***Away Day Review: Crawley Town v Rochdale @ The Checkatrade.com Stadium***

***Please Note; There were no Pre-Match Drinks & Lots of Pictures***

I got to Spotland Stadium for 7AM, The coach arrived at 7.19AM, It set off at exactly 7.30AM.

The coach pulled into Warwick Services at 9.48AM, I got a Costa Coffee Latte and Were texted by a Bournemouth friend at 10.19AM that Rochdale had Drawn Walsall at Spotland Stadium in Johnstone’s Paint Trophy 2nd Round, We left Warwick Services at 10.35AM

We arrived at The Checkatrade.com Stadium for 1.03PM not much long after the Rochdale Players Coach pulled into the Stadium, Then at 1.15PM we went to meet fellow Rochdale Fan’s at Crawley Train Station it were a trek which took around 30 Minutes, The fellow Rochdale Fan’s didn’t pull in till 2.18PM.

We got back to The Checkatrade.com Stadium just before Kick Off, I got a Homemade Chicken Balti Pie it were beautiful and well worth the £3, Then i went to sit down in my seat the view were very obstructed and the stand look to have been made up of Gig Venue seating.

Rochdale & Crawley Town came out for Kick Off.

Crawley and Rochdale Lining Up

Crawley Town Captain & Rochdale’s Ian Handerson’s in Traditional Pre-Match Handshake.

The Match Kick Off’s Rochdale’s first half, Within 10 Minutes of the Match Matty Done put Rochdale 1-0 with an cracking goal, It were pretty much end to end action right up till whistle went for Half Time.

The Second Half got underway, Just 9 Minutes into the Match, Peter Vencenti Scored in 54th Minute, then 12 Minutes later he scored again in 66th Minute making it 0-3 to Rochdale, The Red Devil’s were starting to look worst for ware 9 Minutes later in 75th Minute Calvin Andrew scored making it 0-4, Rochdale dominated all right up till 5 Minutes injury time by that time most of Crawley’s crowd had left the ground.

Everyone slowly got back on the coach after fresh air in Sunny Sussex for one last time, Then we had a service stop at Hopwood Park Services at 7.21PM before heading back to Spotland Stadium we pulled in at approximately 9.48PM

 

My Man of the Match: Matty Done (Most consistent player on the field)

Performance: 9/10, Rochdale AFC played their hearts out

I’m currently saving up to go to The UEFA Under 21 European Championship which will be held in Czech Republic in June 2015…

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