NOTTS SENIOR LEAGUE
Senior Division
RUDDINGTON VILLAGE FC 4 NOTTINGHAM UNITED FC 3
This match was on a knife edge until ref Steve Seers blew the whistle for the final time and Ruddington Village had taken the points in a excellent game of football.
On arrival, we spotted Nottingham United's Chairman Mark who had started Movember a month early and had grown a bushy beard, he looked like a werewolf, but took the joke in good faith. A quick hello to their sec Martin and then to the 3 officials for the game, ref Steve Seers and his 2 Assistants Mick Leslie and Georgia Richardson who all had a good game.
Went in to the clubhouse and met Steve Wilson's daughter who was in charge of the Refreshments Bar, as Ann was away in sunny Turkey, whilst we donned our coats in cold Ruddington, though the sun did come out for the second half. A nice cuppa here and a chat with Steve's daughter revealed that she does the programme that is a very good effort and also does the club website.
I'd chosen todays match as one of this seasons Groundhop matches is to be at Elms Park and the hoppers will flood to the dugouts to take photos here as they have the Clubs badge on them.
On to the game and it was the visitors that took the early advantage pushing forward and they certainly had some unusual numbers on their shirts with the number 99 opening the scoring after just 12 minutes.
Village pushed forward and thought they were on level terms after just 15 minutes when a long range shot saw the visiting keeper dive backwards to crawl the ball back in to play with no forward following up.
On 22 minutes after sustained pressure, the homesters were on level terms when LESLIE(the assistant ref's son) fired home from about 20 yards out. This sparked Ruddington forward and on 29 minutes, the left winger hit a rasper of a shot to beat the opposition keeper and put his side in front. Bith sides then had chances but it was still 2-1 at half time.
The first period of the Seccond Half saw Ruddington on the front foot and could well have increased their lead before they did in the 52nd minute. The visitors pressed forward and Richards was unlucky when he saw his 25 yard shot bounce back off the post with the home keeper beaten. It all looked over on the hour when Ruddington Village pushed forward and made it 4-1.
Nottingham United then decided to play their best football of the game and on 63 minutes pulled a goal back to make it 4-2, but the best goal of the game was to come in the 69th minute, which came from a overhead kick from on the edge of the area to set up a exciting last 20 minutes. Both sides had chances to add to their tallys but it wasn't to be. A good game played in the right spirit by 2 friendly clubs.
Photos from todays match can be seen on this link
http://s413.photobucket.com/user/hornby62/library/?sort=2&page=1
Photos from todays match can be seen on this link
http://s413.photobucket.com/user/hornby62/library/?sort=2&page=1
Ruddington Village FC Website/Twitter
Nottingham United FC Website/Twitter
https://twitter.com/NottinghamUtd
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If anyone is interested or wants more information about this seasons NOTTS SENIOR LEAGUE GROUNDHOP, please e-mail me on hornby60uk@yahoo.co.uk there is a coach running for the Saturday matches but only 20 seats left available, so please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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