I totally agree. I do however fail to see how the judging was done given the new away end wasn't opened until last november. Even the boys story within the article regarding how superb things were at SJP involved a visit back in august 2018. I guess we took the award based on just a part of the season from november onwards? Good job though, and that away stand does look quite tidy and worth aquiring from Barnet.
The experience, as noted in the article, wasn't limited to "how nice the away end is", and was rather about the welcome received and the little extras that we put on for away fans - something I wasn't particularly aware about (e.g. the photo in the away dugout).
I'd take the new away end any day over the NOG, that only runs just past the halfway line. The sooner the cameras get switched to reflect a decent overview of our ground the better. I understand that we couldnt have extended that new stand as far as the old tapered OG ran, so we have a nice functional acceptable compromise. Thats fine but we really need to switch the cameras as many other clubs have done in League 2, who have inferior backdrops like us.Even though the "new" away stand does have an annoying gap (and still allows a panoramic view of all those terraced houses in St James' Road)?
Plus the NOG is a superb place to watch football from. We have even delved into two season tickets off the back of it!!
