Sunday 29 December 2013

Cheltenham Town 1 v Mansfield Town 2 - Sky Bet League 2

Sunday 29th December 2013,
at 'The Abbey Business Stadium', Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
Sky Bet League 2 (Division 4)
Cheltenham Town (0) 1
Sido Jombati 86
Mansfield Town (2) 2
Anthony Howell 21
Matt Rhead 45+2
Admission £21, Programme £3
Upsetting the form book - Priceless
Attendance 2,928 (inc. 166 in away end)
Cheltenham Town:
S.Brown; Jombati, T.Brown, Goldson, Braham-Barrett (Roofe 58); Noble, Taylor (Deering 75), Richards, McGlashan; Harrison (Gornell 58), Cureton.
Unused subs - Roberts, Penn, Ajala, Vincent.
Mansfield Town:
Marriott, Sutton, Riley, Tafazolli, Westlake, McGuire (C) (Daniel 45), Clements, Jennings, Howell, Palmer (Meikle 80), Rhead.
Unused Subs - Deakin, Dempster, Beevers, Stevenson, Dyer.
Details to follow



Saturday 28 December 2013

Newark Town 2 v Harworth Colliery 3 - CMFL North

Saturday 28th December 2013, at Station Road, Collingham
CMFL North
Newark Town (1) 2
Alex Hales 42 (pen), James Munson 84
Harworth Colliery (0) 3
Martyn Gee 70, Gaz Sides (via Billy Hurst) 83, Sam West 87
Admission £3,  Programme £1
Attendance 71
Newark Town:
Chris Riley, George Pearce, Billy Hurst, Alex Hales, Luke Parsons (C), Tom Mallinson, Sam Bagworth, Sam Wilford, James Munson, Chris Dobbie, Dom Swingler
Subs - Sam Gregory, Reece Self, Calum Fraser
Harworth Colliery:
Mark Latham,  Jordan Hardman, Jonny Bownes, Greg Fox, Martyn Gee (C), Lee Edmondson, Lewis Hilton, Ollie Chappell, Dean Bonser, Tom Walker, Sam West
Subs - Makenzie Tomlinson, Arron Blakey, Gareth Sides
Compounding the not inconsiderable loss of club captain James Woodward, who will sadly be out of action for several months now due to illness, Harworth also had to travel to in form Newark Town (who have won their last three CMFL North games), without their influential midfield playmaker Greg Archer today.
Archer's absence meant more running and fetching for the 'human battering ram' and 'fans favourite' Tom Walker, who was visibly struggling with respiratory problems at times throughout the afternoon, due to him playing despite having a heavy cold and chest infection.
Tom Pick and Chris Belshaw, who could have linked up with Sam West and Ollie Chappell in attack, are also out of action at the moment. But the make do and mend, patched up nature of the squad, had a galvanising effect on the team spirit in the Harworth camp and their resilience and character saw them across the finishing line in this physically demanding contest, that neither side wanted to loosen their grip on right until the final whistle.
On 6 minutes, Sam Wilford took advantage of some sloppy Harworth passing in the final third and pushed forward, but Mark Latham was equal to his shot.
Dom Swingler had the next chance to open the scoring but his shot went wide, saving Harworth club secretary's blushes. I sponsor Swingler's kit this season.
Last season Newark beat the Colliery 1-0 in the CMFL League Cup, with Ian Hillier scoring the only goal in the first minute. I was his kit sponsor then too, d'oh!
Walker knocked a measured free kick into the path of Jonny Bownes, who scuffed his shot from close range. Bownes was flawless for the remainder of the afternoon and fully deserved his man of the match award from our 'anon. face in the crowd' match ratings 'volunteer' for the afternoon.
Lewis Hilton played the ball forward to Ollie Chappell. who's cheeky back-heeled pass into the path of Sam West, saw the Harworth striker force a fine save out of Chris Riley.
Riley thwarted West again a few minutes later when he tried placing a header past him from a Bownes cross.
