Eastwood Town v Lincoln Utd UniBond Premier Division
Final visit of the season to Coronation Park - Eastwood looking to secure a play-off place - Lincoln already relegated. We thought this would be a decent game, one team really needing the points and the other team under no pressure after their relegation fate has been sealed. BUT -- as usual this season, the Badgers failed to deliver, well for the first hour anyway....as it happened, it turned out to be a GOOD SATURDAY, with smiles all the way home!
The local results came though - Mansfield beat Shrewsbury 3-1, Florists beat Luton 1-0, Carlisle lost at home to Southend, Doncaster drew at Orient, Dag Red lost at Rotherham, Notts lost at Wrexham -- leaving the Stags just one point behind the Daggers, and two behind Chester and Notts... the final game of the season for Mansfield? Away at the Daggers!! Florist moved three points away from auto promotion after their win - two to play......
Back to Coro Park... decided to stand behind the goal despite bad legs and a bad back...great view of Smith and Howells first half misses - but also a great view of the ball arrowing out of the sky as the Badgers played John Ramshaw's "direct" football. Despite a couple of decent chances for the home team, the half ended goal-less. H-T 0-0
As we changed ends, I confidently predicted that Eastwood would win 3-0 -- honest !!
Marc Smith was taken off on 50, his replacement Matt Rhead a favourite of Kev's (not) -- he is big and clumsy but he does know where the goal is. His introduction allowed Anthony Howells to move to the left wing and after making the opposition right back look rubbish on a couple of occasions, you could see him grow in confidence. The Badgers opened the scoring on 67 minutes, a Shaw's cracking free-kick from 18 yards flying past the visitors' keeper.
Five minutes later Rhead volleyed home Brookes' superb cross from 8 yards to double the lead. Howells bagged the third Eastwood goal. Shaw fired the ball to the back post where Howells was waiting - the striker brought the ball down and fired a controlled shot past the keeper. F-T (as predicted) 3-0.
The result move the Badgers into 4th place and a win at Leek next Saturday will secure a play-off place, it is in their own hands....
Eastwood travel to Curzon Ashton on Monday to take on Skelmersdale Utd in ther Unibond League Cup final ...good luck Badgers!!
Coming up are the CML cup semi-finals... Tuesday -- Blidworth W v Holbrook MW at Heanor Town, with Chelsea v Liverpool on TV.
Final visit of the season to Coronation Park - Eastwood looking to secure a play-off place - Lincoln already relegated. We thought this would be a decent game, one team really needing the points and the other team under no pressure after their relegation fate has been sealed. BUT -- as usual this season, the Badgers failed to deliver, well for the first hour anyway....as it happened, it turned out to be a GOOD SATURDAY, with smiles all the way home!
The local results came though - Mansfield beat Shrewsbury 3-1, Florists beat Luton 1-0, Carlisle lost at home to Southend, Doncaster drew at Orient, Dag Red lost at Rotherham, Notts lost at Wrexham -- leaving the Stags just one point behind the Daggers, and two behind Chester and Notts... the final game of the season for Mansfield? Away at the Daggers!! Florist moved three points away from auto promotion after their win - two to play......
Back to Coro Park... decided to stand behind the goal despite bad legs and a bad back...great view of Smith and Howells first half misses - but also a great view of the ball arrowing out of the sky as the Badgers played John Ramshaw's "direct" football. Despite a couple of decent chances for the home team, the half ended goal-less. H-T 0-0
As we changed ends, I confidently predicted that Eastwood would win 3-0 -- honest !!
Marc Smith was taken off on 50, his replacement Matt Rhead a favourite of Kev's (not) -- he is big and clumsy but he does know where the goal is. His introduction allowed Anthony Howells to move to the left wing and after making the opposition right back look rubbish on a couple of occasions, you could see him grow in confidence. The Badgers opened the scoring on 67 minutes, a Shaw's cracking free-kick from 18 yards flying past the visitors' keeper.
Five minutes later Rhead volleyed home Brookes' superb cross from 8 yards to double the lead. Howells bagged the third Eastwood goal. Shaw fired the ball to the back post where Howells was waiting - the striker brought the ball down and fired a controlled shot past the keeper. F-T (as predicted) 3-0.
The result move the Badgers into 4th place and a win at Leek next Saturday will secure a play-off place, it is in their own hands....
Eastwood travel to Curzon Ashton on Monday to take on Skelmersdale Utd in ther Unibond League Cup final ...good luck Badgers!!
Coming up are the CML cup semi-finals... Tuesday -- Blidworth W v Holbrook MW at Heanor Town, with Chelsea v Liverpool on TV.
Wednesday -- Dunkirk v Gedling MW at Greenwood Meadows, but maybe BARCELONA v MAN UTD on TV may take preference!!
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