AMMIES AWAY DAYS

WordsbyDanHayden night was Angelo Poretti, which does sound like an Aldi version of Birra Moretti; however, it was nice and pricedat “only” £5apint!

In anothernewfeature"Away Days", we will be giving you an insight to our away trips from the words of the media team.

2023/24isunderway,and this was my first away trip with Wythenshawe. A local trip to Cheadle Town which was quite handy for me living in Handforth. Just a 4 minute train journey to Cheadle Hulme, and then a 30 minute walk. It would have been a 20 minute drive but I decided having a couple of drinks would be a better option.

After a 40 minute walk, I had arrived at the ground. Straight to the bar to get a £5 pint of Porretti and a flick through the matchday programme. A nice little well designed programme for £2 but not much in the way of content(youlotarespoilt!) gravy which might be quite surprising for someone who grew up down south - they don’t usually have gravy on chips! They had everything apart from the peas at Cheadle so we were off to a goodstart.

As kick off was approaching, I headedoutsideandsaidhello to Carl, and Martin before standing with Aiden and Alex who were well prepared for the game with a teamsheet and setting up for social mediaupdates.

This was my first visit to Cheadle Town, as they had also been promoted to the Premier Division last season, through the play-offs. The set up of the ground was pretty good, with one main stand and a nice little clubhouse. Wythenshawe were cruising in the first half, so it was time tolookatthefoodmenu.

The second half was more one way traffic from Wythenshawe which was reflected in the final score: another 4-0 win, and Bury conceding meant the Ammies would end the night top of theleague!

A very good start to the 2023/24 season, and I am already looking forward to thenextone.Seeyouthere!

Please note: These are not the views of Wythenshawe Football Club

The programme was priced at £2.00 a copy, for 20 pages. A smart looking programme; however, not much in terms of content and I had finished flicking through within a couple ofminutes.

The usual history of both clubs, fixtures and results, and a couple of sponsor pages. Credit to any club that produces a printed programmetoo!

Thestadiumistuckedawayfromthemain roadbutafairlygoodlittleground.Thereare plentyofseatsinthemainstand,aswellas spacetostandaroundtheground.

Theclubhousewasprettysmarttoo,with plentyofspace.

SCORE: 7/10

The most important part of the away day reviews for me. This is the make or break for someawaydays.

On draught, there was only Shipyard Pale Ale orAngeloPorrettiand waspriced at £5which is a little steep. In terms of food, there was some “Greggs Sausage Rolls & Steak Bakes” available but the meat and potato pie, chips andgravywasprettydecent.

SCORE: 6/10

SCORE: 4/10

Ididn’tpersonallygettogoinhospitality; however,Ididaskthosewhodidgoinwhat itwaslike.

The response that I got was that it was average; the buffet was ok but nothing special.

SCORE: 6/10

JOURNEY

I love the fact that a lot of the away games are going to be local to me this season, and this one was a 4 minute train journey and £3.15 with a railcard which allowed me to haveacoupleofdrinksatthe game.

The only downside is that the ground is 40 minutesfromCheadleHulmestation.

SCORE: 5/10

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Wed 23 Aug Pilkington

Sat 26 Aug Rossington Main (Vase)

Mon 28 Aug Barnoldswick Town

Sat 02 Sept Glossop North End

Tues 05 Sept Bury

Sat 09 Sept Charnock Richard

Sat 16 Sept Colne

Tues 19 Sept Padiham

Tues 26 Sept Chadderton

Sat 30 Sept FC Isle of Man

Tues 03 Oct West Didsbury & Chorlton

Sat 07 Oct Lower Breck

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Sat 21 Oct Chadderton

Sat 28 Oct FC Isle of Man

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