Bownes was unlucky not to score himself, as he cut inside from the left flank and tried his luck from the edge of the Newark box.
Latham, playing with the sun in his eyes after Newark had opted to play with their backs to the glare from the toss, dealt well with several punts into the box from long range Alex Hales free kicks as the game ebbed one way and then the other.
On 34 minutes, Alex Hales clipped the heel of Tom Walker's boot as he homed in on goal, but the referee, David Holbrook, booked Walker for 'assimilation'.
I was level with the incident and would honestly say if it was a dive, especially against my good pals at Newark Town, but it most definitely wasn't. Why would he go down in a one on one with Chris Riley when he was well placed to shoot.
These things balance themselves out, but that one was especially harsh considering that it will cost someone a £10 fine. 
It is a real shame that the linesman was running the far touchline, otherwise justice would have been done.
You could clearly hear the sound of Hales' boot clattering against Walkers ... but moaning about isn't going to change things now, so I'll shurrup!
James Munson caused pandemonium in Harworth box, but with Latham struggling to get to the ball, Jordan Hardman stepped in and cleared the ball.
Within a minute, Munson was back, but Latham went down bravely at his feet to thwart the danger.
It had been an intriguing first half contest and with the interval fast approaching there was still nothing separating the teams. 
But when Chris Dobbie went to ground as he cut inside the Harworth box, it was clearly a penalty and this time Mr Holbrook called it correctly. 
Hales stepped forward and made no mistake with a well taken spot kick.
HT - Newark Town 1 v Harworth Colliery 0
Latham had to keep Munson at bay again right at the start of the second half, but then Harworth got their second wind and went in pursuit of an equaliser.
Chappell knocked a great ball through to West, who pulled the ball back for Walker, but the Harworth number 10's thumping shot was tipped over by Riley.
Just before the hour mark, Arron Blakey entered the fray in place of Lewis Hilton.
The swap almost paid immediate dividends when Blakey combined with Walker, but he scuffed his shot from the return ball.
Blakey has vowed not to trim his ginger beard until he next scores on a Saturday.
Hmmm ... that pledge could get interesting mate ;-)
Seriously though; it is good to see Blakey back in action and raring to go, his arrival at Harworth this season, along with other newcomers like Ollie Chappell and Sam West, has given the team a big lift and no small amount of impetus, fresh ideas and options.
And it speaks volumes for the improving reputation of the club that players of their calibre are interested in playing for the Colliery.
Walker took a short corner to Martyn Gee, who was now venturing forward to help out at set pieces (Newark take note), but the 'Peaceful Warriors' (I will have to ask why they're called that one day) scrambled Gee's low cross away to safety.
Newark countered and Tom Mallinson broke forward, but he wasn't expecting a the Franz Beckenbauer like interception from the calmed and assured libero like presence of Greg Fox, who calmly swept the ball away from the Newark number 6 and instinctively started the ball rolling for yet another plunder raid towards Newark's goal.
Lee Edmondson was flattened as he ventured towards the Newark goal down the left flank.
Realising that his team mates were in need of his delicate but assured touch, Fox took on the responsibility for the free kick and stroked an inch perfect cross to the far post, for Gee to nod past Riley to put Harworth on level terms.
Greg Fox ... what a guy!
