The closest league grounds to me have for years been Palace and AFC Wimbledon (roughly equi-distant), but that might change this afternoon as Sutton United will be promoted to the Football League for the first time in their history if they beat Hartlepool at Gander Green Lane. I could probably reach the ground from my front door with a driver and a couple of well struck 5 woods. That they are top of the National League is quite unexpected as they’ve never really even come close before, yo-yoing instead between the NL and the NL South.
If they do go up, Lord knows how they will survive. The capacity is tiny, with a shoebox of a main stand and only 4 or 5 steps of terracing around the rest of the ground, and more of an issue still is that the 3G pitch, which keeps the club afloat by being available for community use (I’ve played old codgers football on it many times), will have to be ripped up and turfed.
Whatever, good luck to the sartorially inelegant yellow and browns!
