Ewen Fields

I went to Ewen Fields today from Manchester Piccadily as they run a direct train to Newton which is only half a mile away to the stadium, or a few minutes and around 3 pounds in a taxi with Radio Cars.
The train I got was delayed hence I ended up missing the first few minutes of the game but with not many supporters turning up for the City Versus Schalke 04 match, I was still left with a seat, and I enjoyed the game with City winning 1 – 0 but the stadium was not as nice as what I am used to with the Etihad even though it was a good standard for the Conference North,
As expected for a Conference team, Ewen Fields is a small stadium hence if the sun is shining low it is very likely to go in your eyes as a spectator and will not be blocked by the stands due to the small capacity of 4,073 the stadium has.
Some advice I would give for a fellow City supporter, a Hyde Fan or an away fan attending this stadium would be to specify if you want a seat sat down, the stadium is mostly stood up with only 1 stand consisting of seats, for high profile matches you may have to get down to the game early as they is only 530 seats at the ground, the 11^th highest capacity in the Conference North I must add, only 27 seats behind Victory Park of Chorley FC.
I did not know if Ewen Fields would do any food gluten free, so I had a meal before I come hence I still fancied a cup of coffee with it being quite cold especially, I was careful as the way the players were kicking the balls over the stadium and into the stands I did not want it to hit me and to get scholed! What I didn’t like was a very simple thing they could of done, the coffee and other hot drinks were not served in Travel Cups instead they were just served in paper cups. I do feel that even a conference team should have Travel Cups as it isn’t a massive cost, It is not like I am telling them to get an All seater stadium with a capacity of 90,000 which would put Wembley to shame!
Most of the staff working on the day were from Manchester City as it was a City Reserves Game which I attended however they did seem nice and polite.
As I did come into the game late, I did not know how many minutes the game was in or the score, I presumed and later found out it was 0 – 0 however like at some stadiums (Etihad and Wembley), It would be useful for some sort of screen to tell you this information, I understand a Conference team can not necessarily do this but something similar would of been extremley useful!
I liked at Half Time, they gave away Team sheets and announced that to tell the fans where they was giving them away, I jumped at the chance of getting one to see the players playing which I could not instantly recognise and just as a nice souvenir from the game because they didn’t have programmes as far as I am aware (I would not expect from a Reserve Friendly however) and I don’t normally get the chance of getting one from Premier League games.
Overall, I think Ewen Fields is a nice stadium considering the league Hyde FC are in but I defiantly was too lenient on my last review, as it does not deserve 4 stars as it is certainly not up with the best stadiums in England.