Half-time heaven

Twixes and tasteless tea

Stoke: Peter Davies said: ‘The meat and potato pies were fantastic - best of the season, if not the millenium. They were a steal at £1.60 a throw and I really wish I’d had more than just the one. I actually got a good feeling about the pies as I was queuing up: the bloke in front of me was congratulating the female servers on the consistent high quality of Stoke City pies - pity really they ran out last season. My cup of tea was watery and retailed at the rather strange - and expensive - price of £1.05. Why the odd five pence? I’m still not sure.’

Burnley: Glenna Evans blasted: ‘The tea was an absolute disgrace - no taste or anything. It was just a teabag with milk inside - horrible. 2/10. The steak pie looked like one of last week’s. It was old and there was no gravy at all. 0/10.’ Jon Crewe said: ‘My meat and potato pie was OK. It could have been a bit bigger, so not really great value. 7/10. My cup of coffee cost £1 - a fairly sound investment - 9/10 I’d say.’ Lisa Jones explained: ‘My hot dog was dead nice: warm and it also came in its own little cute box. It was £1.80 so not very good value.’ James Morris stated: ‘My hot dog was a text-book creation. It wasn’t as hot as it could have been, but it was a cracking sausage. With it I got a couple of sachets of brown sauce - a nice little extra. I also had a Kingsize Twix. It was a bit much after the hot dog but it was great value at 60p.’ Paul Lindsay added: ‘My cup of hot chocolate was £1 and nice and chocolatey. 9/10.’

Kettering: Daniel Jennings writes: ‘The burgers sold for £1.30, the cheeseburgers for £1.40. Very tasty and very cheap - 9/10. The chips were 80p - horrible on their own but not too bad with a bit of ketchup. Cheap again - 5/10. The tea was 50p: cheap and much appreciated on a cold night - 10/10. There was also a very interesting special offer: burger, chips and tea for £2.40. Nice and cheap - 8/10.’ Dean Domerecki adds: ‘Catering provided by the “Poppy Corporation”: burger and chips £2.10, coffee 50p. Ordinary fare, but more than satisfactory on a cold night. The coffee was closer to reality than usual too - Nescafe from a huge tin, milk from a carton (note product placement).’