along the far side and a small grandstand occupying the near touchline.

On this occasion the grandstand was less than half full. It also has a smaller seated stand adjacent to it.

Barrow AFC 2 Brentford 1

An upset in the making. On a cold, damp night in Cumbria Brentford were knocked out of the FA Cup by there lower ranking opposition! In truth Brentford were poor and probably deserved to lose. Barrow appeared to want the victory more and after Brentford were rightly reduced to 10 men, the shock that the Setanta camera's were looking for was very much on.



The ground is an of a traditional style with just one side being modernised. This being a all seater stand. The rest of the ground however is terracing varying between covered and uncovered. Bees fans were housed in the corner with the option of Terracing and Seating, however segregation for the seating was clearly not in place.



For a full match report visit http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/