Ramsbottom United 5th February **POSTPONED**

[richard webb]

Here is the information on Ramsbottom. I have not contacted Camra so if anyone has any ideas of where they are going please do say in case others want to join you. I shall use the adjacent cricket club or just have tea in the ground. See you there!

Club	Ramsbottom United
Game Date	5th February 2022
Game time	3pm
Ground address	Harry Williamson Riverside Stadium, Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom, BL0 0BS
Home colours	All Blue
Directions	From Northwich (approx. 42 miles and 1 hour). M6, M62, M66 to Junction 1. Exit to A56. Follow A56 to traffic lights and turn left (signposted to Ramsbottom and E Lancs railway). Follow road all way to railway station and turn left into Acre Bottom immediately before station. Ground is at bottom (Right) of the road where there is a car park.
Parking facilities	At ground
Railway station	Ramsbottom (E Lancs rly) or Bury (metrolink)
Bus	Regular services between Bury and Ramsbottom station incl 472, 474 & 483
Admission Prices	£9, Concessions (>65, <16, students 17/18) £5, Students with ID £6, Children U12 (with adult) £1
Programme price	£2
Disabled access and toilets	Yes
Carers	Are carers for disabled fans allowed in free? No, full prices.
Food at ground	Usual fare of pie and peas, confectionery, drinks hot and cold, on sale in the Teabar throughout the game
Drinks at ground	Alcohol served in adjacent cricket club, but not on sale in the ground during the match.
Are dogs allowed	Yes on lead.
Local pubs	There are quite a few pubs listed in Ramsbottom on the Camra site, https://rob.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=2855 which are local including the Eagle and Child which is on the way in. The cricket club, next door to the football club, is open on match days and has 3 hand pumps.
Local places of interest	E Lancs Steam railway. Peel monument, Irwell sculpture trail.
Acknowledgements	Tony Cunningham RUAFC

 

[Graham Spencer]

IRLAM WORKS BREWERY - 5 mins from the ground

 

[Alan Riding]

IRLAM WORKS BREWERY - 5 mins from the ground

See you there! Riff Raff on to it !!

 

[PaulF]

From the CAMRA Good Beer Guide

This small, characterful local is situated above the brewery itself and is decorated with photographs of old Ramsbottom. Eight handpumps usually offer the full range of Irwell Works beers.. The beers are traditional in style, brewed with English hops and barley. Snack food is available at the weekend. Situated in the centre of Ramsbottom, a short walk from the East Lancashire Railway, a visit to the tap makes a pleasant day out.

 

[James Wood]

Here is the information on Ramsbottom. I have not contacted Camra so if anyone has any ideas of where they are going please do say in case others want to join you. I shall use the adjacent cricket club or just have tea in the ground. See you there!

Club	Ramsbottom United
Game Date	5th February 2022
Game time	3pm
Ground address	Harry Williamson Riverside Stadium, Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom, BL0 0BS
Home colours	All Blue
Directions	From Northwich (approx. 42 miles and 1 hour). M6, M62, M66 to Junction 1. Exit to A56. Follow A56 to traffic lights and turn left (signposted to Ramsbottom and E Lancs railway). Follow road all way to railway station and turn left into Acre Bottom immediately before station. Ground is at bottom (Right) of the road where there is a car park.
Parking facilities	At ground
Railway station	Ramsbottom (E Lancs rly) or Bury (metrolink)
Bus	Regular services between Bury and Ramsbottom station incl 472, 474 & 483
Admission Prices	£9, Concessions (>65, <16, students 17/18) £5, Students with ID £6, Children U12 (with adult) £1
Programme price	£2
Disabled access and toilets	Yes
Carers	Are carers for disabled fans allowed in free? No, full prices.
Food at ground	Usual fare of pie and peas, confectionery, drinks hot and cold, on sale in the Teabar throughout the game
Drinks at ground	Alcohol served in adjacent cricket club, but not on sale in the ground during the match.
Are dogs allowed	Yes on lead.
Local pubs	There are quite a few pubs listed in Ramsbottom on the Camra site, https://rob.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=2855 which are local including the Eagle and Child which is on the way in. The cricket club, next door to the football club, is open on match days and has 3 hand pumps.
Local places of interest	E Lancs Steam railway. Peel monument, Irwell sculpture trail.
Acknowledgements	Tony Cunningham RUAFC

Unfortunately the E Lancs railway isn’t operating on Saturday

 

[James Wood]

Here is the information on Ramsbottom. I have not contacted Camra so if anyone has any ideas of where they are going please do say in case others want to join you. I shall use the adjacent cricket club or just have tea in the ground. See you there!

