Sky Bet Championship
Bramall Lane
Saturday 21st October 2017
3pm
Journey Time to the ground: 6 hours 30 minutes. For the first time for a few seasons the club were running free coach travel for members. We left home at 8am and caught a bus up to the Madejski where the coaches would be leaving from. The coaches collected us at about 9am and arrived outside Bramall Lane at 2:30pm after a quick stop at Donington Services on the way.
We were dropped on Bramall Lane outside the away end so only had to cross the road to get into the ground!
Ticket Price: £22
Programme Price: £3
This was my first visit to Bramall Lane, a ground I had been looking forward to visiting for a while. We had tickets in the Redbrik Estate Agency Stand Lower Tier, the away end, and due to the free coaches the travelling support was larger than normal. We were sat about a third of the way up the stand right behind the goal and had a good view of the pitch. The Upper Tier houses home fans and the whole stand is all-seated.
Bramall Lane
Saturday 21st October 2017
3pm
Journey Time to the ground: 6 hours 30 minutes. For the first time for a few seasons the club were running free coach travel for members. We left home at 8am and caught a bus up to the Madejski where the coaches would be leaving from. The coaches collected us at about 9am and arrived outside Bramall Lane at 2:30pm after a quick stop at Donington Services on the way.
We were dropped on Bramall Lane outside the away end so only had to cross the road to get into the ground!
Ticket Price: £22
Programme Price: £3
This was my first visit to Bramall Lane, a ground I had been looking forward to visiting for a while. We had tickets in the Redbrik Estate Agency Stand Lower Tier, the away end, and due to the free coaches the travelling support was larger than normal. We were sat about a third of the way up the stand right behind the goal and had a good view of the pitch. The Upper Tier houses home fans and the whole stand is all-seated.
To the left of the Redbrik Estate Agency Stand is the John Street Stand which is a single-tiered all-seated stand with a row of executive boxes running across the back of the stand. To the right of the Redbrik Estate Agency Stand is the GAC Stand which is also a single-tiered all-seated stand and is the main stand at Bramall Lane housing the dug-out at it's front. Opposite the Redbrik Estate Agency Stand is the most impressive stand at Bramall Lane, the Kop Stand. This is a huge single-tiered all-seated stand and is where the majority of the Blade vociferous support seems to converge.
Sheffield United started the game brightly and were ahead in the 20th minute when Paul Coutts fired an effort into the top corner from the edge of the penalty area. The lead was doubled in the 37th minute when former Reading loanee Billy Sharp tapped-in from Mark Duffy's low right-wing cross.
Sheffield United started the game brightly and were ahead in the 20th minute when Paul Coutts fired an effort into the top corner from the edge of the penalty area. The lead was doubled in the 37th minute when former Reading loanee Billy Sharp tapped-in from Mark Duffy's low right-wing cross.
Reading finally start to come into the game when John Swift was brought on with 25 minutes remaining and pulled a goal back five minutes from time when Roy Beerens slotted in from Mo Barrow's low left-wing cross. However the Royals had left it too late to pick up anything from the game.
Attendance: 26,265 with 1,150 Reading fans.
Atmosphere: The atmosphere was good, with the Blades fans in the Kop Stand behind the goal making a lot of noise. The away end was pretty quiet, as the style and quality of football Reading are playing at the moment are hard to get excited about!
Journey Time home: 4 hours. The coach left almost straight after the game had finished and we had a short stop at Warwick Services on the way down. We arrived back at the Madejski at about 8:45pm and some friends gave us a lift back home, arriving around 9pm.
I enjoyed my trip to Bramall Lane. I was very impressed by the ground and the atmosphere as a whole, but particularly the Kop Stand which was huge! The only bad thing was the fact the Reading are playing so poorly at the moment that it's not fun to watch them!
Attendance: 26,265 with 1,150 Reading fans.
Atmosphere: The atmosphere was good, with the Blades fans in the Kop Stand behind the goal making a lot of noise. The away end was pretty quiet, as the style and quality of football Reading are playing at the moment are hard to get excited about!
Journey Time home: 4 hours. The coach left almost straight after the game had finished and we had a short stop at Warwick Services on the way down. We arrived back at the Madejski at about 8:45pm and some friends gave us a lift back home, arriving around 9pm.
I enjoyed my trip to Bramall Lane. I was very impressed by the ground and the atmosphere as a whole, but particularly the Kop Stand which was huge! The only bad thing was the fact the Reading are playing so poorly at the moment that it's not fun to watch them!
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