Proper Football 'On The Road' - St Neots Town FC

gharris66
Oct 21
2 min read

So, we’re on our travels again and we’re heading over to Cambridgeshire to the market town of St Neots, just off the A1 for our visit to the Power Plus Stadium for the Northern Premier Midland Division clash between St Neots Town and Lichfield City.

With the sides taking up the seventh and eighth spots, both on 19 points, in what is an extremely tight league, this has the makings of a good competitive clash.

On arriving, first impressions are very impressive, a great looking facility, plenty of parking and a really warm welcome.

So without further ado, let's have a look around the stadium and Clubhouse.

Well, after our little walk around, I can only say great things about the set-up here at St Neots, the facilities are amazing for a club that is newly promoted from step 5 to step 4 and would grace any level of the non-league pyramid and I dare say not many clubs have a mainline railway station 100 yards from the ground!

The club, which is known as "The Saints' was founded in 1879 and moved to the new Rowley Park complex when it was completed in the summer of 2008, and has a current capacity of approximately 3,500 people.

The main covered stand consists of 260 seats, and behind both goals, there are covered standing areas that can be changed to accommodate new seating areas, plus a disabled shelter. The far side of the ground has an open standing area where the dugouts are located.

I have to mention the quality of the grass pitch, you won't find many better in non-league, they've even got the pop-up sprinklers!

There is also a full-size floodlit 3G Astro training pitch with three five or seven-a-side pitches.

I highly recommend a visit to this stadium and the bar prices are very good to boot.

Before kick-off off we managed to have a chat with a couple of supporters who also volunteer at the club.

The first half was a bit of a scrappy affair with Lichfield taking a 0-1 lead with a well-taken lob of the keeper by Jack Edwards.

With half-time upon us, we took the opportunity to chat to the Club Secretary and U16 Manager.

With the full-time whistle blown bringing the game to a close, it’s finished St Neots Town 0 Lichfield City 1.

St Neots had several chances to pull back level in the second half, but with some staunch defending from the visitors it wasn’t to be the home side's day

Match highlights of the game can be found below, courtesy of St Neots Town.