CMFL SOUTH DIVISION
CALVERTON MINERS WELFARE FC 1 BILBOROUGH PELICAN FC 4
Admission £3
Programme £1
Attendance: 24 Headcount
I wasnt going out tonight as I was catching up with having been to the hospital yesterday for a meeting with my eplipsy consultant and then the Notts Senior League Groundhop meeting last night, but a text from Blidworth Committee man Scott Ward asking if I would like a lift to this match changed everything. So I escaped having to sit at home and watch the rubbish England Match on the box.
On arrival at the ground, I met Stan who I know from the old Arnold Town days who seems to go and watch Calverton & Gedling MW these days. Whilst on my mobile, in came Malc Storer & Kev Goodman, Then a chat with Ian Dudley and another mentor for the referee and then came along Jevon Swinscoe. Scott & Stan were joined by Mr Clippo Barry Clarke. If it wasnt for us locals, no one would have been there apart from the gateman.
The game kicked off and it was all Pelican on the attack and after just 9 minutes, JOE ASHURST put the visitors in front. Pelican then should have been out of sight, as their own men cleared the ball off the Calverton line twice and poor finishing in front of goal with chances and also good saves by the home keeper kept them at bay when it could easily been 6 or 7. Calverton held on somehow until 33 minutes when COREY KNIGHT tapped in the second goal of the game. At half time, I was thinking how on earth are Calverton going to get back in to this game, as they must have been the poorest side I'd seen for some time.
After a cuppa at half time, Calverton looked a lot stronger and had Pelican on the back foot for some time, but after 52 minute, a ball was kicked out of play and the poor 18 year old Assistant Referee collared it straight on the head, knocking the poor lass back a little and sending her red in embaressment as the crowd laughed. At this stage, the lovely Emma Swift came across with the lines up for Malc and also a groundhopper from Leicester who was at the match..Thankyou Emma.
On 55 minutes, a trip in the visitors penalty area, saw JORDAN WHITEHEAD step up and reduce the arrears. The home side were back in it and playing some nice football and you had the feeling that all the chances that the visitors had missed in the first half may come back to bite them, but that wasnt the case when in the 80th minute, a free kick was given for a trip on the right hand side of the box and from the resulting free kick, it was headed home by TIM CULLINAN. The home keeper wasnt happy and made his voice heard to the referee. Two minutes later, he was even more unhappy when DAVE UDOH slotted Pelican in to a 4-1 lead, as the ball went up to the halfway line to kick the game off again, the keeper decided to come over to 3 spectators to the left of his goal and decided he wanted to swear and have a go at them for nothing, before heading back to his nets.
CALVERTON MINERS WELFARE WEBSITE
BILBOROUGH PELICAN WEBSITE/TWITTER
Information for the Notts Senior League Groundhop can be read about HERE
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