Five of us went to watch Farsley Celtic v Scunny yesterday and it was in fairness a very entertaining match. Farsley have a good set up, basic but decent enough. The club house have decent beers on tap at good prices & get through the queues at good speed. Even the club owner was pitching in & serving on the bar.
Scunny brought about 1600-1700 which is a huge number for the National League North & the overall attendance was something like 2300 which is Farsleys biggest crowd for donkeys years.
As for the game, as full time players, you could see Scunnys extra quality & fitness. They're top of the league for a reason but in the second half especially Farsley had good chances & deserved a goal. So 2-0 to Scunny & they march on but an entertaining game with 3 red cards, one of each side sent off for headbutting each other & Farsley captain sent off late on second yellow for what just seemed to be a tired players tackle.
The thing I'll remember though is the "interesting" behaviour of the Scunny fans. Clearly their numbers meant they took over the ground, but the aggression of many of them, the number that had to be escorted out, the scuffles by the pitch, fighting in the bar where women were sat, their general conduct was pretty shitty, for non league definitely. Probably a huge factor in one of their coaches windows getting put in by one of Farsleys finest after the game. I had all on convincing Mrs Bradders afterwards that it's not always like this in non league footy.
Anyway, Scunthorpe are on their way back & the decent fans I spoke to are happy with their lot & enjoying this season. It'll be interesting to see how they get on next season in the National League where they won't be the big boys.