Aye, It Is

 Are we stalling this somewhat ahead of a trip to one of the remaining away days whose ranking we're somewhat uncertain of on Saturday? Maybe

We're through the real dreck of the away day pantheon, but not yet into the Alec Guinness trips. Several of these would be considered.....fine

19th: Motherwell
We start with one such trip. To give the reader a small peek behind the curtain, the away days were all given a loose RAG (red, amber green) ranking for the 3 parameters discussed at the outset. Somewhat appropriately given their club colours, Fir Park was rated Amber for all 3. Motherwell station and the town centre bars are walkable (Airbles is closer although less well served), although take care to allow a few minutes extra when walking to the ground as the entrance to the proportionately gargantuan away end is situated some way from the main entrance and social club

18th: Falkirk
The stadium itself (well, 3 sides of it) is extremely well-equipped. The sizeable drawback here is its location, technically in Grangemouth and a good 30 minute walk from both Grahamston station (the lesser served of the town's 2 main halts) and the town centre pubs. A doff of the cap here, though, to the Behind The Wall pub which runs a complimentary bus for patrons from their bar (just up from Grahamston station) to the Falkirk Stadium in Grangemouth

17th: Morton
Now as much as this section is dominated by "middle of the road" away days (a perhaps ironic sentiment given how many are suburban new builds), Cappielow absolutely does not fall into this category. The stadium itself is gloriously old-school if very much showing its age- there's minimal leg room in the covered seating area away fans typically occupy, with uncovered benches (no, really) as the overspill for larger supports. The ground scores fairly well for transport, with Cartsdyke the nearest of Greenock's 7 (SEVEN) train stations less than 5 minutes walk away, while the Norseman pub adjacent to the ground is...um...a sight to behold

16th: Elgin City
It's quite the trek to get there, however once you do it's a pleasant enough away day. There's a decent social club at the ground once you've made your way through the town centre bars on the way up from the station, and parking yourself on the grass banking behind the goal is always pleasant during the 3 days of the summer climatic conditions permit- there's a somewhat basic covered terrace down one side for the other 362

15th: Hamilton/Clyde
Something of a creeper up the rankings. It's almost certainly nobody's favourite, however on the aforementioned criteria it actually holds up quite well. Hamilton West station is just a few minutes walk away, there's a handful of perfectly cromulent pubs within easy reach (along with a function room at the stadium that doubles up as a bar/fanzone on matchdays) and while the stadium catering leaves much to be desired, the elevated away end is a pleasant feature that allows for a better view of the game- it's a feature I'd personally like to see more of

14th: Dumbarton
Another box-ticker that's basically fine. The away "end" (i.e. the blocks at one side of the stand allocated) is decent enough, the stadium itself is walkable from both of Dumbarton's train stations (East is the closer of the 2) and the Stag's Head bar across the road from Dumbarton East is nothing fancy but has everything you need from a decent away day watering hole

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