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Away Days 24/25: Same Old Situation - Mansfield

 

With just one point so far in the league, Cambridge really needed to get a win on the board, or at least something from the trip to Mansfield. 


I decided to drive to this one. It took less than two hours to get to Mansfield and that was almost two hours of me torturing DJ and John with my eclectic music taste. Upon arrival we headed to the centre to see the town. 

We were greeting by a man burping loudly. Mansfield is full of mobility scooters, there was at least one outside of every cafe and pub. There was even a market stall selling them. 

We needed coffee so headed to spoons.

£1.56 refillable coffee and breakfast with sides for £7! I was buttering my toast when disaster struck…
Maybe there is a god after all?

I fancied a pint and I was glad to see this.
My favourite alcohol free beer! 

We then made our way to the ground.
I’ll follow Cambridge wherever they go! 

We also had a pint at the ground. They actually had Guinness AF at the ground! I haven’t seen any AF beers at a football ground before. 


The ground itself is pretty decent, although only three stands were open. The closed stand looked like it’s been condemned. Mansfield’s home support is up there with the poorest I’ve experienced in league one. One lad was playing his heart out on a drum, but that was it. Very little singing.




The game was a fairly even contest, where the quality of Lee Gregory shone. Gregory being one of the names on that enormous list of players who always seem to score against us. Oh how Cambridge need a forward like him. The new forward we have, Dan Nlundulu, made a lazy second half cameo, he watched a perfect ball dropping to him, rather than attacking it. That summed up a disappointing afternoon. A 2-1 defeat in Mansfield. We do play good football at times but frankly I don’t care how play, I just want to win. With just one point on the board, loses to 3/4 newly promoted teams and injuries to Danny Andrew and Shane Lavery, things are not looking good.


I did rip a boro sticker off of the Cambridge name though.



Cambridge game: 532
33/92

See you at Wycombe.






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Location: Mansfield, UK

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  1. retiredmartinSeptember 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM

    Sounds as if they were better than at Stockport on opening day, as inept as I've ever seen a United side. Guinness 0.0 is definitely your best bet (though I've a soft spot for Jever Fun !).

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    1. Beer MooseSeptember 15, 2024 at 6:50 PM

      The only way is up right?! Will look out for Jever Fun!

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