Notts Senior League
Senior Division
NOTTINGHAM UNITED FC 5 SANDHURST FC 4
att: 38
Programme £1
On arrival I was met by the lovely lady Carla who runs the tea bar at Nottingham United. After a while the players began to arrive and I grabbed a quick cuppa and a nice Bacon Cob. Got me programme and Martin handed me my matchday programme.
Before kick off we was waiting around but one of the Assistant Refs didnt show up so Martin ended up rnnning the line. The Sandhurst locals were in fine voice and support for their side.
The game kicked off and it was a very even start for both sides, but after 14 minutes it was the Greens of United that took the lead through RICHARDS.This seemed to urge United forward and they had another couple of chances that went wayward. On 25 minutes, a lovely cross from the left was met by BRADFORD who neatly headed Sandhurst the equaliser. On 34 minutes, it was that man RICHARDS again who undid the Sandhurst defence to tap the homesters in front.
Just before half time, came the talking point and possibly the turning point of the game, when a lob towards the home net was palmed away by the home keeper who was outside the area and stopped a goal scoring opportunity, after the keeper gained himself a yellow card, to add insult to injury to the visitors, he pulled off a top class save from the resulting free kick.
During my half time cuppa, everyone around the ground seemed to come to one conclusion about the incident including the home officials who felt it should have been a red card.
The Second Half began brightly for Nottingham United as they raced in to a 3-1 lead on 48 minutes through BEADMAN. The game was a very pacey game with chances flowing at each end and on 65 minutes, Sandhurst were back in it when ABBOTT reduced the arrears, but the next minute Nottingham United had re-extended their lead to 4-2 through BEADMAN. It was then beginning to get a bit darker as the sun went down and after 74 minutes SILVERTON made it 5-2. On 76 minutes, Sandhurst felt they should have had a goal when the ball was cleared off the line by the United skipper, but it looked over which the skipper admitted after the game, but the ref and assistant waved play on.
Sandhurst threw everyone forward and pulled a goal back through SMITH on 77 minutes, but after 80 minutes Sandhurst got a free kick just outside the box, where CLARKE stepped up and curled it round the wall in to the top corner of the net to give a tense and exciting final ten minutes.
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