Terminal Boardom
As for Windsor yesterday, no new kit and a muffled announcement about them being available next weekend.
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As for the game, 3 shit match officials and 2 shit teams.
... The only goal came from the oldest move in the history of football. Corner played beyond the back post and nodded back across for their player to score easily.
... drove through a few hefty downpours to Stag Meadow yesterday PM - was my easiest option (other than Eversley but I didn't rate the chances of staying dry there - minimal cover round the ground.)
... just a few (neutral ) observations. Firstly on TBs report:
... "muffled announcement" - I only heard the one re new Kit arriving later this week. (may well have been in the bar for the 2nd one - probably waiting behind TB to shift himself out of the way once he'd been served ) The one I heard was on 30', 1st half - during the roughly 10' break in play for the injury to Dennison. Thought he'd slid into the CB who also went down for a while but his reaction and a few onlookers - as well as the website report - suggested it might have been studs up from the forward? Besides I was over the far side at that point so didn't have a clear view.
Anywhose - the PA was a tad ropey and I expect a fair number couldn't be bothered to pay close attention, as a good amount of his announcements were bordering on puerile blather.
..."2 shit teams" - don't fully agree here - Spelly have an admirable unbeaten league record going back to May 2013 - and the season before they were STEP07. I thought their no 5 was classy - pulled all the strings from the back and never looked flustered up against some fast attacking play - which regularly got down the flanks. The right back was pretty solid too and wasn't phased by Lucas's (?) trickery. As you said home side lined up with nothing at the pointy end where it mattered - time and again the central defenders recovered to clear or intervene to prevent a shot.
Don't recall the Spelly keeper being too troubled until very late on. Red card for Laz was just plain daft - OK he was miffed at having the goal chalked off - and from where I stood over to the side (I was loitering nearer to the exit by then ) , it did look as if there had been a few elbows/arms waving around the keeper - but to launch himself from that distance away so wide out - contact or not - was only ever going produce a dismissal.
Spelly were certainly robust but the two Windsor CBs were dishing it out too - and too full of verbals to get the ref's sympathy - warranted or not. Going forward the visitors looked more than equipped for this division - the lad Staples got 31 in Div One last season.
..."Corner played beyond etc etc" - agreed the defensive capabilities against a fairly common move were wanting - Spelly keeper made sure he came for everything but then his CBs weren't of the towering lump variety on show down the other end. Skipper (Ellis) was doubly at fault for witlessly slicing the ball across his own goal to concede a needless corner in the first place. Probably why he 'lost it' a couple of times soon after.
Nice to have draught something in the bar too: - and Windsor need to pick themselves up sharpish ready for Baggy Lea on Tuesday.
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Results from elsewhere yesterday:
Saturday 2nd AugustCombined Counties League PremierAshford Town (Middx) 1-2 Cove
Badshot Lea 1-1 Bedfont Sports
Farnham Town 0-2 Epsom & Ewell
Hanworth Villa 3-1 Guildford City
Hartley Wintney 1-0 Colliers Wood United
Horley Town 2-2 Frimley Green
Knaphill 0-6 Camberley Town
Mole Valley SCR 4-0 Westfield
Raynes Park Vale 2-1 Chertsey Town
Windsor 0-1 Spelthorne Sports
Combined Counties League Division One Alton Town 2-2 Worcester Park
Banstead Athletic 1-0 Cobham
Bedfont & Feltham 1-0 Sheerwater
Chessington & Hook United 2-3 AFC Croydon Athletic
Eversley & California 2-0 CB Hounslow United
Farleigh Rovers 1-1 Ash United
Sandhurst Town 1-0 Staines Lammas
WESSEX PremierBemerton Heath Harlequins 1-1 Petersfield Town
Blackfield & Langley 2-1 Andover Town
Fareham Town 1-2 Whitchurch United
Winchester City {SEVEN} 7-0 Bournemouth
Pre-season FriendliesAFC Aldermaston 1-6 Hythe & Dibden
Abingdon United 0-1 Carterton Town
Aldershot 0-3 AFC Wimbledon
Ardley United 1-2 North Leigh
Basingstoke Town 1-2 Woking
Binfield FC 4-3 Beaconfield SYCOB
Bracknell 3-2 Penn & Tylers
Burnham 1-4 Maidenhead United
Chalfont Wasps 2-2 Amersham Town
Didcot Town 1-2 Hungerford Town
Ealing Town 2-3 Edgware
Flackwell Heath 3-0 Marlow
Fleet Town 0-1 Hampton & Richmond
Godalming Town 3-0 Horsham
Grendon Rangers 1-0 Highfield
Hayes & Yeading United 0-2 St. Neots
Henley Town 1-1 Tadley Calleva
Highworth Town 2-2 Swindon Supermarine
Leatherhead 3-3 Slough Town
Malmesbury Vics 1-4 Corsham Town
Marlborough Town 2-2 Wootton Bassett Town
Milton United 2-1 Dorchester
Purton 0-0 Wantage Town
Reading Town v FC Romania (Essex League) - no result on either club site yet?
Thame Utd 0-1 Aylesbury Utd
Uxbridge 2-1 Hayes & Yeading United XI
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