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Knaresborough Town v Ossett Albion

7.45pm  6 November 2013

West Riding County Cup, Second Round
Knaresborough Town 0 Ossett Albion 2 (att 103)

New grounds I can get to after work are few and far between these days, but for various reasons I didn't get around to visiting Knaresborough last season, their first full season with floodlights and regular midweek games.

The club have made good progress after stepping up from the West Yorkshire League to the Northern Counties East League, but they couldn't match their Northern Premier League opponents in this county cup tie.

Ossett Albion may be bottom of their division, but two second half goals eased their progress into the third round. They'd been the better side throughout, and on the balance of play should have gone ahead in the first half.

Knaresborough Town appear to be a thriving football club, attracting decent levels of support to their well-maintained Manse Lane ground.

The venue has a small seated stand away on the far side, set back from the pitch, but more popular, especially on a damp night, was a covered standing area in a corner close to the clubhouse. The clubhouse itself has an inviting bar, and a decent tea bar.

The only negative aspect of the ground is that the far end, and half of one side, are out of bounds to spectators, but overall I liked Manse Lane. It was also nice to visit  a new floodlit ground midweek, with relatively short drive home afterwards.









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