Crewe Alexandra vs Stevenage F.C.

I made a concious decision to avoid F.A. Cup games this weekend, which was very much vindicated when I saw the poor attendances and drab performances in games that might have gone to. So a League One game it was instead. I didn't find Crewe to be the most inspiring of places, it's centre pretty much a carbon copy of every other in the UK, all the same chain shops etc. The historic Gresty Road is conveniently located less than five minutes from the train station, and is an odd stadium, with one stand dwarfing the three others by some distance, rendering the atmosphere a bit hollow and sparse. From my vantage point at the back of said stand I could see pretty much the whole of Crewe, for what it's worth. It appears that the sun blocking effects of the big stand rendered a portion of the pitch akin to that of a chicken pen, which hindered the potential for good football being played there. A decent game, Stevenage coming out 2-1 winners.