Saturday 16th May 2015 @2.30pm
Essex Olympian League Premier Division
BUCKHURST HILL 1-4 M & B CLUB
Roding Lane, Buckhurst Hill
Roding Lane, Buckhurst Hill
Admission: Nil
Programme: £1.50
Attendance: 45 h/c
Refreshments: none purchased
With the nice sunny weather arriving in the South East, it
was an hour drive to the small town of Buckhurst Hill, where the wannabe TOWIE
extras seem to hangout. The pub I went in
before kick-off, The Three Colts, really did epitomise the need for people to
be seen. The men and women clothed in designer gear and the restaurant area
serving overpriced gastropub grub. It
was lucky I had a shirt on with an animal on it and Vans on otherwise the
normal ground hopper apparel would have got a few strange Botox looks I’m sure.
The ground is situated in Roding Lane with the football club
on one side of the road and the cricket club on the other. Parking was tight but they do have an
overflow parking area adjacent to the entrance. There is a club building beyond
the parking area on the main touchline where there are dugouts as well as a
roped off pitch. Three outer pitches complete the football complex. There was no alcohol at the ground but does
serve snacks and hot drinks.
The match was typical end of season fayre and in hindsight I
should have gone to by plan B fixture at Harold Wood. There was 5 goals
however, with M & B Club in control for most of the game Said and Settle
bagging a brace each and only a consolation by Richbell for Buckhurst. A nice
venue in the spring sunshine and the view from the disabled railed ramp to the
snack area is a comfortable le place to view the action.
Post-match, I dropped by The King Harold to leave play off
paper for Mr D.Q. Rioja and enjoyed a swift half in the suntrap of the garden
not knowing that DQ was still nursing his 2nd bottle of red at the
nearby Rec Ground.
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