Away Days - Walsall
Away Days - Walsall |
The Johnstone's paint Trophy - formally the LDV/Autoglass/Sherpa Vans/Freight Rover etc was the next game for the Swans. As us fans with nothing better to do travelled the short distance to Walsall (That's not in Poland!) Ugo's coach left the Quadrant at 3pm for this exciting encounter. We were left to watch one of the daftest and silliest films was shown on the bus - Scary Movie 4. It did pass the time I suppose though. We arrived in Walsall, at around an hour before kick off. We had a drink at the Walsall supporters bar, it was a nice little place and most of the discussion was about Leon Knight! The programme was just a quid as it only contained a few pages, their 'One to Watch' was Leon Knight. I didn't think at the time they would need to worry too much about him. The Bescot Stadium is an odd looking ground, at first it looks a Mecano set, also one stand is much higher than the others. We were sitting, some of us standing, in a different place to last season, we were in the corner of the ground (behind the goal last time), with two pillars blocking certain areas of the pitch. What it must be like for the unfortunate person sitting that may have to sit directly behind the pillar I do not know. They wouldn't get to see much of the game. It was a typical LDV (I'll still insist on calling it that) atmosphere, not much of a crowd there and many of the home fans were spread out. I don't know what the official figure for away fans was but it wasn't a bad turn out for a midweek Mickey Mouse Cup game. Around 200 I would say, maybe more. The bus arrived back in Swansea at around 12.30pm (I think - can't remember now!). Next two away games are Northampton (Cobblers!) and Peterborough in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy on Halloween, scary. Ticket: £10 Coach: £13 Programme: £1 Current total: £382 What to read next:Just when we thought we’d turned the corner with that win at Boro, we slipped back into the desperate form of the post-international break period, losing heavily to Queens Park Rangers in this critical game. Queens Park Rangers 4 - 0 Leeds United - Player Ratings and Reports
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If you saw the match, please give us your player ratings and a mini match report. The club released the annual accounts for the 2022/3 season this week, and despite the headline figure of an overall loss of £33.7 million, we’re not in danger of any points deduction for now. But the accumulated losses mean that player sales will be inevitable in the summer if we remain in the Championship. Stuart Dallas battled hard for two years to return to the game after his serious injury, but has now had to accept that he can no longer get back to the level of fitness needed to play the game at the top level. Club Chairman Paraag Marathe led the tributes, and the player has sent an emotional open letter to all the Leeds United fans. |