Dunstable Town Football Club

I used to be manic but now I’m dun. Stable.
Honest.
Anyway, a much smaller club than most of the clubs I’m reviewing, but they deserve a special mention for being close to the hearts of the locals.
First-​Hand Experience: My friends (S & T) live in Herts and took me on a little «stadium tour» of the area when I was there in 2014. The only match I saw with them was at Dunstable Town, which is a tiny little non league team, and we had a great time. It was the perfect afternoon, and I really appreciated how into it the tiny crowd was. Nice facilities too for a mini stadium. I’ll give them a 4 because I need to be able to raise it to something if they ever make it to the big time.
Always dwarfed by the plastic pitch of Luton (plastic makes perfect) but still relevant and now with a Unilocal presence thanks to a Qype user and I.
Founded in 1883, very cheap, and a little tiny stadium with fences at one end instead of stands. How fun. They play at Creasey Park.

With the cost of football becoming further extortionate, many fans are turning to the non-​league game to fill their Saturday afternoons. Bedfordshire’s top non-​league side being Dunstable Town FC.
Their Creasey Park Stadium is in line for a £3m redevelopment, although this has not prevented the supporters and volunteers of Dunstable Town vastly improving the stadium over the summer to coincide with the club’s 125^th anniversary celebrations. George Best and Jeff Astle plied their trade for Dunstable in their latter days but now the emphasis is firmly on youth and ‘total football’ with captivating displays from the club’s young side in the British Gas Business League Midland Division (Two divisions below the Blue Square Conference).
There is plenty of on-​site free parking and other facilities include an excellent refreshments stand and a small club shop. There are three covered stands along with covered seating for 250 and the ground is wheelchair accessible. For a stadium that only holds 3,500, there is a remarkable atmosphere generated from the passionate locals.
The bar is starting to show its age, although this is set to be refurbished in the coming weeks, and the voluntary staff of both the social club and football club are friendly and enthusiastic. There is a standard range of drinks within the bars plus many sugar-​free options for children.
The message is clear at all levels; forget the Manchester Uniteds and Chelseas of this world, watching football should be done from a terrace not a living room. Dunstable Town certainly put a good offer on the table to temp locals to take pride in their local club and community.
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