DENNIS Wise made no secret of the fact he didn't rate the Fraser Eagle Stadium.
The Swindon manager, as a former Chelsea player and England international, is used to more lavish surroundings and admitted Accrington's ground "wasn't the most inviting" or "the nicest".
But the Reds don't see it as criticism as that's exactly the kind of reaction they want if it means they can continue their solid home form.
Four wins out of their seven League Two home games and just one loss almost makes the FES the fortress manager John Coleman wants.
However, it shows how far the Reds have come, especially in the last few weeks as they have got used to life back in the League, that he isn't happy with that.
The boss wants wins at home even against such sides as promotion chasing Swindon, one of the ones tipped to go up thanks to their illustrious management committee of Wise and Gus Poyet.
And he couldn't hide his disappointment at the draw despite the Reds moving up into tenth spot - their highest position in over 44 years - and extending their unbeaten run to six games.
"I want wins at home," said Coleman. "It is all about winning and we had an opportunity to win against Swindon and we have passed that up.
"They are a decent side but if we had played how we can, we could and should have won.
"If we are going to have any kind of success here we want to win our home games. They got out of jail."
Wise disagreed and felt his side should have taken three points from "not the nicest place" to visit.
Instead the Robins, relegated last season, dropped to fourth place after chalking up their fourth successive 1-1 draw.
"It is hard at places like this," said the Robins player-boss. "The fans are fine but the pitch is bumpy and the stadium and place is not the nicest or the most inviting.
"Teams will find it difficult to come here as Wycombe did the week before.
"I don't think we were mentally prepared for it in the first half but, once we pushed on, there was only one team going to win.
"But our finishing is not the best at the moment although I liked our scrappy goal - that shows players will get in where it hurts."
There was no spectacular goals on show as Paul Mullin flicked on an Ian Craney free kick which could have been heading over the line - but Andy Todd made sure at the far post on 32 minutes.
"I like my strikers to score but Paul has done well to get his head on the ball and Toddy is good at mopping up at the far post.
"He is like bread with a bit of tomato sauce on," commented Coleman about his two-goal wingman who is impressing more in every game.
However, 6ft 6" Fola Onibuje, after several previous attempts, finally tricked his way past the Reds defence and put in a low cross which Ian Dunbavin could only push out to Lee Peacock who was there for an easy tap in in the second half.
The Reds boss said: "Welchy (Michael Welch) should have done better for the goal and he knows that. Saying that, he had an overall good game. It was a silly goal to concede."
It was always coming in the second half though after limited chances in the first half for both sides.
Stanley had a fair amount of possession in what was a scrappy opening but hitman Gary Roberts and Mullin couldn't conjure up an early test for Czech keeper Peter Brezovan.
The Robins, meanwhile, did cause chaos in the Stanley goal but, thanks to a solid defence, Dunbavin was equally quiet.
Former Great Britain sprinter Onibuje was a threat but, while having obvious pace and height, he couldn't always control the ball and made a mess of the Robins best opportunity on 30 minutes.
He pounced on a poor Leam Richardson header, raced into the area and, with a clean shot on goal, took a bad first touch and ballooned over to the amusement of the home fans behind the goal.
Two minutes later, Todd was celebrating at the other end and that did lift the Reds who, while Swindon continued to press, were unduly troubled.
However, it was a different scenario after the break with Stanley on the defensive. Royce Brownlie headed against the Stanley crossbar with Dunbavin beaten and they did have the ball in the back of the net on 53 minutes, but the visitors were pulled up for an earlier foul.
Then Peackock strutted his stuff with the equaliser and the game could have gone either way
Coleman has always said he would sacrifice one point for three and Wise obviously felt the same as both made positive changes.
Sub striker Christian Roberts was a threat for the Robins and he curled an 18-yard effort just wide in the last ten minutes.
Last week's goal hero Andy Mangan came on but Stanley couldn't repeat the feat of their last two home games and score a last gasp winner.
Coleman joked: "They must have forgot the script. We are supposed to score in the last minute and win the game but we fluffed our lines."
However, he admitted his players felt like they had lost. "I believe that is two points we have thrown away and the players are smarting in there."
The boss was also not happy with referee Gary Sutton who did blow his whistle a lot - although had had a tricky task prior to the game.
The Lincolnshire official had to delay the start of the match for 15 minutes after fourth official Colin Harwood learnt, at 2.30pm, that his father had died. The club had to quickly get a qualified person to stand in - and Kent's Michael O'Keefe, who was just visiting the FES, did just that.
"The delay didn't hamper us but I felt the referee was a bit picky," said Coleman. "I am praying it is not a big name syndrome and that they are going to get the rub of the green ahead of me because I am not a big name.
"Four or five hand ball decisions defied belief and when it should go for us, it doesn't. I am not going to blame the referee too much. We all have off days."
Coleman added: "We have passed an opportunity up to win against Swindon. You can't do that too often at home or else you will struggle."
