Penydarren Park - does it help us?
Should we leave and play at Penydarren Boys Club with our current ground mothballed until we reach the National League? The basic premise for this extreme solution to a problem that probably only exists inside my paranoid mind is that our ground is too nice, comfortable, welcoming and it inspires our opposition. It’s also a burden on our finances but more on that later. One of the attractions for me growing up following the Martyrs was visiting other Southern League grounds and experiencing a big match atmosphere, mostly without any of that 80s and 90s terrace nonsense that seemed to haunt the professional game. It wasn’t always peaceful of course, no police presence meant that if there was trouble it would escalate quickly, but the grounds were full of atmosphere and you could sense the shared terrace history of clubs like Worcester City, Kidderminster Harriers, Cheltenham Town, Bromsgrove Rovers and Bath City. Things have changed, as they must of course, but now away da