14-12-2016, 23:12
Theo - Burton centre is either Asian or heavily Polish these days, lots of warehouse and distribution type jobs, Kerry Foods, Toyota only 10 miles up the A38, Nestle, Marstons, Unilever Marmite so plenty to go at and close enough to Fradley Pk in Lichfield which is huge in itself to be bussed in.
The town centre isnt great these days, there's some really nice parts on the north side heading out towards the A50 and west towards Lichfield, but yes the walk from the Station is via the Asian areas near the hospital, so kind of the Saville Town of Dewsbury I guess.
This might explain why a club like Burton who have risen amazingly up thru the leagues, in a town that has been a Derby stronghold forever, struggles to get 3000 'new' home fans when the current population mix is taken into account.
As my old man says, all the original Dewsbury ( and same for Batley) folk go to the Rugby to congregate on a sunday, all 600 of them !
The town centre isnt great these days, there's some really nice parts on the north side heading out towards the A50 and west towards Lichfield, but yes the walk from the Station is via the Asian areas near the hospital, so kind of the Saville Town of Dewsbury I guess.
This might explain why a club like Burton who have risen amazingly up thru the leagues, in a town that has been a Derby stronghold forever, struggles to get 3000 'new' home fans when the current population mix is taken into account.
As my old man says, all the original Dewsbury ( and same for Batley) folk go to the Rugby to congregate on a sunday, all 600 of them !