Game 7

Barton Town Old Boys V Pontefract Collieries
FA Vase round 1
Euronics ground Marsh lane
22/10/11
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Despite suffering the worst bout of man flu I decided that as I had a Saturday off and there were 7 non league games alone within an hour and a half travel, it had to be a football day.  In the end I decided to work out which game was closest and thus I ended up on the south side of the humber at Barton. It was a gorgeous sunny day and pretty warm out of the shade.  Entrance to the Euronics ground was a very reasonable £5 and a programme only a further £1.

The Ground at Barton is a small one but probably one of the tidiest and best kept ive seen. You enter the ground at the bottom right of the pitch.  Behind the goal nearest to you is a wall with a small grass area.  As you follow the ground there is a small seated stand that covers about half the touch-line.  Behind the other goal are 2 small terrace type stands either side of the goal.  As you come back to the near side you come to the clubhouse with the usual bar and kitchen.  On the side of the clubhouse is a banner advertising the Barton branch of the Hull City supporters club.  Hull City are at home today on the otherside of the bridge and I fear (rightly) this will keep todays crowd down.

The game itself was pretty awful and the vast majority of us were praying quite early on that it didn't go to extra-time.  Pontefract had slightly the better of the 1st half however the 2nd saw Barton hit the woodwork a couple of times.  In the end Barton ran out 1-0 winners in what was possibly the worst game ive been to in a very long time.