Victory Park has a capacity of 4,100, with 900 seats in the covered stand behind the dugouts, as pictured above. Opposite this is uncovered standing space, and then behind each goal is covered terracing. The appointment of Garry Flitcroft as manager combined with last season's promotion and a good start to the 2011/12 season has seen bigger attendances of 600-1000 to give matches at Victory Park an atmosphere.
Programmes are £2 full colour and I've read positive things about their content. I got a bottle of pepsi and a cheese and onion pie that came to £2.50 - I think that's £1.60 pie 90p drink. The cheese and onion pie I asked for was different from the norm - not bad but strangely quite sweet and I seemed to be mainly eating bits of potato..? I don't know if it's actually a cheese and potato pie or if there was some onion hidden in there too!
Anyway the food and drink is impressively served by around 7-8 girls on a wide counter so service is very quick - most clubs at this level have 2-3 people serving in a small area. There's also a merchandise shop open as you approach the ground.
As can be seen in the picture above, the ground is right next to housing and hidden behind a series of side streets. These are obviously the popular bits to park at for those arriving in their car but they might not be an option if you get there last minute at a game with a large crowd.
The ground's convenient for those looking to travel on the train, for the walk to the ground you pretty much just exit, turn left on the main road and follow it through 2 roundabouts and at the 3rd roundabout follow the 3rd exit. The station links up with Manchester, Bolton, Preston, Blackpool and others.
One thing to note if planning to get to Chorley from Manchester or Bolton is that the train goes via Horwich Parkway, next to the Reebok Stadium, so if Bolton Wanderers are at home that day expect a packed train there and back between Bolton and Horwich Parkway and for the train to get to where you're going 15-20 minutes later than scheduled.
Thankfully on the way home the police have the gate closed to the Horwich Parkway station and filter through the fans bit by bit when a train arrives, so although the train will be packed it's not a mad crush of thousands getting on at once!
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