The facility is located a short walk from here - for more details on how to access the facility please contact the venue. The venue is surrounded by floodlights which makes this facility perfect all year Mitcham Eastfields.
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The smart-looking Main Stand on one side of the pitch, is all seated and covered. It is free of any supporting pillars, meaning that supporters get a good view of the playing action. There is a glassed frontage area at the back of the stand for club offices and the stadium announcer. The Main Stand runs for about half the length of the pitch and sits astride the halfway line.
The roof of the stand is pitched quite high up as it is attached to a large building behind, which almost extends the full length of the pitch. Normally such buildings located so close to the stadium would normally be a bit of an eyesore, but this building has a modern look and does not look out of place. The team dugouts are located in front of the Main Stand, on either side of the Players Tunnel.
The other side of the ground is mostly a strip of a flat standing pathway that runs behind the pitch perimeter fence. Towards the middle, it does have a couple of concrete steps and some old railway sleepers for fans to stand on.
Both ends are virtually identical being two good sized terraces that are tall and have a portion of cover behind each goal. The covers on each of these ends are quite striking with their angled cantilevered roofs. Although they do provide some cover on a largely open terrace, then oddly they do not have any retaining back wall and hence are open to the elements, meaning that wind and rain can blow into the stand from the rear.
The stadium has a set of eight floodlights four of which run down each side of the ground. Normally visiting fans are made welcome and a sign of this is that fans are very rarely segregated at the ground. Imperial Fields must be the only ground that has a fast food outlet on one corner called the Shak which sells Carribean Food. It offers matchday specials, so if Jerk Chicken or Goat Curry takes your fancy then this is the place to head for.
There is a small club bar inside the Main Stand, that is accessed from the car park. The bar which has a large screen and shows televised sports normally welcomes visiting supporters and is open throughout the game. And at this level, you are allowed to take your beer out to pitchside to watch the match! If arriving at Mitcham Junction Station that not too far away on Carshalton Road is the Crown of Mitcham which also offers reasonably priced food. The Imperial Fields Ground is about a twenty five minute walk from the pub.
On reaching the top of the station approach, turn left and the Crown is further down this road on the right. Keep on the A for just under 11 miles passing Sutton and Cheam and then towards Mitcham. There is a fair sized car park at the ground which is free, otherwise street parking, on side roads off the A The nearest railway station is Mitcham Junction which is just over a mile away from the Imperial Fields ground, or around a 20 minute walk.
However from Mitcham Junction, which is served by trains from London Victoria , you can take a tram to Mitcham. From the Tramlink stop the ground is about a five minute walk away. Just walk up the exit path from the tram stop to the main road, where you turn left. The entrance to Imperial Fields is further along this road on the left. By Tube The nearest tube station is Morden and is around a minute walk away. It is situated on the Northern Line.
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Reasons for visit Another ground to add to my growing collection of National League venues. But there was a lot more to my visit than just ground ticking. I have been very pleased to see this historic club reach level 6 of the football pyramid. Therefore a visit sooner or later was anticipated and with the forecast good I set off for leafy South London suburbia to see the Hamlet in action. After a slow start at this level, I was eager to see how they got on.
I did not pursue the tram option saving that for later but instead found an attractive walking route to the ground that takes a little longer 25 minutes , but is delightful at least in the latter stages. Arriving from London turn left out of Mitcham Junction station and follow the slope up to the main road. Turn left again and follow the road down. Turn right and shortly after crossing the river Wandle turn right again.
Follow the cycle and path to the stadium along the river. This section is surprisingly rural as the path meanders along the banks of the watercourse. First impressions The KNK Stadium is a ground that looms large, is modern and therefore not a world-beater for the style. It does not, however, overpower you. What I liked though was the way in which it settles well into the surroundings and more to the point the friendly supporters and staff who made me feel most comfortable.
It does have proper terraces though and this for me makes all the difference even if I did sit in the very comfortable main stand. This had excellent legroom lack of is my usual complaint and a perfect view of the action. Dulwich are a well-supported club and it was nice to see those terraces thronged with pink and blue. Naturally, they changed ends at half time which of course at this level is a tradition. When finished I made my way to the ground along the pretty route just described.
I noticed some high ground to the side of the stadium and spotting a vantage point for photographs investigated the possibilities. The spot afforded a splendid view out over the pitch and over to the big stand opposite yes a few non-payers do gather there and got chatting to some fans sat up there soaking up the sun. Once inside I met a German couple from Hamburg for whom Dulwich is their second team. Oddly they were carrying an inflatable palm tree and a blow-up pink flamingo.
Well, I suppose pink has to come into it somewhere. My palm tree decorated casual shirt suddenly gained acceptance! The game The chill of autumn was noticeable every time the sun disappeared but when it emerged it was bordering on hot. And that regrettably was the outcome.
Neither dull nor a thriller, the whole affair was settled just as I had resumed my seat after half time. A neat header from Noah Smerdon on 47 minutes decided this one. Dulwich had chances, but the final ball was lacking and too many easy crosses were gobbled up by the confident hands of Matt Yates. So to Gloucester but it could easily have gone the other way. Getting away In order to make the I comfortably made the Overall thoughts Again a thoroughly enjoyable day out even if the game was a little flat at times.
Dulwich are having a bit of bother adjusting to this level one feels. I sincerely hope they will soon climb that table. The dog count was two this time around and plenty of pints balanced on the front rail. Give me National-League South or North any day!
And finally The pink strip does take a bit of getting used to and there is probably a pub quiz question in there somewhere about pink strips.
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