Tom Walker went off for a well earned rest having put in a lung busting shift of non stop running for 70 minutes and Gaz Sides came on in his place ... and was he was straight into the Newark defence like a man who had a point to prove, thereby offering a massive selection headache for the Harworth management for their next game. 
The hardest part of any manager's job is deciding who to leave out when the whole side are doing well, but it must be a great position for Brendan Wilson to be in now that the Colliery have put such a quality squad together.
Chappell played the ball into the Newark box, where Blakey unselfishly laid it off to West, who in turn played it wide to Sides who was motoring in from the right wing. Sides couldn't quite get enough purchase behind his angled shot, but the alarm bells were sounding for Newark now. The fresh legs and running of Harworth's second half substitutes were making the difference now.
Blakey used his size and strength to make himself enough space to play West through into the Newark six yard box. 
West went for goal and put the ball just wide of the left hand post, with Sides stood in space and calling out for the ball, further across the goal line. 
Sides was better placed than West but from where I was stood, it looked as if Newark had the angles covered to prevent the pass.
Gaz Sides having already tried out his range a few minutes area, whipped the ball across the face of the goal from the right hand side dead ball line on 83 minutes and it ended up in the back of the Newark net off via Billy Hurst.
A three man jury was hastily assembled:
1. 'Hursty won't want to claim that! And it was an intentional shot from Sides'.
2. 'Definite own goal'.
3. 'Blakey would've scored anyway if Hurst hadn't got in the way'.
Vertdict: Goal to Harworth, discuss it among yourselves.
Alas, the goal had acted as a wake up call for the home side and within a minute James Munson had made it 2-2 after he turned home a cross from Dom Swingler, to add yet another twist to this no quarter given saga.
Both sides had contributed to an enthralling gamen that was a great advert for the CMFL North.
Newark Town stalwart Richard Lane and their matchday secretary 'Comedy Dave' (AKA David Hurstfield), had both told me over the course of the afternoon that Newark don't draw games. 
Prophetic words indeed from my two good friends. 
The pair of you obviously know your stuff.
And you can thank Arron Blakey and Sam West for proving you both right.
Inside the last three minutes Arron Blakey tried to force home the winning goal but Chris Riley pulled off a great instinctive save ... Sam West pounced, latched onto the loose ball and flicked it over Riley where it crossed the goal line via the underside of the crossbar. 
A cheeky and timely finish from Westy.
Newark were broken now as Harworth shut up shop for the last couple of minutes.
For any neutral onlooker, this must have been one of those games where it would have been cruel for either side to have lost, given the unrelenting effort that both teams had put in. 
But I'm not even going to pretend to be impartial. 
In my opinion, Harworth bounced back from the defeat at Westella and got their just desserts this afternoon, with a gutsy performance, where they all stood up to be counted and showed a lot of character and will to win.
Well played, in fact very well played Newark Town, who had several AWOL players themselves today, but I reckon Harworth deserved the win ... though I will concede that I would've taken the draw after 85 minutes.
FT - Newark Town 2 v Harworth Colliery 3
THE66POW Man of the match - Jonno Bownes.
The ratings and stinker 'award' were 'nowt to do with me today, so thanks to the anonymous sole who took on that responsibility. 

