CAPTAIN SCOTT's DOUBLE LEADS THE RANGERS TO A WIN

 Eurosoccer Nottinghamshire Senior League: Premier Division

WOODTHORPE PARK RANGERS FC 5 RAVENSHEAD FC 0

The match that should have kicked off at 6.30pm but with a incident that caused gridlock all over the Nottinghamshire area, it took us a hour and a half to do a 25 minute journey to Eagle Valley, all the Woodthorpe players were there and their teamsheet handed in, but out on the pitch, Ravenshead only had 4 players and poor Ross looked towards the gates as he was waiting for players to arrive, eventually they managed to get 13 players, so the game kicked off a little later.

It was infact the visitors who gave the hosts the first scare of the game on 5 minutes, when the ball flashed across the 6 yard area and only needed a touch to find the net.

On 9 minutes, Rangers broke forward and saw a forward upended in the penalty area and referee Scott Pickworth pointed straight to the spot, but there was a 4 minute delay as at the other end of the pitch, the home keeper needed treatment. The penalty was duly dispatched by captain CONNOR SCOTT-PARKIN.

Things soon got worse for the visitors in the 17th minute, when the ball was half cleared to just outside the box, for CONNOR SCOTT-PARKIN to rifle home a low shot.

Rangers kept pressing forward whilst Ravenshead played on the counter attack, but very few chances or goalkeepers tested.

The Second Half kicked off and Woodthorpe pressed forward and in the 49th minute, a long ball from midfield, found the head of CONOR CROFT which drifted over the head of the keeper to male it 3-0.

On 54 minutes, it became 4-0, when Woodthorpe were awarded afree kick 25 yards out to the left hand side of the penalty area, to which KIERAN WHEAT hit the target.

The game looked as if it was going to finish 4-0 as it was more of a midfield battle and the visitors wrre playing a lot better than they had earlier in the match, but in the 84th minute, could do little when DALTON STEPHENS cut in from the right hand side and fired home to make it 5-0.

A excellent performance from all 3 match officials.

With the 5 goals scored, it now takes the charity blog running total up to a amazing amount of £2,520.25p for BUTTERFLY

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NEWCOMERS WHITESTAR BEAT YOUNG PEGASUS

 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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RICHARDSON'S BRACE SECURES POINTS FOR THE REDS

 Eurosoccer Nottinghamshire Senior League Division Three

RAVENSHEAD REDS FC 3 EASTWOOD & KIMBERLEY FC 0

With Hazel away still up in Preston at her daughters,I caught the local bus in to Mansfield and then the pronto bus which drop me near to the Hutt pub, a walk with my stroller that takes 2 minutes in car took me over 30 minutes to reach the ground, as the sun shone down.

The game kicked off with both teams winning their opening matches on Saturday so a close game to watch I thought.

The First Half saw the visitors with much of the forward play and the better of the chances, whilst the Reds battled at the back to see the end of the first half at 0-0.

The Second Half kicked off and the Reds were on the front foot straight away and on 47 minutes LEIGHTON RICHRDSON cut in from the left side and slotted his team in to a 1-0 lead.

Eastwood & Kimberley kept coming forward but were met by stout defending or good saves from the home keeper.

As the game went in to the 2nd minute of injury time, a counter attack break by the homesters saw NICOLAS HINES net to double his teams advantage.

From the restart, the Reds regained the ball and LEIGHTON RICHARDSON made it 3-0. There was still time for them to rattle the post from a shot in the final seconds.

On another day the visitors could well have bagged five or six goals, so will be disappointed but will bounce back, as the result will give Ravenshead Reds a chance to push on.

Many thanks to Match Official Derek Spray for kindly giving me a lift home

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CALVERTON'S DEFENCE GIVE WOLLATON THE POINTS

 Eurosoccer Nottinghamshire Senior League: Division Two

CALVERTON MINERS WELFARE FC 1 WOLLATON FC RESERVES 4

With Hazel away at her daughters with Shawn and our grandson, it looked like I wouldnt be able to get to a match but then Calverton MW manager rang me as he needed to pick up his teamsheet book and offered me a lift to and back home from the match.

Calverton MW have new shirt sponsoring, as boxing world champion Leigh Wood lives in the village and has sponsored their kit.

At 2,30pm a deluge of heavy rain began, but within 15 minutes, the sun came back out.

