THE MAN IN THE HAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING US AROUND ALL SEASON....who is he? Answers on a Post card please!!!
Kimberley Town v Newark Flowserve CML Premier Division
Our last game of season 2007-2008 also turned out to be the final game of the CML season - in the other game scheduled for a 1pm kick off, Sutton's opponents Stanton were unable for field a team so Sutton were handed the three points by default!
It was mentioned in conversation on Weds that the Stanton lads had a wedding to go to, so no surprise they failed to get a team together.
One or two hoppers were not at all pleased, but at least when they diverted to the Stag ground, they got there to discover the kick off had been delayed until 12:30pm as Flowserve arrived a little late...
We arrived at 11:45am - and there were quite a few people already inside the ground. Not a lot of local football available at this stage of the season!
Noticable that the "big lad" keeper was not on the team sheet, but his replacement was soon picking the ball out of the net - Callum Martin heading home in the 6th minute. Kimberley kept up the pressure, but we had to wait until the half-hour mark for their second goal - Abdul Ahmed taking his time before firing home from 10 yards.
Four minutes later it was 3-0, Kieren Cooper surprising everyone by hitting a 20 yard left foot curler past the visiting keeper - apparently he rarely scores, and when he does they are usually right-foot tap ins!!
H-T 3-0
Kimberley seemed to lose the plot in the second half, and invited Flowserve forward - and there were a few nerves when Joe Sharpe reduced the Newark deficit. However, any nerves were settled when a free-kick was prodded home by Emanuel Brianto to restore the home teams three goal advantage. F-T 4-1
Players, officals and spectators all observed a 2 minutes silence in memory of CML Referee Secretary Andrew Bandelow who sadly passed away on Friday.
Admission £2
Programme £1 ( thanks Danny!)
Attendance -- first half head count 60 -- second half head count 80 ( a few late arrivals from the Sutton game? )....
Convinced Kev to do a walk aorund the perimeter of the pitch while we were waiting for the kick-off.....this turned out to be one of my less-inspired ideas -- we both ended up with very sodden feet -- the grass was a little bit wet behind the top goal!!
Thoroughly enjoyed the visit to the Stag again...this will be on the list for a visit or two next season.
THE END
1 comment:
Glad you enjoyed the game Malc.
Its amazing what difference a few players can make!! However there is a mistake in your report.
When Kirean Cooper scores they are of his right shin from half a yard!!! haha
See you next season guys. Enjoy your summer
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