Eurosoccer Nottinghamshire Senior League: Division One
RADFORD RESERVES FC 5 BEESTON OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION FC 0
With heavy snow falling all over the East Midlands area on Thursday and Friday, football on grass looked very unlikely this Saturday, but the inner city club Radford had cleared the snow and the pitch was perfect, Jon he secretary kept in touch with me and away we set off past the snow ridden fields from Mansfield in to Nottingham.
On arrival we was greeted by both Jon and Alan and soon got a cuppa, by 2.20pm I had both teamsheets from todays match official and friend Lewis Quayle, well then another cuppa and then a seat in the stand just near to the half way line.
The match kicked off and either team could have taken the lead in the 1st minute, when from kick off Old Boys beat the home offside trap but the keeper smothered the ball at the strikers feet, from his kick out, Radford were on the break and they had a one on one that the visiting keeper pushed out for a corner.
Beeston Old Boys havent had the best of seasons and were playing with five at the back and defending well, as Radford pressed forward, but the Old boys were playing on the counter.
In the 22nd minute, a shot by RIKKI ROBINSON from outside the area ended up in the net after a deflection which left the visiting goalkeeper heading in the opposite direction to give his side a 1-0 lead. Radford could have added to their tally as a Ramsi Lewis shot went just wide. Meanwhile the home keeper was called in to action a couple of time.
Hazel bought my half time cuppa over and mentioned that the club would not charge us, so I said at the end of the match I would find out how much the drink were and add that total from Alan as a donation to the charity blog.
The Second Half started and I noticed that Old Boys had changed tactics and pushed a player in to midfield and were playing with four at the back, this seemed to give them a bit more possession, but the young homesters were still creating chances and bringing on subs as Beeston didnt have any on the bench to bring on and around the hour mark, the visitors were beginning to slow down and tire.
Beeston managed to hold on till 73 minutes but a mistake at the back saw a defender bring down a home forward in the box and the ref had no choice but to point to the spot, which STEVEN WOODHOUSE duly dispatched to double his side slender lead.
This seemed to inspire Radford to press forward and on 78 minutes, it became 3-0 when BANKI ABUTOH turned in a crowded area and placed it in the back of the net.
On 81 minutes came the goal of the game, when a free kick was given on the left side of the pitch and up stepped Radford's captain AARON LEE to curl it in to the far top corner of the net.
Beeston Old Boys continued to rally themselves and pressed forward but with the clock ticking down in the 90th minute, CHARLES KIMOUCHU wriggled his way in to the area to shoot home to make it 5-0.
After the match, Ed Pillock got me a drink in, I saw Alan and for the 3 drinks @ a £1 each, plus the Radford Reserves players had a whip round of £16 which manager Reuben handed to me and with the goals at 25p each took the running total to £99.50, but good old referee Lewis kindly got 50p out his pocket to reach the first £100 in this years Charity Blog in aid of BUTTERFLY, so can I thank everyone who made a donation today..If you would like to see what the blog and charity is about or would like to make a donation, please click on this LINK
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