Eurosoccer Nottinghamshire Senior League Division Three
LANGWITH WHITESTAR FC 2 PEGAGUS FC 1
When looking at fixtures a few weeks ago, this one stood out for several reasons, Hazel and Shawn came back from Preston on Thursday night after a week away, so needed a match close to home where she could drop me off, so she could get home with a pile of washing to catch up on. This match fitted the bill, Langwith Whitestar FC were and still have a Sunday team, but they have joined the Notts Senior League as a Saturday team, whilst Pegagus FC have been with the league in the Development Division with very young players, with their under 16's coming in now they are 17's in to the development division, Pegagus stepped up their other side in to Division Three.
Last Saturday both sides began with wins, but in midweek both suffered defeats, so I really wasnt sure what to expect from either team today.
On arrival, the ground is a recreation ground, with changing room and toilet and the refs room, where I was kindly made a cuppa by the hosts. At the side of the pitch on both sides are a couple of park benches to sit on. I strolled over to the far side of the pitch,as friends Herbie & Sue who are sponsors of this Charity Blog stayed on the changing room side of the ground.
The game kicked off and Whitestar looked strong going forward but it was noticable that the visitors had a very young line up, infact I found out later that 3 of them that played the 90 minutes were only 16 years old. The hosts kept pressing forward but the Pegagus defence stood tall until the 22nd minute, when CODY ELLIOTT forced a loose ball home from close range after a corner on the right hand side.
On 27 minutes, Langwith could have doubled their lead through a penalty but Samuel Dockwray's spot kick was saved by the Pegagus keeper. I was then joined by the Langwith Chairman Kyle Barnes and I asked him if called Whitestar, why do they play in Orange, when they took over the club, it had nothing and a lot of work had to be done off the pitch to make it in to a ground, the players were then asked what colour kit they should have and they chose orange as white is difficult to wash and get clean on those muddy days.
Langwith kept pressing forward and looked the more likely to score as they missed chance after chance, whilst the visitors had the odd breakaway chance.
After 63 minutes, Langwith did infact increase their lead when SAMUEL DOCKWRAY blasted the ball home from the right hand side of the penalty area.
On 70 minutes, Pegasus thought they had scored, when a free kick was floated in from the left wing and up jumped Ben Evans to head home, but the linesmans flag went up and the match referee ruled the goal offside.
Pegasus to their credit kept battling away and on 82 minutes, JOSHUA HALES beat the offside trap and chipped the ball past the keeper.
I must give a mention to late appointed referee ADAM CLEMENTS who I felt had a excellent match and you didnt even notice him as he allowed the play to run smoothly.
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