Saturday 21 December 2013

Westella Hanson 4 v Harworth Colliery 1 - CMFL North

Saturday 21st December 2013
at Bishop Burton College
Westella Hanson (1) 4
Mike Pecora 41, 85
Bobby Stevenson 65, 77
Harworth Colliery (0) 1
Tom Walker 90+
Admission ?, Programme £1
Attendance 14
Westella Hanson
Curtis Alden, Rob Dodson, Jack Walters, Andy Bagshaw, James Atkinson, Matt Fyvie (C), AlexWood, Dave Gordon, Mike Pecora, Bobby Stevenson, Joe Norton
Subs - Garry Flounders, Mike Hewitt, Chris Plummer, Luke Metcalfe, George Inman
Harworth Colliery
Mark Latham, Jordan Hardman, Jonny Bownes, Greg Fox, Martyn Gee, Gareth Sides, Greg Archer, Ollie Chappell, Dean Bonser, Tom Walker, Sam West
Subs - Makenzie Tomlinson, Lewis Hilton, Lee Edmondson
As of today, Westella are now officially Harworth's bogey team.
The Colliery travelled to Bishop Burton in a justifiably optimistic mood, on the back of 6 wins from their last 7 games.
An impressive run that includes 3 consecutive away victories at Kinsley Boys 3-0, Phoenix 5-0 and Brodsworth Welfare 5-0.
The only game they haven't won during that 7 game spell, was in the Floodlit Cup, where they went down 1-0 at home against today's opposition Westella Hanson.
A Chris Spinks penalty kick decided that one, on a night when Harworth will have thought they ought to have got more out of the game.
Westella also beat Harworth 3-2 earlier in the season, on a wet and windy October afternoon.
By way of a massive coincidence, a sentence from the match report to that game read thus: "If truth be told Harworth had given themselves too big a hill to climb during a couple of slapstick second half minutes when they gifted Westella a two goal advantage" ... hmm, enough said!
Interestingly enough, Bobby Stevenson hasn't scored for Westella since that CMFL North league game at the Rec either, he must save his best performances for when he comes up against Harworth.
This afternoon's head to head was a tight, nip and tuck game from the off, condensed mainly into the overcrowded middle of the park.
That suited Westella more than Harworth on this narrow Bishop Burton pitch, because the home side are very good at absorbing pressure and closing the opposition down and then hitting them on the break.
The Colliery won't come up against a better drilled and more well organised side all season.
Their manager, Leon Sewell, is rigidly methodical in his thorough approach to tactics and Westella have  a good number of players among their ranks, who will clinically take advantage of any slip, or scrap of an half chance presented to them in the final third ... as they showed today, even in the absence of their top scorer Chris Spinks.
I think that because of the way they grind teams down and then pounce after soaking up a wave of attempts to break them down, a lot of people fall into the trap of believing that 'Stella quite often win games against the run of play, or that they have got the rub of the green and luck on their side and to that end they probably don't get the credit they deserve.
Standing back and looking at the bigger picture, this is a team winning games week in and week out on their own terms, who could easily compete at a higher level than the CMFL by applying those same tried and tested methods.
They're probably not going to be too concerned about the lack of plaudits they get for being "consistently efficient" and for winning games whilst looking like "nowt special" to the untrained eye, as they celebrate Christmas sitting on their lofty perch at the top of the table.
AFC Mansfield, 3 points behind Westella, are still favourites for the title because of their two games in hand.
But the title challengers from East Yorkshire are bereft of the burden of expectation that is steeped on the shoulders of my pals from Forest Town and can relax and enjoy themselves that little bit more as a consequence.
It's going to be a very close run thing.
In the 19th minute, Harworth had the first real chance of the game, when Curtis Alden held onto a strike from Sam West.
Shortly afterwards West made himself busy again, laying the ball off to Gaz Sides, who in turn teed up the ball for male model (see below) Greg Fox, whose shot from the edge of the box was charged down.
Sides was the creator once more on 25 minutes, knocking the ball out of the Westella area to West, who caught Alden and his defence out with an audacious attempt from out on the left wing that crashed off the crossbar.
"Phwoar!!"
Ollie Chappell won the ball in a central position and laid it off to Tom Walker, who charged off down the right wing. Realising that his options were limited, Walker cut inside and tried to place the ball in the bottom left hand corner, but Alden got down well to tip the ball round the post.
With just over half an hour on the clock, Chappell was unlucky to see his 18 yard pile-driver deflected wide of the goal.
It had been a good opening 30 minutes for the Colliery, but as they piled forward looking to make good their territorial advantage, you could sense that things were going to script for Westella and having withstood a spell of one way traffic, they began to get forward themselves.
Alex Wood broke away at pace and found himself through on goal in a one against one stand off with Mark Latham. The Harworth keeper did very well to get to the ball and deal with the situation.
