Close to home for this one as Stocksbridge Park Steels host a 'Pay What You Want' game for the visit of Romulus in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One South on Saturday 9 April, kick-off 3pm.
I like Bracken Moor, perched high atop the valley in Stocksbridge, a town located a short distance from Sheffield and easily accessible from there via the Supertram and its associated bus link. The ground offers a number of different vantage points, a cosy main stand and superb views to the hills beyond.
The club themselves were formed in 1986 from a merger of the Stocksbridge Works team which originated from the town's steel plant and Oxley Park Sports and they have worked their way up from the Northern Counties East League, reaching the top division of the Northern Premier League until relegation in 2013/14.
Of course, I am contractually obliged to mention Jamie Vardy in any article about Steels, where the England man can be seen on the team photographs in the club house, boardroom and tea bar (also the place where Tony Mowbray brought a half-time cuppa for John Rudge on the day I watched Coventry City's Under-21's take on Sheffield United back in November).
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