MATCH 1565 - Saturday, 9 August 2014

SEASON:  2014/15
ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION 2
Venue:  PRENTON PARK


TRANMERE ROVERS    1    YORK CITY    1
Scorers:  Rowe;  Lowe

Start of new football league season in England and while on a short break to Southport we had a few opportunities to visit a new ground.  We decided to catch the Northern Line train from Southport and head to Birkenhead (via Liverpool Central & the Wirral Line) for this one.
We got off at Birkenhead Central and walked the long and winding road that is Borough Road which goes straight past Prenton Park.

It was a fair old walk from the town centre and it didn't help that we were up against time.  There were very few fans walking to the game maybe due to the half hour walk.

As we were up against time we just paid at the cash turnstyle in the Kop end.  Prenton Park for a fouth tier league side is very impressive and a great view afforded from the back of the very tall Kop Stand which dwarfs the rest of the ground.

As for the game York were good and were only denied a deserved win by a last gasp Rovers equaliser.  I expected a big second half effort from the home side as they attacked the big Kop but it didn't really materialise.  They did get a draw in the end though.

Match 1419 - Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Pre-Season Friendly:-
Venue:    Bootham Crescent  

YORK CITY 1 SUNDERLAND 2

First visit to York's ground.  Decent little ground for a lower league/Conference club. Having booked a holiday home in Bridlington for the week it was a great little bonus to include this match in our stay.  I went along with my son who is the Sunderland fan.  There was a great travelling support from the North East.   It was an alright game by pre-season standards.

York City – Michael Ingham, Lanre Oyebanjo, Chris Smith ( Daniel Parslow 61), David McGurk (Jamal Fyfield 61), James Meredith, Scott Kerr (Michael Potts 61), Andre Boucaud, Patrick McLaughlin (Adriano Moke 61), Matty Blair (Jamie Reed 57), Liam Henderson (Ashley Chambers 57), Jason Walker (George Purcell 57)

Substitutes not used – Paul Musselwhite

Goal – Reed 63

Sunderland – Simon Mignolet (Trevor Carson 46), Anton Ferdinand (Louis Lang 82), Phil Bardsley (Blair Adams 72), Michael Turner, Titus Bramble, Lee Cattermole (Liam Noble 80), Steed Malbranque (Ahmed Elmohamady 61), Craig Gardner (Adam Reed 80), Oumare Tounkara (Jordan Cook 61), Kieran Richardson (Craig Lynch 80), Jack Colback

Goals – Bardsley 13, Tounkara 32,

Attendance – 5,148

PERSONAL STATS:

Match No.  1419

Non Celtic   

York City   2

Sunderland  19

Visits to Bootham Crescent  1