British Universities & Colleges Sport

South Eastern 1A

Wednesday 7th November 2018

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 14.03

Surrey University 0 Reading University 1,  attendance 12

38’ 0-1

@ Surrey Sports Park

Richard Meyjes Road

Guildford

GU2 7AD

No Admission or Programme.

I had visited Surrey University before, on 5th November 2008, when they lost 2-3 versus Sussex University in a South Eastern Conference 2A match. The match was played on a pitch immediately on the left when entering Richard Meyjes Road from Egerton Road, when the venue was known as The Varsity Centre. That pitch is now used for rugby and the football have now moved to what is known as Pitch A1, which is adjacent to the main hub of the Surrey Sports Park, a good 3-400 yards away from my last visit.

The match was really poor. It was bottom of the league table, versus top, but lacked any real quality. The only goal of the game was a side footed effort from 12 yards following a cut back from the right. There was a ridiculous colour clash, so Surrey played in yellow bibs, but at least the shirt numbers were still visible. For some reason, teams in the B.U.C.S. competition never have an alternate shirt colour with them, despite the website clearly showing the team colours on the fixture page.