The match kicked off and both sides had good chances, but on 9 minutes a loose back pass from a Calverton defender saw ROBERT WALLACE whips in and strike the ball past the home keeper to give his side the lead.

Two minutes later and it was 2-0 as a cross from the left wing found the head of ROBERT WALLACE for him to guide the ball home.

Calverton did have chances but couldnt convert any and things got worse for them when on 27 minutes, a corner from the left side found out SAMMY JOE SMITH who nedged the ball home.

Half time came and Calverton used all their subs, but after just 12 seconds of the half, one of them fell down to the ground in much pain and had to be helped off and it looked like he had broken his collarbone, letsall hope that isnt as bad as it looked, this meant that the homesters had to play the rest of the match with 10 players.

Calverton did have the odd chance but Wollaton looked more likely to add to their tally to which they did in the 76th minute, when another misguided back pass, this time saw STEPHEN LAMBERT fired hsteam in to a 4 goal lead.

To Calverton;s credit, they kept trying to play and in the final minute found a way through the Wollaton defence for JACK CRAIG to round the visiting keeper to score a consolation goal.

Must give a mention to match referee JOHN WOODWARD who I felt had a excellent match.

Before and after the match, I would like to thank Referee John Woodward for donating £5, Ruben Clay for donating £10 from Wollaton Reserves FC and to Rob Musson who donated £5 on behalf of Calverton MW FC, which now takes the running total to £2,517.50p for the charity BUTTERFLY.

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EASTGATE'S HAT TRICK ADDS TO UNITED's MISERY DAY

 Eurosoccer Nottinghamshire Senior League: Premier Division

SOUTHWELL CITY RESERVES 6 - 2 KEYWORTH UNITED FC

Southwell City Reserves kicked off their 1st ever campaign in Premier Division of the NSL with a 6-2 victoty over a Keyworth United team that were reduced to nine players as they saw 2 red cards and at times played with 8 players due to a couple of sin bins.

just before kick off, Keyworth keeper Glenn Guyatt donated £20 and Jeff from Southwell City Reserves kindly donated £5 towards the Charity Blog in aid of Butterfly.

The game kicked off and th visitors took a early lead on just 2 minutes when THOMAS SISWICK netted after a good move.

The Zebras were soon back on level terms after 9 minutes when FRASER BRICKNELL converted a penalty after a handball situation.

Keyworth then had the first of their players sent off on 12 minutes, in the 28th minute, they saw rd when they wee reduced to 9 players. Southwell pressed forward but it didnt look like their 2 man advantage was going to count as we were heading towards half time, but a minute in to injury time, the homesters made the breakthrough when HENRY EASTGATE skipped the ball over the forward coming keeper to make to 2-1. With 4 minutes of added time, a neat move by Southwell saw them increase their lead through SAM ROBINSON.

36 seconds in to the second half and it was 4-1 when HENRY EASTGATE scooped the ball in to the far corner of the net.

After 54 minutes, HENRY EASTGATE sscored his hat trick, then on the hour KEYSHAWNN BONSU made it 6-1 with his first touch of the ball.

In the 80th minute, the home keeper made 4 saves in one keyworth attack, but they didnt give up and THOMAS SISWICK pulled a goal back in the 85th minute.

Attendance was 48

This Years Charity is BUTTERFLY which supports men, women and children that have been in abusive relationships, with the donations and goals scored today, it takes the running £2,497.25p

