FA Cup 1st Round

[Grecian Max]

Yes,a public park pitch.Complete with pubic toilets & a small grandstand.I was at that one as well...3,500 there for the 2nd round game..I was in Minehead recently & went past the pitch/ground,incredible to think now,that many were in the ground...Minehead were a good team.They had finished runners up to Wimbledon in the Southern League the previous season 76/77..The Westward TV cameras were there as well...A small convoy of cars & coaches made their way up the Exe Valley through Tiverton & Bampton,before the coaches nearly got stuck in that narrow part of Dulverton...A great day,rounded off by hearing the 3rd round draw in the coach on the way home.

I didn't know we'd played Minehead in competitive fixture. That ground is completely open, it has one stand and the rest of it you can just wander in.

 

[Grecian Max]

http://www.didcottownfc.co.uk/photos/sat-6-sept-2014-mangotsfield-utd-h-sld1sw-512634.html

Granted this was about seven weeks ago however............. (facepalm)

Crikey, there's no 'stadium' there! It's all fencing, looking forward to this one

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

I didn't know we'd played Minehead in competitive fixture. That ground is completely open, it has one stand and the rest of it you can just wander in.

They build a temporary stand in scaffolding opposite the small (held about 50) grandstand..There is no way a fixture like that would be allowed nowadays with the size of crowd that packed in that day...They would have hosted Wolves if they had beaten us..

 

[Snoop Fog]

Hopefully it will be on TV.

Are they below Warrington in the football pyramid? Does didcot FC have floodlights?

 

[memoman]

Does didcot FC have floodlights?

It's a requirement to enter the competition.

 

[babs1]

Crikey, there's no 'stadium' there! It's all fencing, looking forward to this one

Hi, Diddy fan here....we have a pretty decent stadium for Step 8 and we do have a main stand (see photos from this weekend's win in the Cup here)

We also have a decent pitch too so I don't think you'll have too many complaints either about that or our facilities.

The other thing obviously is Didcot is on the main West Coast train line and the ground is literally 5 mins walk from Didcot Parkway (you can see it adjacent to the station to the north)....

I think for both clubs it's a terrific draw...just keeping everything crossed it's on TV...

 

[Moomin Grecian]

Hi, Diddy fan here....we have a pretty decent stadium for Step 8 and we do have a main stand (see photos from this weekend's win in the Cup here)

We also have a decent pitch too so I don't think you'll have too many complaints either about the that or our facilities.

The other thing obviously is Didcot is on the main West Coast train line and the ground is literally 5 mins walk from Didcot Parkway (you can see it adjacent to the station to the north)....

I think for both clubs it's a terrific draw...just keeping everything crossed it's on TV...

Cheers....

Decent pitch, eh. Tisdale will be pleased.

Do we know when the tv decision will be made?

 

[John William]

Hi, Diddy fan here....we have a pretty decent stadium for Step 8 and we do have a main stand (see photos from this weekend's win in the Cup here)

We also have a decent pitch too so I don't think you'll have too many complaints either about the that or our facilities.

The other thing obviously is Didcot is on the main West Coast train line and the ground is literally 5 mins walk from Didcot Parkway (you can see it adjacent to the station to the north)....

I think for both clubs it's a terrific draw...just keeping everything crossed it's on TV...

Theoretically under FA Cup rules ECFC are entitled to at least 15% of the tickets (which I assume means 450?), provided separation is OK. Is that realistic? And if it's on TV will that reduce the capacity to make room for camera scaffolds etc.?

 

[babs1]

Cheers....

Decent pitch, eh. Tisdale will be pleased.

Do we know when the tv decision will be made?

We are expecting to hear today....the tie has got a lot of coverage on the BBC but slightly worried their current love-in with Salford and ex man U players involved with them that we might miss out!!

 

[babs1]

Theoretically under FA Cup rules ECFC are entitled to at least 15% of the tickets (which I assume means 450?), provided separation is OK. Is that realistic? And if it's on TV will that reduce the capacity to make room for camera scaffolds etc.?

Ground can technically hold 3000+ but that is mainly standing around perimeter. I'm guessing that temporary stands will be put-up and the actual capacity will be about 2500...I recommend the train btw, parking is more than adequate for crowds of 300...but 10x that I can barely imagine as we are on housing estate.