Club	Ramsbottom United
Game Date	5th February 2022
Game time	3pm
Ground address	Harry Williamson Riverside Stadium, Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom, BL0 0BS
Home colours	All Blue
Directions	From Northwich (approx. 42 miles and 1 hour). M6, M62, M66 to Junction 1. Exit to A56. Follow A56 to traffic lights and turn left (signposted to Ramsbottom and E Lancs railway). Follow road all way to railway station and turn left into Acre Bottom immediately before station. Ground is at bottom (Right) of the road where there is a car park.
Parking facilities	At ground
Railway station	Ramsbottom (E Lancs rly) or Bury (metrolink)
Bus	Regular services between Bury and Ramsbottom station incl 472, 474 & 483
Admission Prices	£9, Concessions (>65, <16, students 17/18) £5, Students with ID £6, Children U12 (with adult) £1
Programme price	£2
Disabled access and toilets	Yes
Carers	Are carers for disabled fans allowed in free? No, full prices.
Food at ground	Usual fare of pie and peas, confectionery, drinks hot and cold, on sale in the Teabar throughout the game
Drinks at ground	Alcohol served in adjacent cricket club, but not on sale in the ground during the match.
Are dogs allowed	Yes on lead.
Local pubs	There are quite a few pubs listed in Ramsbottom on the Camra site, https://rob.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=2855 which are local including the Eagle and Child which is on the way in. The cricket club, next door to the football club, is open on match days and has 3 hand pumps.
Local places of interest	E Lancs Steam railway. Peel monument, Irwell sculpture trail.
Acknowledgements	Tony Cunningham RUAFC

For those wishing to travel there by public transport, it’s pretty easy but takes a long time!

Train from Northwich to Alty as usual and then the tram from there all the way to Bury. Takes about 1 3/4 hours. Once you get to Bury tram bus interchange you will need the 472 bus from Stand P. Departs every 20 mins and takes 20 mins (the East Lancs Heritage railway doesn’t start operating until next weekend?)

The great value Wayfarer ticket would cover all this! But pl note this is only available from Northwich onwards.

So for those wanting to have a few beers in Rammy, you’ll probably need to leave on the 0833 from Northwich.

 

[Edge]

Game off - waterlogged pitch

 

[archie]

Game off - waterlogged pitch

Very disappointed with the late postponement of the match. Was there no early pitch inspection and alert to those travelling ?

 

[Vicki England]

Very disappointed with the late postponement of the match. Was there no early pitch inspection and alert to those travelling ?

The guys up there had worked on the ground and it was playable an hour earlier. The rain then came down very heavily and was quickly sticking, by this point the match referee was on his way so they had to wait for him. He arrived at the same time that we did (1pm ish), and we all knew straight away that it was not playable. They had prepared for it, including buying the food in etc, so they were bitterly disappointed too. Hopefully when the message was sent out, many were able to turn round and head home. It seems most of our team, and quite a few supporters, made it to the local pub and had a good catch up!!!

 

[Lancylad]

Very disappointed with the late postponement of the match. Was there no early pitch inspection and alert to those travelling ?

As Vicki alludes to in a later post , the news of the postponement reached us about 1 pm and thankfully our mini bus had arrived in RAMSBOTTOM over an hour earlier so an excellent day was had by all at the Irwell Brewery ! Great to see just about all of the entire squad compact, together and enjoying an afternoon off !
COYG

 

[archie]

As Vicki alludes to in a later post , the news of the postponement reached us about 1 pm and thankfully our mini bus had arrived in RAMSBOTTOM over an hour earlier so an excellent day was had by all at the Irwell Brewery ! Great to see just about all of the entire squad compact, together and enjoying an afternoon off !
COYG

Glad that your journey was not totally wasted. My car load set off in good time to get to the ground after several morning checks on the forum to ascertain if the match was in doubt. There was not a dicky bird, including any mention of a pitch inspection etc. For the match ref to call it off there must have been an extraordinary amount of precipitation around 12 to 1.30. When we arrived, conditions in the car park were tolerable. Can't comment on the pitch because the gates were locked. Not seeking to blame anybody, a bit better communication to those travelling fans (from Ramsbottom via 1874) would have been appreciated.

 

[Edge]

It's been rearranged for Tuesday 1st March.