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PRE SEASON FRIENDLIES LIST

 PRE SEASON FRIENDLIES LIST

SATURDAY 29th JULY 2023

AC United 2-1 Beeston FC 

AJ Sports v Carlton Town Lions 

Ashland Rovers v Bilborough Town

Basford United 4-0 North Ferriby United

Carlton Town 3-1 Shepshed Dynamo

Cotgrave Reserves 4-0 Beeston Reserves

Desford v Sporting Markfield

Eastwood & Kimberley 2-2 Gedling Southbank 

FC Sez 3-4 Ellistown 

Greyfriars FC 4-1 Ruddington Village

Ingles FC v Sileby Town

Keyworth United 1-3 South Normanton Athletic

Kilburn FC 0-4 Cotgrave FC

Kirton Brickworks 3-4 SJR Worksop

Linby CW 3-1 Awsworth Villa

Linby CW Reserves 3-3 Kimberley ME Reserves

Loughbough Dynamo 4-0 Chesterfield XI

Melbourne Dynamo 7-0 Hucknall Town Reserves

PMG 3-2 Cotgrave Dev

Rothwell Corinthians v Heather St John

Rushcliffe FC 2-1 Calverton Welfare

Southwell City Reserves v Holbrook St Michaels 1pm

Stapleford Town Reserves v4-3 Gresley Rovers Reserves

SATURDAY 15th JULY 2023

AC United 1-1 Arnold Town Reserves  

Ashby Ivonhoe 4-2 Doncaster Rovers XI

Ashfordby 3-1 Wollaton FC

Clipstone FC 3-1 Newark & Sherwood United

Cotgrave FC 1-0 Holbrook St Michaels

Gedling MW 3-1 Basford United U23's

Gedling Southbank 3-2 Cotgrave Reserves

Eastwood & Kimberley 4-1 Rushcliffe Reserves

Heanor Town 0-2 Belper  Town

Hucknall Town 1-3 Handsworth FC 

Ingles 3-4  Lutterworth Athletic

Kimberley MW 2-2 Loughbough Dynamo

Kirton Brickworks 3-3 Teversal Reserves

Linby CW 2-2 Dunkirk FC

Linby CW Reserves 2-1 Hucknall Town Reserves

Long Eaton United 0-1 Anstey Nomads

Loughborough FC 4-2 Newhall United Reserves 

Quorn FC 1-2 Hinckley AFC

Ollerton Town 3-1 Mansfield Hosiery Mills

Radford FC 2-2 Notts County XI

Retford FC 3-4 Newark Town

Retford United 0-3 Matlock Town 

Rhpssc FC 1-6 Beeston FC 

Ruddington Village 2-2 West Bridgford III

Rushcliffe FC 2-2 Bingham Town

Shepshed Dynamo 0-0 Basford United

Shirebrook Town Dev 1-5 Arnold Town

Skegness Town 6-2 Clifton All Whites 

Stapleford Town 3-0 Teversal

Staveley MW 1-2 Southwell City

TUESDAY 18th JULY 2023

Blidworth Welfare 1-3 AFC Mansfield 

Borrowash Victoria 4-0 Sherwin FC

Dunkirk FC 4-0 Cotgrave FC

Eastwood CFC 1-1 Clifton All Whites

Eastwood & Kimberley 7-1 Notts Olympic 

Gedling MW 2-2 Newark & Sherwood United

Gresley Rovers Reserves 1-8 Uttoxeter Town

Harworth 3-2 Newark Town

Hucknall Town 2-2 Selston FC

Kirby Muxloe 2-5 Shepshed Dynamo

Long Eaton United 1-1 Alfreton Town

Mansfield Hosiery Mills 3-6 FC Sez

Ollerton Town 1-4 Cromford & Wirksworth Town

Retford FC 1-7 Worksop Town

Retford United 0-2 Sheffield FC

Shirebrook Town 2-4 Mansfield Town XI

Southwell City 3-3 Arnold Town

WEDNESDAY 19th JULY 2023

Aslockton & Orston 5-0 Ruddington(Sun)

