CHECKATRADE.COM STADIUM
(BROADFIELD STADIUM)
(BROADFIELD STADIUM)
Home Of: Crawley Town
Ground Opened: 1997
Previous Ground: Town Mead
1949-1997
Other Uses: None
DIRECTIONS FROM TRAIN STATION
The nearest train station is Crawley which is about a 15 minute walk from the ground. As you come out of the station turn left and walk down to the T-junction. At the junction turn left into Brighton Road. Keep walking straight down Brighton Road for just under a mile and at its end turn right. You should now be able to see the stadium in the distance behind the traffic island. Use the underpass to cross the A23 to the ground.
CHECKATRADE.COM STADIUM (BROADFIELD)
This relatively new stadium was opened in 1997, the Club moving there from their old Town Mead ground. The stadium looks to be a quality one in terms of standard of build. It is dominated by the good sized West Stand on one side. This smart looking stand, is covered, all seated and runs for about two thirds the length of the pitch. It is raised above pitch level meaning that fans have to climb a small flight of stairs at the front to enter the seated area. The stand also has windshields to either side, plus three unusual looking floodlight pylons on its roof. It has a capacity of 1,150 seats. Opposite is the new East Stand which was opened in April 2012. This semi-permanent all seated stand, accommodates 2,145 spectators in 12 rows of seating. The stand does though have a fair few supporting pillars running across the front of it, that could impede your view. A pair of new floodlight pylons have also been erected to either side of the stand. Both ends are virtually identical, being small covered terraces that extend around both corners of the ground towards the West Stand, enclosing the stadium at those points. The stadium perimeter is surrounded on two sides by a number of trees, giving a rural look.
The nearest train station is Crawley which is about a 15 minute walk from the ground. As you come out of the station turn left and walk down to the T-junction. At the junction turn left into Brighton Road. Keep walking straight down Brighton Road for just under a mile and at its end turn right. You should now be able to see the stadium in the distance behind the traffic island. Use the underpass to cross the A23 to the ground.
CHECKATRADE.COM STADIUM (BROADFIELD)
This relatively new stadium was opened in 1997, the Club moving there from their old Town Mead ground. The stadium looks to be a quality one in terms of standard of build. It is dominated by the good sized West Stand on one side. This smart looking stand, is covered, all seated and runs for about two thirds the length of the pitch. It is raised above pitch level meaning that fans have to climb a small flight of stairs at the front to enter the seated area. The stand also has windshields to either side, plus three unusual looking floodlight pylons on its roof. It has a capacity of 1,150 seats. Opposite is the new East Stand which was opened in April 2012. This semi-permanent all seated stand, accommodates 2,145 spectators in 12 rows of seating. The stand does though have a fair few supporting pillars running across the front of it, that could impede your view. A pair of new floodlight pylons have also been erected to either side of the stand. Both ends are virtually identical, being small covered terraces that extend around both corners of the ground towards the West Stand, enclosing the stadium at those points. The stadium perimeter is surrounded on two sides by a number of trees, giving a rural look.
Still known to many fans as the Broadfield Stadium, it was renamed the Checkatrade.com Stadium in 2013, as part of a corporate sponsorship deal.
GROUND LAYOUT
GROUND LAYOUT
A THE WEST STAND
B THE EAST STAND
C THE BRUCE WINFIELD STAND
D THE KR-L STAND (Away)
Today's Opposition CAMBRIDGE UNITED Don't remember seeing the U's before in the flesh although I may have done back in the 70's at Walsall's old Fellows Park ground so this could be the first time I've seen both these clubs.
Predominantly a bottom two league side throughout their English football league existence, had a brief three season spell in division 2 at the turn of the 21st century being relegated back into division 3 for the 2002/03 campaign.
Things took a turn for the worse in season 2004/05 when they finished bottom of division 2 then known as league two and were relegated into the conference league alongside Kidderminster Harriers.
It took 9 years for the U's to return to league football finishing second to Luton Town in the Conference Cambridge were resigned to do it the hard way beating Halifax 2-1 on aggregate in the play off semi's and then Gateshead by the same score in the play off final at Wembley.
Cambridge finished eleventh last season 8 places and 15 points above Crawley Town and are currently at the time of writing one place above the Reds at the foot of the table.
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Today's Opposition CAMBRIDGE UNITED Don't remember seeing the U's before in the flesh although I may have done back in the 70's at Walsall's old Fellows Park ground so this could be the first time I've seen both these clubs.
Predominantly a bottom two league side throughout their English football league existence, had a brief three season spell in division 2 at the turn of the 21st century being relegated back into division 3 for the 2002/03 campaign.
Things took a turn for the worse in season 2004/05 when they finished bottom of division 2 then known as league two and were relegated into the conference league alongside Kidderminster Harriers.
It took 9 years for the U's to return to league football finishing second to Luton Town in the Conference Cambridge were resigned to do it the hard way beating Halifax 2-1 on aggregate in the play off semi's and then Gateshead by the same score in the play off final at Wembley.
Cambridge finished eleventh last season 8 places and 15 points above Crawley Town and are currently at the time of writing one place above the Reds at the foot of the table.
CRAWLEY TOWN ... 0 CAMBRIDGE UNITED ... 1
But it became clear as the game went on that these two teams would find it hard to score in a brothel. Both teams lacked composure and the competence to do the simple things not just up front but all over the pitch.
But in the 63rd minute that illusive goal came when Ikpeazu broke clear again on the left and fired a shot that Morris could only parry across his own six yard box where Jabo Ibehre was racing in to jab the ball home in front of his own fans. Ibehre had only been on the pitch five minutes replacing Liam O'Neil but the 34 year old striker was injured while scoring and had to come off six minutes later a brief but valuable spell.
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It wasn't hard to see why these two teams are finding themselves in the bottom three at the start of play. Things did look promising early on when Mark Randall unleashed a curling shot that beat David Forde in the Cambridge goal only to rattle the U's bar.
But it became clear as the game went on that these two teams would find it hard to score in a brothel. Both teams lacked composure and the competence to do the simple things not just up front but all over the pitch.
A prime example was when Uche Ikpeazu found himself clear of the Crawley defence and one on one with Glenn Morris the Crawley keeper, the big Cambridge striker never looked confidant enough to score and made a feeble attempt to put the ball in the net which Morris saved comfortably.
The first half finished goalless unsurprisingly but the second started a little livelier with Crawley upping the tempo but the ball kept being given away cheaply by both sides. Randall had a goal bound effort blocked on the edge of the penalty area and it seemed as though no one was going to break the deadlock this afternoon.
But in the 63rd minute that illusive goal came when Ikpeazu broke clear again on the left and fired a shot that Morris could only parry across his own six yard box where Jabo Ibehre was racing in to jab the ball home in front of his own fans. Ibehre had only been on the pitch five minutes replacing Liam O'Neil but the 34 year old striker was injured while scoring and had to come off six minutes later a brief but valuable spell.
Crawley came close to getting a point with Thomas Verheydt and Matt Harrold both causing Cambridge concern but it was the u's who took all three points moving up to 17th in the table leaving the Crawley Red Devils pointless and bottom of the league.
This was a poor game played by two poor teams who are going to struggle if things don't improve one way or another for if they don't they're going to find it hard to hang on to their EFL status and could possibly find themselves returning to the National league ..... again.
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