TT No.29: Steve Hardy - Sat 28th November 2015; AFC Ludlow 4 Kington Town 1; West Mids Regional Lgue Div 1; Admission: £3; Programme: £1; Attendance: 70ish. |
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Ludlow are a fairly new club, having been formed from the ashes of the old
Ludlow Town club that folded in 2012. They play at the same Ludlow stadium
previously used by Ludlow Town, and it seemed that not much had changed here
since my previous visit in 2011. There are two full size pitches inside the
stadium. One is grass and the other 3G, and they are separated by the changing
room and lounge block. There are seated stands facing both pitches and also two
balconies outside the first floor lounge which give excellent views of both
pitches. When
I previously visited, the game was played on the grass pitch. I understand that
the new owners of the stadium give AFC Ludlow the choice of which pitch they
want to use, but charge a lot more for the grass pitch, making the choice of
playing on plastic a no brainer really. With the full force of storm Clodagh engulfing
Ludlow, it was just as well the club did use the 3G pitch, as there would have
been no chance of it going ahead on grass. This
was a local derby against neighbours Kington Town. Kington brought a good few
supporters with them although the torrential rain resulted in a rather subdued
atmosphere I thought. On the pitch, leaders AFC Ludlow were much the better
team and led 2-0 until just before the break when Kington pulled one back. It
could have set up a very close second half, but it didn’t, as AFC scored two
further goals to complete a 4-1 victory. My
headcount was roughly 70, which included several groundhoppers taking advantage
of a match that was always going to be on. Ludlow is a lovely town, which is
now modelling itself as the food capital of Shropshire. My visit coincided with the Ludlow Medieval
Christmas Fayre, and a fellow hopper who had come by train told me the town
centre was full of men in medieval outfits, waving axes and looking menacing!
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contributed on 29/11/15 |