An offer of a Tuesday night in Leatherhead and some cup action football was strangely turned down by my friends who I invited to join me. Can't think why? I have not been to Leatherhead for years and certainly not the football ground since a similar cup tie in 1991 which i think ended 5-1 to Sutton. Those were the days the Surrey Senior Cup was taken seriously whereas I knew it would be mostly Sutton United's academy with a small number of senior players 29 years later.
I had planned three pubs before the game which started at the Dukes Head. However, this has just been turned into an Indian restaurant so I decide to go to the Edmund Tylney wetherspoons instead which was not on my list.
This place is a typical spoons, do similar to others and lacking such interest the only photo opportunity was a selfie by the stairs to the toilets. At least cheaper than £3 for a Kronenberg.
Anyway onwards to the Penny Black. This has two friendly bar staff serving (one called Ellie) and they were lovely as i paid an expensive £5.50 for an Estrella. Could easily spend more time here. It was a Youngs place with a Burger Shack if you are inclined that way!
Final stop before the game was the Running Horses. Here was choc full of the Amber Army and I could not get a seat. The poor news was only two lagers to choose from which were Fosters or Whitstable Gold. I chose the latter. Onto the game and the ground in only five minutes from here near the leisure centre.
The admission price was £12, two pounds more expensive than the all Premier League FA cup tie three days ago. Drinking in sight of the pitch is allowed here and in the competition so with a £4.50 Moretti I watch a relatively dull football match with a strong Leatherhead side running out 3-0 winners. The evening out would have been certainly better without the football, though without it I would not have been here!
# posted by Rich @ 12:54 AM
