BAKEWELL TOWN 1 V 2 BORROWASH VICTORIA CENTRAL MIDLANDS ALLIANCE LEAGUE PREMIER 18th APRIL 2026

 

My 20th game of the season and its a short trip out to the Peak District and just out of the Sheffield postcode area for this game in the lovely little village of Tideswell a couple of miles or so from Stoney Middleton, which by coincidence is the home to a fantastic little chip shop called the Toll Bar, you can't really miss it if you are travelling through Stoney from the Sheffield side.

So i stopped on the way as i had plenty of time and stuffed my face with Cod, chips and Peas whilst sat outside watching the world go by, luckily for me i just beat the rush as once id sat down a bit of a queue formed with a few bikers and couples, one thing about the Toll Bar is just about everything is cooked fresh hence the 10-15 wait which is definitely worth it.

Into Tideswell and the ground is on the right hand side as you approach the main square, turn right where the pub is and its just behind there, the lane is a bit tight with cars parked on one side, there's like a courtyard type events space at the bottom of the lane which can make the lane tight so just be aware of this if you happen to go. i parked in a small car park at just to the side of the grounds, enter the ground and turn left, there's a small building with a snack bar and toilets which are above, you pay at a table and then walk up to the Pitch,Programmes and badges are also for sale as well as cans of beer and hot drinks.

The ground is pretty basic at one time it looked like Sheffield Wednesday used it for their Academy or Reserves, the only covered area on the far side of the pitch displays TUFC which is or was Tideswell United FC, I'm not to sure if the team still exists. going into this game Victoria were sat near the top of the division whilst Bakewell flirted with the bottom half of the table, early pressure from Victoria with a goal on ten minutes that was probably coming from the kick off really as Town struggled to get a foothold in the game, the town keeper was going direct quite a lot rather then playing out from the back, however he had such a kick on him that it was just going straight to the Vics keeper, after half an hour Town got a goal back with a superb little dink over the oncoming keeper to send the teams in at 1-1 at halftime.

2nd half and a bit of gamesmanship came into play with Victoria taking an age to come out and whilst both teams were then ready to kick off there was further delay waiting for the officials to make there way out. Eventually the game restarts with Victoria piling on the pressure the game got a bit scrappy with Town timewasting much to the annoyance of the Vics, works both ways eh? on 75 minutes Victoria were awarded a penalty which was calmed put away to give Victoria a 1-2 lead going into the last ten minutes, town couldn't get back into the game and the 3 points went to Borrowash to keep them around the play off places in the division.

Again another ground i would recommend a visit to, give yourself a bit of time and visit the Toll Bar fish and chip shop and a few hundred yards up the main road take a right turn to the village of Eyam and visit the Eyam Plague museum  and the church as well as the two fantastic cafes in the square. I've also been told that the Eyam Brewery has a taproom open in Tideswell but I'm not 100% certain on that. Enjoy your trip!!