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Away Days 25/26: At A Football Ground Far Far Away - Barrow

 


At the time of writing Cambridge United have the best home form in the league! However their away form doesn’t match up with just one away win all season. So making the longest trip of the season up to Barrow in Furness would of course bring great success right? It’s only 260 miles from St Ives (Cambridgeshire).

Such a journey required an early start, at 06:50 I parked up at Brampton Hut services and waited for the away bus to arrive to take me the rest of the way to Barrow. We made two stops en route before arriving at around 13:40. We decided to check out the fan zone, which is just to the right of this building: 
The stadium has a weird name

Beer choices inside were Carling or Madri. I opted for Carling but that died so I had a Madri. The club operated a cup deposit scheme where you pay a two pound deposit for the cup but weirdly then return the cup to the bar to receive a token to then finally get your two pound back at the club shop. The bar is card only and the deposit is refunded in cash for some reason. 

The cups aren’t bad 

The fan zone itself was well done with both indoor and outdoor areas. I particularly enjoyed the history and information about the club, which included a shout out to form United cult hero Lee McEvilly and also a piece about Barrow suffering relegation at The Abbey back in 2013.

Nice feature 

I have to say that everyone at Barrow which I spoke to were very friendly and gave the travelling U’s a warm welcome. Barrow felt like a community focused club and I say that as a credit to them. However their ground did not feel very football league standard. We were housed in what must be a temporary stand with pillars that block parts of the view. Facilities were cramped and I’m told the pies were not great. 




The game itself was mostly a slow burner in the first half. Barrow offered very little offensively and the U’s never looked like conceding. A decent finish from Pelly gave the U’s a vital lead at the start of the second half, which left United in a comfortable position. Eastwoood was forced into a good save late on before Pelly grabbed his second of the game to seal a second win on the road this season. 

Wonderful sight!

There’s nothing quite like winning away! That’s a feeling not felt too often by U’s fans in recent times.



I parked up back at home at around 23:30 and enjoyed a quick beer before heading to bed.



Cambridge game: 580
44/92

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