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Regarding the comment in the preview appertaining to admission charges I found this information on Wisbech's OWS:-

Admission Prices

Admission to most games is on the day.

League and League Cup games are £6 for adults and £4 concessions (children under 16 and those over 60). Some games each paying spectator may bring in one child under 11. Other children under 11 will be charged at £2 per child.

Information in connection with parking:-

Car parking: There is free car parking at the stadium. Please DO NOT park on Lynn Road as this could cause traffic problems on what is a very busy road. Similarly, we would like to minimise distruption to local residents, so please avoid parking in Windmill Gardens or Old Lynn Road/Kirkgate Street.

Looks to be a very decent ground, certainly at our level. Large covered terrace behind the goal, hopefully we can a bit of atmosphere going.

Will me and THE DRUM be allowed to get back together :?: :?: :?:

A bit of information from Wisbech's OWS appertaining to Fenland Stadium:-

The club’s current ground is The Elgoods Fenland Stadium and hosted its first game on Saturday 14th August 2010, an FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round which attracted a crowd of 663. The current record attendance is 830 for an FA Cup Preliminary round replay against local rivals March Town United which the Fenmen won 3-2.

There is a 118-seater stand which was moved from its temporary home at Outwell and 50 metres of covered terracing behind each goal.

http://uk.soccerway.com/venues/england/ ... d-stadium/

Interesting that the capacity from that site is a precise 1118 which would be 118 seats and a finger in the air 1000 for standing. ;)

Ground Hoppers Guide:-

http://100groundsclub.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... adium.html

Been reading their forum all season and there has been plenty of moaning about the admission price being £7. Most expensive in the UCL, possibly anywhere at step 5. Some of their fans say this is why attendances are down, others claim it's because their team is crap :lol:

Sid wrote:Been reading their forum all season and there has been plenty of moaning about the admission price being £7.

I believe this is the information that Formic used when writing the match preview. It would appear that the information appertaining to admission charges on their OWS may be incorrect.

http://www.wisbechtown.co.uk/features.a ... directions

Must say I'm a bit disappointed we're not getting to go to their old ground, while I'm sure it was probably falling apart at the time of them leaving, it was a rare 4 sided stadium for this level, good sized main stand and two decent sized terraces behind each goal and looks like it had a lot of character as well. Whereas their new ground seems to have no more than a tiny main stand and a bit of covered standing behind each goal. Will be nice to see a few home fans for a change though.

Wisbech have now increased the prices on their website to £7 / £5, so I've put the preview back to the way it was before it was "Trekked". ;) ;)

Formic wrote:Wisbech have now increased the prices on their website to £7 / £5, so I've put the preview back to the way it was before it was "Trekked".

Indeed, in fact Wisbech Town apologised on twitter for having the incorrect information on their official web-site.