Within a minute, Wood had ghosted into Colliery territory unchecked again, but this time he put the ball wide of the target. Westella were buoyed up now and pushing forward and the small but very loyal Harworth contingent who had travelled over for the game, started checking their watches, hoping a half time respite and regrouping could turn the tide, while they lamented about the chances that had gone begging earlier in the half while the visitors were in the ascendancy.
Andy Bagshaw saw his goal bound effort turned away for a corner as the home side tried to break the deadlock before the half time. 
Joe Norton put the ball wide from Stevenson's corner and it looked as though the teams would be going in level at the break. 
But Mile Pecora had other ideas. 
And when the ball sat up kindly for him 20 yards out, he let fly with a low shot at the Colliery goal that was moving and swerving about all over the place. It was a nightmare for Latham to deal with and though he instinctively spread himself, the ball cruelly dipped under him at the critical last moment. Bugger!
For the record, Pecora's strike was only the second goal that Latham has conceded from open play since the 4-1 win against Brodsworth on November 6th.
Right on half time, Jonny Bownes ran unchallenged towards the Westella box and let fly from 20 yards out, but his shot went straight to Alden, who gratefully gathered it, to keep his sides interval advantage intact
HT - Westella Hanson 1 v Harworth Colliery 0
The next goal would be crucial now and Harworth had to prevent the home side from getting it, or they could be in serious trouble.
Five minutes into the second half Tom Walker muscled his way into the 'Stella area and was stopped unceremoniously in his tracks by Rob Dodson. 
An opportunity to level things up from the spot was just what Harworth needed at the time, but the referee Duncan Robertson waved away the penalty appeals. 
Though I'm obviously *ever so slightly* biased, as it transpired, with hindsight, Harworth's comeback hinged on that decision ... and in my humble opinion, Westella got *ever so slightly* lucky with that one.
But there's no good crying over spilt milk I guess and the home side, completely unmoved by the incident, mounted a quick end to end attack that saw Stevenson clean through on goal. But Latham, for the second time this afternoon was alert to the danger and kept Harworth in the game by dealing with another one on one duel.
Sam West got away from his marker down the right and dropped a cross into the path of Tom Walkers run. Walker should've just hit the ball first time, but he took a couple of touches instead, which gave the defence a chance to block his route to goal and he ended up trying to bend the ball round them. It wasn't exactly Tom's best finish this season! 
At 1-0, the game was still within Harworth's reach, but they couldn't afford to miss chances like the one Walker had just skied high and wide.
On 65 minutes a slip by Dean Bonser put Stevenson into a scoring position through the right channel, his shot across the face of goal beat Latham who had advanced to narrow the angle and Greg Fox put the ball over the line and into the back of the net via his outstretched leg, whilst vaingloriously attempting to clear the ball..
There are two schools of thought on this one: 
1) Fox own goal
2) Stevenson's goal, because it was just about going to sneak in by the upright anyway. 
I asked three separate witnesses for their opinion about who the goal should be awarded to and Stevenson won the ballot by two votes to one. 
So you have the 'independent' voters, Leon Sewell (Westella manager) and an impartial Westella supporter (AKA Bobby Stevenson's dad) to thank for sparing your blushes Foxy ;-)
To his credit, Dean Bonser held up his hands and conceded that he deserved to be awarded stinker of the match for his momentary lapse that led to the goal ... so fair play to him for taking that 'honour' on the chin. As it happens, there were at least three other candidates who got narrowly got away with 'winning' that unwanted accolade today.
In the midfield, where today's game was won and lost, Greg Archer stood out for Harworth against a compact and crowded Westella formation, but there was only so much he could do against such odds. 
And when they did their homework on the Colliery, the home sides management had obviously pinpointed Archer as a creative driving force and danger man, who they would have to keep on top of today ... which they did quite literally at times.
Club captain James Woodward is out of action for several months due to illness. Everybody at the club wishes him well at this difficult time and will be rallying around him, just as he would be them. 
He's a top lad Woody, who deserves the respect he's earned from everybody at the club. 
Get well soon Skip.
In Woodward's absence, the experienced Martyn Gee has taken over the armband and he seems to be relishing the responsibility admirably and his calm and assured approach instills confidence in those around him..
Westella could now sense that Harworth had been knocked out of their stride by the untimely second goal and they moved in for the kill.
Lewis Hilton threw the away side a temporary lifeline, when he cleared Wood's header off the line with Latham beaten. Play switched quickly from end to end and within moments West was through on goal with just Alden to beat from close range, having left the defence for dead with his pace. 