Basford United 2-1 Barnsley U23

Heanor Town 3-2 Long Eaton United

Linby CW Reserves 0-1 Kilburn FC

Loughborough FC 1-2 Kirby Muxloe Reserves

Radcliffe Olympic 2-6 Southwell City

Radford FC 6-0 Wollaton FC

Retford FC Reserves 6-0 Bakewell Town

SATURDAY 22nd JULY 2023

AC United 4-1 Ravenshead Reds

Aslockton & Orston 2-1 Mansfield Hosiery Mills

Atherstone Town 0-4 Quorn FC 

Clifton All Whites 0-4 Carlton Town 

Colsterworth 6-1 Oakham United Reserves

East Leake Robins v Sileby Town Reserves 

Eastwood CFC 3-2 Retford United

Eastwood & Kimberley v Little Eaton Reserves

Frickley Athletic 0-1 Basford United

Gedling MW 2-0 Hucknall Town

Graham St Prims 1-3 Selston FC

Gresley Rovers Reserves 1-1 Melbourne Dynamo

Heanor Town 2-2 Clay Cross Town

Ingles FC 3-1 Wollaton FC

Kimberley MW 2-3 Grantham Town

Kirby Muxloe 1-5 Hinckley AFC

Loughbough Dynamo 3-1 Biggleswade FC

Loughborough FC 2-4 Sutton Bonnington

Newark Town 0-1 Newark & Sherwood

Nottingham FC v Southwell Reserves

Radcliffe Olympic 2-1 Beeston FC 

Retford FC 1-6 Rossington Main

RHP 4-8 Collingham FC

Rushcliffe FC 3-2 Ruddington Village

Rushcliffe Reserves 2-4 Gedling Southbank 

South Normanton Athletic 7-0 Ashover FC

Worksop Town 5-0 AFC Mansfield

TUESDAY 25th JULY 2023

Basford United 0-1 Spalding United

Borrowash Victoria 1-3 PSC

Hucknall Town 0-2 Carlton Town

Ingles FC 3-2 Holwell Sports

Shepshed Dynamo 1-3 Barwell

SJR of Worksop 2-0 Collingham FC

Stapleford Town 5-4 Nottingham FC

Teversal 5-2 Ravenshead FC

WEDNESDAY 26th JULY 2023

Arnold Town 5-2 Bilborough Town

Arnold Town Reserves 6-1 Calverton MW 

Clipstone FC 2-2 Anstey Nomads

Grantham Town 0-3 Loughborough Dynamo

Kilburn FC 4-6 Bakewell Town

Linby CW 6-2 FC Sez

Stapleford Town Reserves 3-1 Beeston

FRIDAY 28th JULY 2023

Borrowash Victoria 1-3 Graham St Prims

Collingham FC 1-4 Nettleham FC

Keyworth United Reserves 0-1 West Bridgford Colts II

CHARITY BUTTERFLY WIN THE DAY

 

Photo Taken by Nicola Taylor

Aroundthegrounds Charity Blog Charity Day 2023

Hucknall Town FC kindly offered me their pitch and facilities but up till Tuesday the matches would be played on the outside pitch, but a decision was made to play both games on the main pitch. I had a lot of the NSL Rep Team drop out 1 by 1 and so both games had to be played by the same players for the Rep side which they did them and their clubs proud. Each player made a donation to play and Hucknall Town's players had also had a whip round.

I made a choice this year not to manage the teams, so I could take things a bit more easier and I could walk round( well infact stroll round on my stroller and chat away to people and thank them for their support. With last years manager Arnold Town Reserves manager, Id also got other managers in Southwell Citys Reserves Manager Brett Bramwell, Awsworth Villa FC Chairman Kev Buxton and the first time in NSL History a lady Manager in Nicola Taylor.

The First Game kicked off and was quite a good match with Rep Team winning 2-0, I really should of got the champaign out then, but as I walked round the tombola had nearly sold out and folks were still coming through the turnstitles, with league committee member Kirsty and her friend having manned it during the first game and doing a great job before my stepdaughter Sarah took over and Hazel also mucking in.

Just before the end of the 1st mach ended, Jordan the founder of the charity BUTTERFLY came along with 3 of her children and thanked the crowd who was very generous in their applause.

The 5 officials all gave up their time free of charge and also had a go on the raffle, even Sarah tried to charge them £3 to get in!!!

The Second Game kicked off but Hucknall Town's 1st team arent at step 5 for no reason and played some really good football, but the tired legs of the NSL Rep team did themselves credit by not giving up, they may well have lost 9-0 and 9-2 over the 2 matches but there was no losers, as the winners were the charity BUTTERFLY and on the whole event when counted up, we had raised a amazing £1,880.00, without everyone behind the scenes from raffle sponsors, to people who help out on the day, no matter how little or much they do, these things dont run like clockwork, so thankyou to everyone for making the day a success.

Those that have never read my Aroundthegrounds Charity Blog before, I  choose a small charity around January/February and look  for the ones without paid workers, so the raised money goes directly to the users. Each game I attend I put 25p in to the charity bank account and when going to matches folks come up or clubs have a whip round for the blog, come around March, I present the cheque over to the charity, on my blog is a list of donators and a running total, so you will see that the amount raised from the charity match has been added and the running total at present stands at £2,450.25p

I do know a few folks asked my wife if they could make a donation as they had no cash on them, they can do a bank transfer on

AROUNDTHEGROUNDS CHARITY BLOG

sort code: 30-98-97

Account: 70342862

Again thankyou for your support

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