Another away day! It feels like ages since I’ve been to The Abbey! Looking to bounce back from a bad day at Harrogate, the amber army flirted with the tricky M25 for an evening game against Crawley. As soon we arrived the chief steward announced that there would be no booze sold in the ground. Bit weird. Happily there were both pies and chips! The pie was alright. Glad to see some variation from the classic pukka pies. Being served in a bag and no forks wasn’t ideal though. The chips really hit the spot! Maybe the best chips I’ve ever had at a football ground! The other thing to note is that our white and green kit is cursed, no wins in it… A rather drab first half was significantly improved by a Cambridge United half volley goal! Two second half KaiKai goals in front of the travelling faithful sealed a 3-0 win on the road against a frankly laughable Crawley side. I can’t remember watching a side who gifted so many needless corners from poor passes out from the back. ...
I don’t like other teams that play in Yellow or Amber as it feels like Cambridge never beat them. Oxford are always tricky despite missing a stand at their ground, Burton have one of the worst grounds in the EFL and we only seem to beat them in playoff semi finals and then there’s Harrogate. Harrogate are a relatively new addition to the EFL and it seems that their short time in it is coming to an end, at least for now. They find themselves bottom of the league and haven’t won for ages, a stark contrast to high flying Cambridge. A thousand plus away following made their way up north filled with optimism, despite still being scarred by a 5-4 loss on our previous visit to Harrogate where a point would have seen us promoted. Our first port of call was a rather busy yet small bar area. Draught choices were Madri or Harrogate Town Pilsner which is apparently brewed by Carlsberg. The Harrogate welcome was a friendly one but this ground did not feel very football league...