League 2

Tuesday 8th February 2022

Kick Off 19.45 Actual 19.47

Sutton United 0 Salford City 0, attendance 2,491 (58 away)

@ The Borough Sports Ground

Gander Green Lane

Sutton

SM1 2EY

£20 Admission

£3 Programme, didn’t bother buying.

I first came here on 24th March 1990, when I saw Sutton United beat Altrincham 2-1 in a Conference match, in front of 752 spectators. Twenty years later, I returned, this time seeing a 2-0 win versus Kingstonian, in an Isthmian League Premier Division match (att. 779) on 9th November 2010 and tonight, after a gap of eleven years, it was to see them playing in the Football League.

I’m not too sure that there have been significant changes to the ground since I was last here, apart from the television gantry and the tiny temporary looking seated section in the away end. It is safe to say, it isn’t the best ground, as far as getting a good viewing point goes. You are just too far from the action (not that there was much tonight!) and combined with no atmosphere at all, it gives a pretty poor match day experience.

The match itself was dreadful, which doesn’t say much for this division, considering it was 3rd versus 10th in the table.The first half was absolutely dire. Salford had a goal ruled out for an alleged hand ball (no VAR here) and Sutton hit the post in stoppage time. That was about it. The second half wasn’t much better. Sutton had a couple of half chances, whilst Salford offered nothing.

The game didn’t finish until 21.45, but on the plus side, I was in the house just twenty seven minutes later. It’s a shame it was such a poor game, as it is an easy ground to visit midweek, but it will be hard to tempt me back after that showing.