What a f*cking waste of time.
I made my way down there about a half hour before before kick off...paid the $10 admission fee and bought a Pluto Pup and a beer.
Pluto Pup - had to wait about 10 minutes for it as none were being cooked, plus it tasted like chalk.
Beer - would have been nice if it was cold and not stored at room temperature.
There were three options for seating, temporary stand, terrace or the 'grandstand', the grandstand was full of strange looking fat children and women with facial hair so we opted for the temporary stand. The temporary stand was okay for a while, we had some guy beating a drum in an attempt to make an atmosphere; about 10 minutes in the security guys took his drum and he was asked to leave. After that it was pretty much dead silence in the groud.
At half time we made the switch and went and sat on the terrace, this was slightly more fun as you got a bit closer to the 'action' and I use that term loosely, I thought being behind the goals would get me a ball or two...do NSL players ever take a shot at goal? Every single time a guy had a decent scoring chance, he passed it, not a single shot came from more than 5 yards out ffs.
The second half was slightly more entertaining but it hardly matched watching the Luxembourg 3rd division highlights on the European Football show.
Full time 0-0, amazing free flowing football with plenty of action and late drama.
Despite the ground announcer pleading with us to stay after the final whistle and find out the man of the match, we left pretty much straight away, the train ride sure was fun.
All in all, I give the NSL a very generous 1 out of 10, the one being for the ease of getting out of the ground.
Final verdict, $10 down the toilet, considering a movie costs me $7, I should have just seen the League of Extraordinary Gentleman again.
I wont be back.