点评:Two visits with a friend for Metro One Day cup matches on successive Fridays.
The first was OK apart from the soggy cod goujons and [declined] tired mushy peas at lunchtime and being turned away from the hugely restricted parking, which you cannot book and pay for in advance [at all] despite what it says on their web site.
This Friday was a cup quarter final so we had to pay entry even though we were members, but this time were at least able to reserve in the upstairs club suite for an extra fiver. Alas there was no service in there, not even water, and they had forgotten to turn on the air conditioing, so it was sweltering until I twigged the problem and pressed the on button. This time the fish, chips and peas in the main suite was actually quite good and fair value. Alas the end of the day was marred by very poor management (and the team's 5th worst one day result in their 60+ years of playing it). As play finished well over an hour early at 17:15 we decided to have a third drink (at over £6 per pint!), wait for the crowd to disperse and rush hour on the trams to abate. Alas we had barely sat down when a staff member advised us to drink up and leave in ten minutes (harking back a quarter of a century to before Licensing Act reform), reinforced by the uniformed chief steward some minutes later. We gulped down our drinks, and then tried to leave only to find that the entrance we came in by near the tram stop had been closed and we faced a long 400m trek (me with a stick) back via the main entrance.
翻译:连续两个星期五,我和朋友一起去观看地铁一日杯的比赛。
第一次还算顺利,只是午餐时的鳕鱼条湿软不堪,连豆泥也因为放置过久而变得稀烂;另外,尽管网站上如此宣传,但实际上根本无法提前预订或付费停车,我们也因此被拒之门外。
这个星期五是一场杯赛四分之一决赛,虽然我们是会员,但依旧需要购买入场券。不过这次我们至少还能花5英镑在楼上的俱乐部套房里预订位子。可惜的是,那里没有任何服务,连水都没有;他们还忘了开空调,所以房间里热得要命,直到我意识到问题所在并按下开关才行。这次在主套房里吃的鱼、薯条和豌豆其实相当不错,性价比也挺高。可惜的是,这一天的结尾被糟糕至极的管理搞砸了(这也成了这支球队在60多年历史上表现最差的第五天)。比赛在17点15分就提前一个多小时结束了,于是我们决定再喝一杯(每品脱要价超过6英镑!),等人群散去、有轨电车的交通高峰期过去。然而我们刚坐下没多久,一名工作人员就示意我们尽快喝完并在十分钟内离开(这种做法让人不禁回想起25年前《酒类许可法》改革之前的情况)。几分钟后,穿着制服的领班也来助阵。我们匆匆喝完饮料,试图离开,却发现靠近电车站的入口已经关闭。于是我们不得不从主入口返回,走了整整400米——我还得拄着拐杖呢。