3pm 27 August 2022
Eastern Counties League, Division One South
Stanway Pegasus 2 NW London 1 (att 103)
I was surprised when I read that Stanway Pegasus had been elevated to step six football during the summer, mainly because their home ground was a basic-sounding artificial pitch at a school.
It is a 3G, and it is at Stanway School, but a lot of effort has gone into making it a venue fit to stage football at the higher level. The main spectator area runs the length of one side, and a small seated stand has been installed near a corner behind one goal.
A portable building provides spectator toilets and there's a snack bar near the entrance to the ground. As far as I can tell, players change in the main school building across the car park from the pitch.
The result is a functional but tidy ground, known as the Westside Arena, that's perfectly adequate for the 10th tier of English football.
The team, apparently the only one in England's semi-professional pyramid to have a female manager, has made a solid start to life in the Eastern Counties League.
They came from behind to beat fellow newcomers NW London (I assume NW stands for North West, but I can't be sure). All the goals came in an entertaining first half.
After the break the game grew scrappier. The visitors always looked capable of grabbing an equaliser, but despite coming close once or twice the scoreline remained unchanged.
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