You'd back Westy to score from there nine times out of ten, but on the increasingly boggy surface, all he could do was knock the ball straight into the keepers arms. Hardly a 'stinker' moment, but along with the penalty appeal, Walkers miss and Bonsers slip, that was a pivotal incident that indicated that things just weren't going Harworth's way this afternoon.
Westella have a penchant for punishing individual errors in the last third and when Jordan Hardman stumbled and made a mess of getting the ball away in the right back berth, as quick as a flash, the home side had the ball across the face of the goal where Stevenson put it away from close range, all by himself, without any help whatsoever from Greg Fox.
THREE NIL DOWN AT WESTELLA NOW :-( , read the tweet that didn't upload onto the @HCIFC Twitter feed, due to a distinct lack of any 3G signal on this remote corner of the college campus.
After a promising spell during the first half from Harworth, Westella were making them look very average now.
I suppose that, if you're going to suffer due to individual mistakes being punished, then you might as well get them all over and done with at the same time.
But at least they still kept attempting to shore things up, via a concerted damage limitation rearguard action, as the game headed towards full time.
However, upon realising that his path to the Colliery goal was crowded out by a packed and belatedly rigid defence, Mike Pecora opted instead to hit a sublime strike over them all from 25 yards out ... a quality goal that was worthy of clinching any game.
Though, in truth, this one was already a lost cause for Harworth by now anyway, given that they had unwittingly entered into the Christmas spirit a few days early, by gifting their opponents a couple of goals, during a disjointed 12 minute second half spell.
It looked as though things had gone from bad to worse inside the final minute, when Alex Wood 'fell over' an outstretched leg as he homed in on Latham's goal. But thankfully, just like the penalty appeal at the other end on 50 minutes, Mr Robertson didn't have a clear view of that one either. Pardon my closing ranks siege mentality at this juncture, but I'm not going to grass the culprit up. It was a definite penalty though.
I was informed by an enthusiastic 'Stella supporter that this incident had balanced the one out at the other end.
I beg to differ, because if Harworth had scored from the first one, it would've been game on again at one goal apiece; while another Westella goal in the last minute, would have been immaterial when the score was already 4-0 anyway.
But I won't dwell on that, because it would be churlish to do so.
Deep into injury time, Tom Walker prodded the ball past Curtis Alden inside a crowded goalmouth to claim a consolation goal ... and then the full time whistle sounded and we could all get out of the biting cold and away from the scene of Harworth's biggest defeat of the season.
Even though I was disappointed with the outcome of the game and Harworth's second half performance in particular, I don't want to be too critical, because it's been a good season so far and this same team have played some great stuff to date, especially away from home over the last month or so.
On the day, the Colliery were well beaten, even if truth be told they had contributed to their own downfall at both ends of the pitch at times, but they don't need me to tell them that and I'm sure the players will make amends next time out.
This was genuinely just a case of you can't win 'em all.
Bouncebackability is now the key word. Bring on the next game ... it can't come quickly enough and I'm damn sure that this set of players will be chomping at the bit to show that they are a much better side than today's result suggests.
FT - Westella Hanson 4 v Harworth Colliery 1
Grateful thanks are due to Lee Hellewell, very much an unsung hero of the management and coaching staff at Harworth Colliery, for getting us all back home safely and in one piece, so swiftly.
Harworth's next first team game is away at Askern on Boxing Day, kick off is at 1pm.
The 'Sat Nav' details for Askern's ground are DN6 0AJ.
Treat yourself, you deserve it!
Two days later, they're on their travels again to Station Road, Collingham, where they face Newark Town. The kick off for that one is 3pm.
The Reserves are also in action on the 28th, when they face Belper United at home, in a game that kicks off at 2pm.
I'll stick my neck out and predict that despite this afternoon's mediocre showing and 4-1 defeat (and with all due respect to the opposition), the Colliery will pick up four points (possibly more) from those two games. But never mind my optimism and the confidence of the supporters that today was just a one off, the players to a man will know that they owe themselves a couple of better performances than todays lacklustre showing.
It doesn't pay to underestimate any team that you are coming up against, but I'm honestly not doing that ... I'm merely affirming my genuine belief that on the evidence of what I've seen so far this season, I know this side are still a force to be reckoned with.
There is still a long way to go, don't write us off just yet.

