The sport connexion is a really good sport centre based in Ryton.
The have different areas for different activities.
They have a bar upstairs in the right hand side building which has a few flat screens around so when football is on you get a good view.Prices are quite high though.
Below this is a sports hall which is used for badmington and on most weekday nights is for 5 a side football. The hall is divided into 3 courts so 3 football matchs can take place at one time. The games are really good fun and fast paced. They also have decent referees here as well. Many places like this have poor refs, but not here.
The other building on the left has a bar area at the back of the hall. They also have fully netted football pitches, which are also used for womens netball.
When used as football pitchs they are very narrow and small but you can get about 5-6 games being played at once.
These are not very nice to play in as the goals are really tiny and you can get caught in the side mesh, many times have i seen bleeding fingers which have been caught.
The good thing here is that there is ample parking for loads of cars.
Prices are quite steep but your team is paying for the facility use and the referees too. But divided between 5-7 players it works out to be £5 roughly each per match per week.
You sometimes are given the option for a friendly too , as other teams sometimes dont turn up, but that is occasional. read more
