Barnet, Macclesfield and Accrington are teams that barely reach 2000 supporters per match mark.
My journey today was to a club that could be added to this list, Morecambe.
The problem may be, with the exception of Accrington, that there is no league pedigree, as those teams have not been in the league very long.
I put off this journey last season as it is a long drive from Essex as I did with the journey down the coast at Fleetwood. I will make that this season too.
Morcambes new stadium, the Globe arena is a modern, neat, compact ground, with a nice touch of standing terracing opposite the main stand.
This terracing has no cover, surprising when you think of the amount of wind and rain there is that drifts in off the Irish Sea.
Last season the club was voted the friendliest in the division which I can certainly vouch for as I was allowed in before the game to take photographs of the new stadium.
The pies were voted best as well, but I could not vouch for these as mine came from the Lidl store, down the road.
The crowd behind the goal were young and enthusiastic and noisy to boot with a drummer in their midst active all aftenoon.
Their opponents today (6/08/2011) were Barnet and there was very little to separate the teams apart from a Barnet wonderstrike midway through the second half.
Morecambe 0 - Barnet 1
The programme was of average fare, full of pre-season optimism and spelling mistakes, but you can't always get everything right.
The crowd attendance was 1,874, only lowered by Macclesfield on this opening day of the season.
This was a shame really as the weather was dull and showery and the only other competition a day on the beach at the seaside was equally not well attended.
P.S.
I enjoyed the music before the match and at half time.
Just before the teams came out on to the pitch, 'Bring me Sunshine'
by Morecambe and Wise was played over the tannoy.........bang that drum!
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