Thursday 19 December 2013

Retford United 6 v Radford 0 - NMU19L LC1

Thursday 19th December 2013
at Cannon Park/Jones & Co. Solicitors Stadium
North Midland U19 League
League Cup First Round
Retford United U19 (4) 6
Radford's captain 1 OG
Josh Sharpe 8
Connell Tunnard 19
Jack Booth 45
Josh Sharpe 53
Luke Tong 86
Radford U19 (0) 0
Admission £2, Programme £1
Weather ... not fit for polar bears!

Tuesday 17 December 2013

Mansfield Town 1 v Oldham Athletic 4 - FA Cup 2nd Round Replay

Tuesday 17th December 2013
at Field Mill (AKA One Call Stadium)
FA Cup 2nd Round Replay
Mansfield Town (1) 1
Ross Dyer 14
Oldham Athletic (0) 4
Danny Philliskirk 57
Jonson Clarke-Harris 62
Matteo Lanzoni 75
Adam Rooney 81 (pen)
Admission £20, Programme £2 
Attendance 2836
Mansfield Town:
Marriott, Westlake, Riley, Dempster, Daniel, Clucas,
McGuire, Murray (Palmer 67), Meikle (Rhead 67),
Hutchinson (Clements 18), Dyer
Unused Subs - Briscoe, Howell, Beevers, Deakin
Oldham Athletic:
Oxley, Kusanga (Lanzoni 46), Tarkowski, Grounds, Mellor, Petrasso, Wesolowski (Winchester 24), Smith (Rodgers 82), Philliskirk, Clarke-Harris, Rooney
Unused Subs - Brown, Miller, Plummer, Rachubka



Saturday 14 December 2013

Leicester City 1 v Burnley 1 - Sky Bet Championship & Anstey Nomads 0 v Holbrook Sports 3 - EMCL

An enjoyable day out, encompassing an interesting contrast between the haves and have nots of Leicestershire football.
Details and pictures to follow.
Saturday 14th December 2013 - 12.15pm
at the King Power Stadium, Leicester
Sky Bet Championship
Leicester City (1) 1
David Nugent 14 (pen)
Burnley (0) 1
Danny Ings 47
Admission £15, Programme £3
Attendance 23,143
Leicester City:
Schmeichel, De Laet (Wasilewski 70'), Konchesky, Morgan (c), Drinkwater, James, Vardy (Schlupp 83'), Dyer, Moore, Knockaert, Nugent (Taylor-Fletcher - 69').
Unused Subs - Hammond, King, Miquel, Logan.
Burnley:
Heaton, Trippier, Mee, Marney, Duff, Shackell, Arfield, Jones, Vokes, Ings, Kightly (Treacy 72')
Unused Subs - Lafferty, Stanislas, Cisak, Edgar, Stock, Long.




Saturday 14th December 2013 - 3pm
at Davidsons Homes Park, Cropston Road, Anstey
East Midlands Counties League - Premier Division
Anstey Nomads (0) 0
Holbrook Sports (1) 3
Josh Wright 29, Jordan Smith 46, Nigel Haslam  66
Admission £2, Programme £1
Attendance 54

Anstey Nomads keeper - Jamie Witham - left side profile

Anstey Nomads keeper - Jamie Witham - right side profile


Anstey Nomads FC.
Where else can you read a club history and
have a piss at the same time?