BIDDULPH VICTORIA (12/11/2005)

On Saturday 12th November I attended the Harvey World Travel Midland Alliance match between BIDDULPH VICTORIA and Alvechurch won 2-1 by the home club. Admission was £4.00 with an excellent 44 page programme available for £1.00 including a glossy colour cover in club colours of sky blue and maroon with plenty of content and stats etc. I travelled by train to Stoke-On-Trent and caught a bus into the city centre at Hanley before getting a regular bus service from the bus station to Biddulph (First Potteries 6a) which run every 15 mins journey time about 35-40 minutes. Return fare was just £2.25. The town of Biddulph has a main high street running through it and a handful of pubs, that didn't take my fancy, although there is a good Wetherspoons pub there. The ground is just south of the town centre about 7 minutes walk from the High Street along Tunstall Road on the left-hand side. There is a nice clubhouse outside the ground which had Ruddles County on handpump and behind the near goal is a large area of cover, slightly angled from the pitch, with the rest of the facilities nearby such as dressing rooms, toilets and tea-bar. All the goals were in the first half with the 2nd half fairly uneventful.

Steve King