Away Ground Guide 5 - Chorley FC ( Tuesday 15 September 2015)

Chorley Football Club
 

The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium
Duke Street,

Chorley,

Lancashire PR7 3DU

Nickname: Magpies Capacity: 4,100 Seating for: 900 Covered Capacity: 2,800 Disabled Facilities Available Car Parking: Limited match day parking, contact club for details Admission Prices (2015/16)                                       Adults             £10
Concessions:   £7                                    12-16               £5                                    8-11                 £2                                    Under 8            Free
Victory Park is an old fashioned but extremely attractive stadium. County fans could sit or stand almost anywhere,  mixing with locals who were friendly. Get the unlit muddy path way issue sorted for night games, and the Chorley experience is not a bad one! Sustenance!   Refreshment was via the Victory Snack Shack, where it was disconcerting to be told that the meat & potato pies were not available, and then to see them being handed out moments later ( after I had gobbled a Mars Bar!). Inevitably...at intervals after this.... I kept hearing fans describing how the pies were ` best yet’ and `must get another’. Where are the Samaritans when you need them most?   Where all the noise came from last season ! Programme.       Magpie Review cost £2.50 and was  a snortingly good mix of current and historic items, all very readable, along with 4 pages on County which included a piece about our great town ,that delved way back in history- really good stuff, and highly recommended!

Directions:

M60 to J15

M61 to J8

A674

after 1.6 m  take 2nd exit at roundabout onto A6

then 3rd onto Bolton Street

then left onto Duke Street.

If coming via M6.........

M6( North) to junction 27 (Standish)

Leave motorway, and head toward Wrightington.

Take first turning right (next to garage) into Mossy Lee Road.

Turn right into Boundary Lane (going over motorway bridge).

Carry on along here (road changes to Pepper Lane) to end and turn left onto Preston Road (A49) and head toward Coppull.

Follow signs for Chorley onto Spendmore Lane at first round-a-bout.

Drive along here following signs for Chorley.

Once in Chorley, Spendmore Lane becomes Moor Road and then Pall Mall following traffic lights.

Just after the Plough Inn, turn right into Duke Street, then third right (after School) into Ashby Street.

Ground is on the right.

Estimated Journey Time ( M60)  40 mins.....55 mins via M6

Post Code for Sat Nav: PR7 3DU

Nearest Real Ale pubs;

0.2m    Potters Bar  , on Brooke Street.

0.2m     White Bull  , on Market Street.

Going by coach.........

Fingerpost Flyer:    Leaves Fingerpost  17:15... Picks up TS  17:30

                                  Fare: £13  (Under 16`s £10)

                                  To book ring 07896536757

Ian Brown