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Away Days 25/26: It’s Their Party But We Will Sigh If We Want To. Bromley


Bromley vs Cambridge. 1st v 3rd in League 2. It’s fair to say that Bromley have exceeded expectations. In only their second season in the football league they have reached the third tier! A feat that could have been achieved on a Thursday night against Cambridge however it was the U’s who really should have won the game.

Since Bromley is basically London, myself and DJ decided to make a day of it and after a spoons breakfast in St Ives we headed down to London where we checked out the new Guinness Brewery.

Through the tunnel 

Top quality pint


 I really enjoyed sitting the courtyard sipping a tasty Guinness but there was no cider for DJ so we headed to The Lyric in Soho. I spontaneously made up a pub crawl!

There’s always obstacles in the way when I want to take a photo 

Cheers!

The Lyric had a good range of beers on including a few from Siren! I went for a Soundwave and we sat watching a group of completely bewildered German tourists walk in and then out of the pub again. From here we made the short walk up to The Queen Charlotte.

Felt like a proper backstreet boozer


A strong shout for the pub of the day! A beautiful pub with a strong drinks selection. The Howling Hops mild was beer of the day. I will even forgive the barman for skipping Time by Pink Floyd, which happens to be my fave song.

We then decided to head to Bromley which only took around fifteen minutes from London Victoria, a new station cred for me! 

Arriving in Bromley we headed straight for The Star and Garter.

Pretty building that is mostly not pictured 

Nice inside too

I tried the newish Adnams Ghost Ship Session IPA which was refreshing and full of lemon and lime flavour. We then grabbed some dinner at a well known American chicken restaurant (not the one you’re thinking) and headed to the ground.


As we walked through the above car park we stopped at the first of two ticket check spots. Apparently they were excepting a lot of people without tickets to try and attend.


Inside the ground the atmosphere was building. Cambridge easily sold out the tiny allocation we were given. If Bromley won they would be promoted at home in front of their fans. A Cambridge win would give them an outside chance of winning the league if they also won the remaining three. United started well and really should have been ahead at the break, but once again they failed to take their chances. Bromley gave the U’s a late scare but the game ended 0-0. Bromley achieved promotion on the following Saturday without kicking a ball due to results elsewhere. Congratulations to them and I hope to be playing them again next season.

Thanks for reading

Cambridge game: 605

53/92
 

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