So not only did I not review Aston Villa or Derby County, but I decided against reviewing my home club Coventry City. I think I'll save it for another time, for now though, I headed to Gillingham to see our away day against the Kent side. As always, if you'd like to see my match report for our 2-1 defeat then you can do so here.
http://aviewfromthestandss.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/my-fifteenth-1617-game-gillingham-vs.html
Currently the away day league table stands at:
Millwall: £64.45
Fleetwood Town: £39
Despite losing, the Gillingham away day was a good day out. A Gillingham fan who looked about 12 tried to start on me, another group who looked like the 'Spice Boys' got cocky from the other train platform. But aside from the Kent mafia trying to kill me for no reason, the journey back was great. We ran into a few Birmingham fans on the train who were a laugh, one of them bet me a fiver I couldn't fit in the luggage rack at the top. Well, I hurt my thigh in the process but the NEW 5 pound note was in my pocket by the time we made it past Milton Keynes.
Whilst we're on topic of the travel, the train ticket was an expensive one on this occasion, it's my own fault. If I hadn't waited so long to book then it would have cost me the measly sum of £14.50 but instead they were £32 per person. So that's a rough start before we even left, but the route is: Coventry to Euston, walk from Euston to St Pancras, St Pancras to Gillingham. Once again though my quest to locate Platform 9 and 3/4 at nearby Kings Cross was cut short due to no time.
Due to the early start I got breakfast at a cafe near Euston station called Double Six, a bacon sandwich cost me £2.40. Personally I wouldn't recommend it, it was full of fat and had barely any good meat. This meant I didn't have a pie and drink at the ground and unfortunately didn't manage to note down any of the prices.
Ticket prices, £18 for an adult ticket, that's better than some teams in the football league but have you seen their away end? It's a temporary stand which has been there for 15 years, it's just scaffolding. Nearly 20 quid for a seat on a building site to watch whatever that shambles was! The tally is going up a fair bit now.
I've already mentioned my run in with the Gillingham fans, may I say I obviously didn't provoke anything. Most of them are alright to be fair, but you do have a couple of the 'Stone Island for Christmas club' that go to games. That's the same with every club in the football league however so don't cancel your trip there because of that.
Nearby you have London, but that's a 40 odd minute trek on the train. Out of the three clubs I've done so far, this is probably the worst one. Unless the match experience is good, but unfortunately that's the one piece of information I can't give to you before you go down to Gillingham. As for the pricing, £32 for the train, £18 for the match ticket and £2.40 for the bacon sandwich. Bringing us to a total of £52.40.
As for the club review number 4, it's most likely going to be Port Vale. I apologise that so far it's been very League One heavy, but since I go to Coventry home and away, I've got very easy access to other grounds in our league. Soon I'll be getting in some Championship clubs though thanks to how easy Birmingham is on the train.
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