Vauxhall Motors 1 Burton Albion 4

I need to get this post done before I get to the next match (today!) - just shows how organised I have been.

In truth this game was over in 8 minutes. That's all the time it took for burton to establish a two goal lead and they never looked back from there.

Driving into the ground was interesting as it was like arriving at the sports and social clubs I used to play at when I was younger, when lots of firms still had works teams. This is obviously the route that VM have come up through and their ground, neat and tidy as it is, adjoins Vauxhall Motors Sports and Social Club. As such, it feels a little soulless. There is no fan base as such - no 'local' support. Indeed most of the 800 or so crowd came from Burton, a journey of less than an hour and a half.

The game continued pretty predictably. Burton added a third before half time, number 4 early in the second half and then started saving players for their Blue Square Premier prmotion campaign. Apart from one FA Cup defeat they remain, at the time of this match, unbeaten away from home. Vauxhall got the 'consolation' at the end, a goal that their efforts deserved. They are trying to punch above their weight in the Blue Square North, but I have a feeling that that will be as high as they ever achieve given their circumstances.