Wigan Robin Park

Ground 49

Match 51

Ground  Robin Park Arena

Capacity 1,200

Founded 2005

North West Counties Div 1

Wigan Robin Park 11-0 Ashton Town

Attendance 76

Admission £2.50


Programme £1.50

Nickname The Robins

Distance Travelled 14 miles



Parked up close to  the Retail Shopping area near the Robin Park complex but wasn't quite sure i was in the right place until i noticed the athletics track as there's another sports complex nearby .Wigan Robin Park play their home games at the Robin Park Arena on Loire Drive, adjacent to the DW Stadium . The Robins are sitting pretty at the top of their Division and have already been promoted . The club have reduced admission prices for this fixture as a thank you gesture to all fans .
I've seen WRP against Oldham Boro in one of their rare defeats earlier this season albeit a thrilling cup tie under poor lighting  at Oldham RL Club . They have some strong , physical , talented players who've showed great character throughout the season , maintaining high standards .
They're also a tight knit bunch and share light hearted banter with the local fans .

Pano View From Behind The Goal

Granstand 

Ashton Town have been struggling near the bottom all season but for 43 minutes kept the promoted Robins down to three goals . The killer blow was conceding two more on the stroke of half-time . Robin Park showed clinical  finishing with rapid movement off the ball causing  most of Town's problems . Town did see a shot come back off the post but created little overall . Half Time WRP 5-0 Ashton Town

WRP add  six more goals during the second half to finish the rout 11-0  .  Town's high defensive line was easily exposed  ,  could probably have done with a sweeper or ' The Great Wall Of China ' playing behind the two central defenders reducing the threat of WRP getting in behind . Credit The Robins though for being nifty and unforgiving  .  Town kept going but it was an uphill struggle all afternoon ,  they're a lot better than this result suggests . Town substituted  their most dangerous attacking player who posed a strong physical threat to the Robins defence .

                                                             View From The Grandstand

                                                         Ryan Small  on song for The Robins

Rampant Robins Bob Bob Bobbin' Along !

Goal Number 10  A 25 Yard Beauty Leaves The Keeper In ' No Mans Lands '

All Town Can Do Is Pray -  How's Your Back ?

Leagues Top Scorer Phil Howard Is Substituted After Scoring 5 Goals !!!

'You'll have to do better than that next match ! ' chuckled some fans 

The Robins Singing From The same Hymn Sheet 

Thanks Guys For signing The Match Programme

A good quality programme for this level which contains the usual facts and figures plus interesting articles and features in clear , easy to follow bold print . Includes leading goal scorers and attendance stats .

Visiting Football Grounds Raising Money For Cancer Research Terrific Welcome And Support .

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Wigan Robin Park	11-0	Ashton Town	HT: 5-0
Ryan Small (4) Ryan Small (11) Adam Howard (17) Phil Howard (44) Phil Howard (45) Phil Howard (55) Shaun Judge (58) Phil Howard (62) Phil Howard (63) Luke Faukener (83) Ryan Small (90)

Arsenal

Ground 48

Match 50

Ground The Emirates Stadium

Capacity 60,301

Premier League

Arsenal 1-2 Wigan Athletic

Att 60,060

Nickname The Gunners

Admission £41

Programme £3

Ashburton Grove, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Stadium or simply The Emirates, is an association football stadium located in Islington, North London, England.

View from The Clock End Entrance



Pano View Of Fans Approaching The Clock End



Wigan Fans Arriving

Wigan fans between Orange clad stewards

Pre Match View Inside The Emirates Stadium



Arsenal fans and Spirit Of Highbury







Horse Poo Good For The Roses

Wigan arrive at The Emirates in good form looking to continue to pull away from the relegation places , Arsenal are hoping to consolidate third place and an automatic Champions League spot by keeping clear of Tottenham , Chelsea and Newcastle .

