The mass of floodlight pylons serve this pitch, the athletics track next door, and beyond that numerous small sided pitches.
The west changing rooms serve this pitch and the outside pitches beyond it, which are this morning staging centre of excellence games between Preston North End and Blackpool at various age groups. Way over towards the arena entrance, the east changing rooms serve pitches 1 and 2, which usually stage matches in this league.
The distinctive colours of those Preston North End and Blackpool players can be glimpsed through the trees.
Reigning champions AFC Lostock Hall are showing signs of running into form after a slow start to the season, but they can expect a real test against a Preston Town team who begin the day in second place in the league table, with five wins from six games played. Weather conditions for the game can only be described as perfect.
Tom Mills gives Preston Town a 16th minute lead, only for Will Yates to equalise with a fine finish four minutes later, but the hosts hold the lead at the interval, an injury forcing the introduction of substitute Lydon Hodgkiss on the half hour mark, and less than sixty seconds later he had run on to David Collum's long ball and fired home a low 20 yard shot.
Skipper John Sanderson brings Lostock Hall level on 53 minutes, before a Lewis Wilkinson shot comes back off the post, but two goals in the space of three minutes have the visitors well in control by the hour mark, Charlie Sanderson left with a tap in from Lewis Wilkinson's knock back, whilst Sean Roddy got the final touch for the fourth goal after a real goalmouth scramble.
Lostock Hall's second half performance suggests they will not give up their league title without a fight, and their dominance continues with the unfortunate Lewis Wilkinson seeing two more shots hit the woodwork, and a Will Yates header blocked on the line by David Collum, before substitute John Stead scores twice in the final quarter of an hour to wrap up a 6-2 win.
