Trafford FC v Runcorn Linnets

Club name: Trafford Football Club

Regular FA level: Level Eight (Non-League Step 4)
Regular league: BetVictor Northern Premier League - North/West Division

Telephone: 0161 747 1727
Twitter: @FCTrafford
Club Website: www.traffordfc.com
League club webpage: NPL - Trafford FC



GETTING THERE

Venue: Shawe View (aka Home Estates Shawe View Stadium)
Address: Shawe View, Flixton, Manchester M41 5DL

SatNav: M41 5DL
Directions (as from club website)

Official capacity (as per NPL website):
[Unspecified] seated
2500 standing

Parking - location/distance - price = approx capacity (other options may be available):
Public/residents' parking, off Pennybridge Lane - 1 min walk - free all day = 100+ spaces

Public transport - mode = access point, distance - example routes:
Train = Chassen Road station, 4 mins walk - Warrington Central, Irlam, Deansgate, Manchester Piccadilly
Bus = Flixton Road (stopID: manjpagd), 4 mins walk - eg #255 (Partington-Piccadilly Gardens)



MATCHDAY & FACILITIES

Entry: adults £8, concessions £5, under-16 £2

Programme price: £2

Programme rating [?/10]: 7/10

General catering - name, location - example options/prices:

snack bar, pitchside - £1 hot choc, £2.50 pie+peas

"Hot Chocolate Index" [?/10] @ price: 7/10 @ £1

Licensed bar(s) - name, location - comments:
on-site clubhouse

Toilets - location(s) - [accessible = Y/N?] - comments (eg rating ?/10):
M&F pitchside [accessible = yes]

STANDS & TERRACES
Covered/open seating/standing = (aspect) name - approx capacity, tiering - comments

Covered seating = (N) main stand - c100 seated, 3 tiers - flip-up plastic

Covered seating = (S) - c160 seated, 3 tiers - green hard wood flip-up

Covered standing = (S) east terrace - c150+ standing, 2 tiers - stepped, concrete

Open viewing = (N) adjacent to main facilities - c150 standing, 2 tiers - concrete

(most sides) tall grass banking, c100s standing

(all sides) concrete/paved hardstanding, tiered; lean-on barriers all round

Floodlights: 8 (4 per flank)

PA system: yes 
PA content: music + welcomes + teams
PA audibility - areas: clear, good = all areas

MATCH DETAILS

Date: Saturday 12 October 2019
Competition: Buildbase FA Trophy, Preliminary Round
Official crowd: 352

Final score [h/t] (kit colours):

Trafford  0 [0]
(all white) 

Runcorn Linnets  3 [2]  

(green/yellow hoops, green shorts)

Match Report(s):
Home team report

THE QUEST STATS

Quest Venue ID = #68 
Today is venue #2 at Step 4
Today's round trip: 278 miles [447 km]

Total distance so far on this Step (Step 4): 488 miles [785 km]

Total distance travelled on The Quest to date: 3790 miles [6099 km]

NORVENMUNKI's COMMENTS

Today's weather: dry, cloudy, mild.

NorvenMunki's Diary...
Today is a break from the League fixtures, with the glory of progress in the FA Trophy at stake. Also, today is official Non-League Day (and the professional clubs are resting due to international fixtures) so the hope is for some new faces to pop down and cheer on their local side.



The entrance to Shawe View is tucked behind a housing estate, alongside the Oxford Road-Warrington railway branch line.
There are at least three new faces here, as my daughter and father accompany me today: three generations of Questors. Or is it Questers? My daughter is marginally impressed by the music playlist, some oldies and some newies, rates 6/10.

The gate staff are friendly, and inside clusters of eager spectators are queuing at the burger bar or quaffing pitchside pints in plastic glasses.
The pre-match announcements from the 'Press Box' tell everyone about the upcoming matches, hoping to entice a few casual visitors back again.



In the outfield, there are trees and grass areas, with kids having kickabouts whilst the match goes on beside them. At one point, their ball bounces onto the pitch and the visitors' captain hoofs it back off (whilst a few old fogies have a chunner).

At half-time, we grab a hot brew from the chirpy cafe lady. My regular fellow hot chocolate taster declares it's good quality!

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