Complex sentence: For many in the area, to see the Magpies win at Victoria Park was the only relief from melancholy of daily life on the unemployment queue; the football club offered sustenance workers free entry to games during this period.
Split into simpler sentences: For many in the area, to see the Magpies win at Victoria Park was the only relief from melancholy of daily life on the unemployment queue. The football club offered sustenance workers free entry to games during this period.