Arsenal look dangerous from the kick-off but fail to convert their early chances . Arteta picks up an injury whist Wigan continue , moving the ball forward to Moses who's electric pace and superb ball control creates an opening and a shock opening goal by Di-Santo . Wigan's tiny following contingent are absolutely ecstatic . In the eight minute Gomez scrambles the ball in from close range . Wigan have created two chances and scored two goals in rapid succession . The Arsenal fans are in disbelief but rally and get behind thier team only to be frustrated even more when The Latics go close again . The misery for The Gunners is compounded by several near misses and poor finishing by their beloved team . Wigan have shown its no fluke with recent winning results agaist some top sides .

Wigan still leading 2-0



Arsenal create more chances and Vermaelen heads home to reduce the arrears .
Half-Time 2-1 to Wigan

The second half sees The Gunners pressing for an equaliser but Moses breaks away for The Latics and hits a tame shot at goal . For once its a let off for Arsenal as Wigan have been ruthless until now . Wigan hold on to take three valuable points and send their fans back to the North West ' happy as Larry ! '


Strange - Live near Wigan but don't attend Wigan home games - was unable to obtain a ticket from Wigan Athletic but got 2 tickets in the Clock End from the Arsenal website delivered to my address , no problem . That's  segregation for you ! And ......£7 extra each ticket ( Wigan section  £34 )


Home fans and staff were terrific - very friendly .

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Warrington Town

Ground 47

Match 49

Ground Cantiliver Park Latchford

Capacity 3,500

Nickname(s) The Wire, The Yellows

Evo Stik League First Division North

Warrington Town 0-1 AFC Fylde

Attendance 237

Admission £8

Programme £2

Distance Travelled 33 miles

Parking - street next to the ground .

Arrival time 2.55pm

Warrington Town F.C. are a football club based in Warrington, Cheshire, England. They were established in 1949 under the name of Stockton Heath Albion. In 1961, they changed to their present name Warrington Town.

Warrington embraced the industrial revolution becoming a manufacturing town and a centre of steel (particularly wire), textiles, brewing, tanning and chemical industries. The navigational properties of the river Mersey were improved, canals were built, and the town grew yet more prosperous and popular. When the age of steam came, Warrington naturally welcomed it, both as a means of transport and as a source of power for its mills. The Town is well known for Warrington Wolves Rugby League .

The ground is on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in the shadow of the imposing Cantilever Bridge which dominates the areas skyline, and from which the ground takes its name.

Cantilever Bridge stand



Pano View of Cantiliver Park



Today's opponents AFC Fylde will be hoping to coast to victory and consolidate their top position in the league  backed by ' The In Crowd . '

The first half is dominated by 'The Coasters' but a mixture of poor finishing and frantic defending results in a 0-0 scoreline at the break

Nearly ! AFC Fylde go close - the Main Grandstand in the background



More pressure on the 'Yellows' goal



Richie Allen looks dangerous in the second half and has an uncanny knack of appearing aloof , loosing defenders , sneaking in unannounced . Reminds me of Rooney the way he creates space betwwen the midfield and attacking third of the pitch .. Didn't surprise me when he opened the scoring after 58 minutes with a sweetly hit shot , low inside the post , curling tantalizing beyond the 'keepers reach  , nestling in the corner of the net . I'd man mark him , no question ; second time i've seen him and he's as crafty as they come . Uses his body well to shrug off opponents and 'ghosts' in from nowhere .

Allen scores - Changing room building in the background

R Allen is the Toast of the Coasters

The Ghost Coaster

Clubhouse Touchline Grandstand



Town begin to create more and are unlucky to see a shot hit the crossbar after a melee in the box . The Coasters defence is stern with the central defenders putting in a solid shift . Fylde hang on for an important hard earned victory . Warrington put in a decent display , frustrating The Coasters throughout the match .
AFC Fylde need to defeat Salford City in their next match to take the tiltle or it may go to the wire .

Far Touchline View



Along Came Allen 'The Ghost Coaster ' Another Star performance  Taint nothing To Me !



UP WE GO - Coasting along  AFC Fylde 








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