Groundhopper made the second road trip of the week, this time to Essex and Colchester United at the Jobserve Community Stadium. Here’s the views of our expert reviewer.
| | | Colchester United |
| Category | Score | Comments |
| First Impressions of the stadium, parking, ease of entry. | 8 | Another good drive out by Albert and we arrived in the Essex sunshine with just a short walk to the giant TV and bar. Its a bit more developed around the stadium than on our last visit. |
| Food & Drink, range, quality, price. | 8 | Reasonable range of food and drink available with a meal deal of a pie and a pint for £7.25. |
| View from your seat, any poles in the way, obstructed view, seat broken? | 8 | Behind the goal, with unreserved and seats in the sunshine or shade with a range of pricing benefiting early purchases. |
| Home team support, was it a library, good banter between the fans? | 4 | They didnt have a lot to sing about pre-game, even going two one up they didnt make a lot of noise and there was no banter from a scattering of home fans in the stand behind the other goal. |
| What were the stewards like, helpful and friendly or jobsworths? | 5 | Quite friendly and welcoming on arrival, they were handing out free programmes to those inside the stand, however there was a fair bit of hi-viz seen just at the start of the game. think it might have been about standing in the stairway by the later arrivals. It was sorted quite quickly. |
| Toilet facilities, clean and well equipped with hot water, disgusting. | 7 | Clean and tidy with a decent amount of capacity for larger followings than ours, no queues and yes very hot water. |
| Ticket pricing, did the price reflect the facilities of the ground? | 7 | Yes a fair price for a good view, well run food kiosks and toilets etc. |
| Ground facilities, half time service, did they let fans outside at halftime? | 8 | Good pace of service, no complaints were heard. |
| Match atmosphere, did the Dons fans give good support? | 7 | We good at the beggining and outstnding at the end in the middle we were unhappy with the way we were playing. |
| Ease of exit, did the carpark clear quickly, traffic around the stadium? | 4 | This is where things are bad. For a crowd of 3,857 getting out took way to long. |
| Any other observations or comments that may have affected your scoring? | ||
| Name – Groundhopper | Total Score out of 100 | 66/100 |
