Club name: Pickering Town Football Club
Nickname: The PikesRegular FA level: Level Eight (Non-League Step 4)
Regular league: BetVictor Northern Premier League - North/West Division
Telephone: 01751 473317
Twitter: @pickeringtownfc
Club Website: www.pickeringtownfc.teamexpert.co.uk/
League club webpage: NPL - Pickering Town
GETTING THERE
Venue: Recreation Club
Address: Mill Lane, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7DB
SatNav: YO18 7DB
Directions (as from club website)
Parking - location/distance - price = approx capacity (other options may be available):
Car park onsite - free = c80 spaces
On-street = unlimited
Town centre carparks/on-street - 5 min = 100s+
Town centre carparks/on-street - 5 min = 100s+
Directions:
Off A169 Malton Road; follow signs for Recreation Club and/or swimming pool next door
Public transport - mode = access point, distance - example routes:
Bus = Malton Road stops, 3 mins walk - eg #840 Coastliner (Whitby/Thornton-le-Dale - Leeds)
MATCHDAY & FACILITIES
Entry: adults £7, concessions £5, under-16s £free (price info)
Programme price: £2
Programme rating [?/10]: 6/10
Official venue capacity (as per NPL website):
200 seated
2000 standing
General catering - name, location - example options/prices:
"Pikes Pantry" snack bar inside clubhouse - incl £2.50 beefburger, £2.50 chip butty, hot drinks @ £1 etc
Licensed bar(s) - name, location - comments:
on-site clubhouse, south end - full bar selection
Toilets - location(s) - [accessible = Y/N?] - comments (eg rating ?/10):
Inside - clubhouse [accessible = yes]
Outside - pitchside, NE corner
"Hot Chocolate Index" [?/10] @ price: 9/10 @ £1 - "excellent!"
Licensed bar(s) - name, location - comments:
on-site clubhouse, south end - full bar selection
Toilets - location(s) - [accessible = Y/N?] - comments (eg rating ?/10):
Inside - clubhouse [accessible = yes]
Outside - pitchside, NE corner
STANDS & TERRACES
Covered/open seating/standing = (aspect) name - approx capacity, tiering - comments
Covered seating = (W) Tony Dunning Stand - c100 seated, 3 tiers - full overhang roof, flip-up blue/red plastic seats
Covered seating = (N) north-end stand - 100 seated, 4 tiers - full overhang roof, flip-up red plastic seats
Covered viewing = (S) roofed shed - 100s+ standing, pitch-level + 2 tiers of concrete steps
Open seating = (SE) open end - 2 x park benches, 8 seated - outside the clubhouse
Open viewing = (3 sides only, N/W/S) concrete/paved hardstanding; metal lean-on pitchside barriers all round
Note: no viewing on the E side due to adjoining cricket pitch
PA system: yes
PA content: game announcements, no music
PA audibility - areas: clear most areas
PA content: game announcements, no music
PA audibility - areas: clear most areas
Non-match entertainment: no music on PA, sports TV in bar
MATCH DETAILS
Date: Saturday 16 November 2019
Kickoff: 3:00pm
Competition: BetVictor Northern Premier League (NPL) North/West Division
Official crowd: 104
Final score [h/t] (kit colours):
Pickering Town
1
[0]
(all blue)
Widnes 1 [1]
(all yellow)
(all blue)
Widnes 1 [1]
(all yellow)
@Widnes_FC - Away side report
THE QUEST STATS
Quest Venue ID = #71
Today is trip #5 at Step 4
Today's round trip: 163 miles [262 km]
Total distance so far on this Step (Step 4): 1010 miles [1625 km]
Today's weather:
rain, cloudy, chilly, mostly still
NorvenMunki's Diary...
I have arrived a little early today, and so I parked-up in the nearby town and walked down to the Recreation Club grounds. The onsite carpark is pitted with potholes, all filled with water after recent heavy rain.
Many other NPL games have been called-off today due to waterlogged pitches, but here it's game-on after a 9am pitch inspection.
The atmosphere is friendly: all ages present, happy youths larking about, good banter, nice spirit. A cameraman clambers into his tower, and gets a bit of lighthearted mockery.
Quest Venue ID = #71
Today is trip #5 at Step 4
Today's round trip: 163 miles [262 km]
Total distance so far on this Step (Step 4): 1010 miles [1625 km]
Total distance travelled on The Quest to date: 4312 miles [6939 km]
NORVENMUNKI's COMMENTS
rain, cloudy, chilly, mostly still
NorvenMunki's Diary...
I have arrived a little early today, and so I parked-up in the nearby town and walked down to the Recreation Club grounds. The onsite carpark is pitted with potholes, all filled with water after recent heavy rain.
Many other NPL games have been called-off today due to waterlogged pitches, but here it's game-on after a 9am pitch inspection.
The atmosphere is friendly: all ages present, happy youths larking about, good banter, nice spirit. A cameraman clambers into his tower, and gets a bit of lighthearted mockery.
The clubhouse is pretty quiet but everyone is welcoming. If you walk through from the bar area, there's a function space and kitchen beyond. This is where you'll find the Pikes Pantry. The hot chocolate is super-choccy and very rich!
Taking a mooch around the pitch, you notice the very pronounced slope on the playing surface, dropping from east down to west.
Pickering are bottom of the table as of this morning, and craving a result to pick up their spirits. The crowd is a tad subdued as we kick-off and nerves are evident on and off the pitch.Taking a mooch around the pitch, you notice the very pronounced slope on the playing surface, dropping from east down to west.
By the end, though, it's honours-even and both sides have something to take away from the encounter.
A nice place, with plenty of character, and well worth a visit. Maybe combine it with a trip to the beautiful countryside hereabouts?
NORVENMUNKI's GALLERY
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