Toilet survey #21: Southampton
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sarahxSouthampton 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0
25 February 2006
Another match, another new ground – and another defeat. Two pretty poor teams, and 3-0 wasn't really a fair reflection of the game. We certainly didn't deserve to win, but 3-0 was a touch harsh.
Anyway, as usual, the pre-match beer was the highlight of the day. Even better – it was pints of Badger. Badgertastic.
It was a lovely sunny day, but bloody freezing. The system of free buses works very well – a short amble up the road from the pub to where the buses were waiting, and another brief walk from the bus the ground. St. Mary's, the new Southampton stadium, is a far cry from the scabbity delapidation that the Dell had slipped into before they moved.
I got a big surprise when I looked at the Southampton player list – the name Peter Madsen appeared alongside number 9. How did I miss that? Peter was the star player at Danish team Brøndby when I was a regular visitor to Copenhagen in 2002, and he's been playing in Germany for the past two or three years. There's still a postcard of him in his yellow Brøndby kit on my office wall in Cambridge. It appears he signed on loan during the transfer window in January – presumably while I was in Norway. Sadly he didn't get a game, though, despite having played the previous four.
The loos were rather strange. There were two sets, one with a huge queue and one with none at all. The room was huge – it felt more like a changing room than a loo. They had, however, painted the breeze blocks, which always makes the environment feel more pleasant.
Despite all that space, there were only seven cubicles, with very springy hinges that made it difficult to tell which were unoccupied.
The loos themselves were more than adequate – clean, lots of loo roll, spacious. Only drawback, really, was the red-ness of the decor.
Score: 8/10. Would have scored more had they cut down on the open spaces and put more loos in instead.
25 February 2006
Another match, another new ground – and another defeat. Two pretty poor teams, and 3-0 wasn't really a fair reflection of the game. We certainly didn't deserve to win, but 3-0 was a touch harsh.
Anyway, as usual, the pre-match beer was the highlight of the day. Even better – it was pints of Badger. Badgertastic.
It was a lovely sunny day, but bloody freezing. The system of free buses works very well – a short amble up the road from the pub to where the buses were waiting, and another brief walk from the bus the ground. St. Mary's, the new Southampton stadium, is a far cry from the scabbity delapidation that the Dell had slipped into before they moved.
I got a big surprise when I looked at the Southampton player list – the name Peter Madsen appeared alongside number 9. How did I miss that? Peter was the star player at Danish team Brøndby when I was a regular visitor to Copenhagen in 2002, and he's been playing in Germany for the past two or three years. There's still a postcard of him in his yellow Brøndby kit on my office wall in Cambridge. It appears he signed on loan during the transfer window in January – presumably while I was in Norway. Sadly he didn't get a game, though, despite having played the previous four.
The loos were rather strange. There were two sets, one with a huge queue and one with none at all. The room was huge – it felt more like a changing room than a loo. They had, however, painted the breeze blocks, which always makes the environment feel more pleasant.
Despite all that space, there were only seven cubicles, with very springy hinges that made it difficult to tell which were unoccupied.
The loos themselves were more than adequate – clean, lots of loo roll, spacious. Only drawback, really, was the red-ness of the decor.
Score: 8/10. Would have scored more had they cut down on the open spaces and put more loos in instead.
