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Fleetwood Town 1 v Sheffield United 1

Saturday 13 December 2014

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There were a lot of old, familiar, once in a blue moon faces in the stands & on the terraces today. First time at Fleetwood. The ground hoppers & tickers out in force. A fair few scattered in the Home Supporter stands as well, given the scarcity of tickets.

Welcome back boys n girls. Nothing wrong with ground ticking/tickers. It's a broad church.

Pre match drink was back in The Strawberry Gardens. (I'd plotted up in their earlier in the season for the FA Youth Cup). It's a thoroughly recommended place. Great & varied beer range. CAMRA Member discount Klaxon Alert. Very welcoming.

But my big drink was back at Fifteens in St Annes. They're in the CAMRA Guide. It's not a superb place. But it's fine. The beer range is good & everything I had was in great condition. I detect they've got a "thing" going on. A couple of beers were rebadged as "Fifteens".  For example, I had Hawkshead Fifteens Stout at 4.5%.

I'm not too keen on that "model". I prefer to know what I'm really drinking from the core range. Maybe it was really Dry Stone Stout. Anyway I suppose rebadging keeps the tickers happy (yep, those fellas again).

But, no dramas. That was a lovely Stout. My standout beer of the day.

Disappointing for & from The Blades again today. Sort of two up front. Higdon & O'Grady. No, that didn't work. A new crop of Academy Graduates pushed backwards as Kieran Wallace got a shirt.

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