After failing to find the necessary get up and go to visit Matlock for the afternoon game, we made the short journey to the New Manor Ground to see if high flying Eastwood could beat local rivals Ilkeston.
Kev was not too impressed with not making the afternoon game - he ended up decorating!! ooops!!
Good Friday night turned out to be a freezing windy old night - snow fell towards the end of the game - Eastwood fans must be thinking it was a pity there wasn't 6 or 7 foot of the stuff, or at least enough to have the game abandoned, after their side suffered a 4-0 hammering.....
Plenty of cars about outside the ground - a gate of over 500, which is respectable at this level. I like the NMG, it's clean, well looked after and they have stewards by the dozen. The pitch is in really good nick for this time of year.
Not too much to say bout the game - Eatwood were outplayed, out-thought and generally out of ideas, whereas Ilkeston were up for the local derby and scored three 1st half goals thanks mainly to inept defending. A 90th minute penalty rounded off the thumping.
The Ilkeston fans were brilliant -- but somewhat mis-guided... they kept chanting " you can shove your DERBYBADGER up your a**e -- sideways" --- something to do with web-forum postings. If they had ever met DERBYBADGER they would know only too well he will not fit up anyones a**e, sideways or not!
Anyway... Saturday at Ged MW ..snow, wind, rain, sleet permitting....
2 comments:
Woooo below the belt that Mr stealth like sex machine ;-)
Sorry Andy... I had to mention the chanting -- the graphic picture it conjures up .....
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