PRE SEASON FRIENDLY 1
KIRTON BRICKWORKS 3 ARNOLD TOWN RESERVES 2
Has there been a break in football yet? I dont think so for me, since the cup finals, its been the charity match and meetings and now the pre season is upon us, so before the season does kick off, I have still had donations come in from Annual Donators Herbie & Sue of £100 and at the match above £10 from Tony from Kirton Brickworks FC. So thankyou to all of you.
Also for the 16th August, Elston United move to their brand new ground and Im doing their first ever programme and badge, so anyone intered, please contact me on hornby60uk@yahoo.co.uk for more details
Also in re meantime, I was voted as Guest of the Year on GRASSROOTS PLUS podcast
Well on to Pre season Friendly 1, why Kirton Brickworks v Arnold Town Reserves, you may well ask, always enjoyed my visits to Kirton Brickworks, a club run by good footballing people, the same as Arnold Town. Hazel said I can go to local friendlies as she wants a break, so Kirton is also up the road from me and also Ive not been to Kirton for a few seasons since they joined the Central Midlands League.
The match kicked off and after ust 4 minutes, the visitors had a corner that was worked well, before the cross came in from the left wing for a player to head downwards in to the net to give them a 1-0 lead.
On 14 minutes, Kirton were level when a mix up at the Arnold back left the home striker to just tap in to a empty net to make it 1-1. Both teams had chances go begging as they both wanted to play football in hot weather, then in the 42nd minute, a Arnold midfielder, played a very short ball backwards to where the Kirton man just had to nip in and finished to give them a 2-1 lead.
Arnold in the second half seemed to press foprward and have a long range shots that went waywidewards, as the Arnold management shouted to the player, when do your new boots arrive?
Arnold thought mthey were back on level terms in the 70th minute, but the referee was quick to to rule the goal offside before anyone could celebrate.
Arnold was back on level terms just 3 minutes later, when a shot was tapped towards the home keeper who seermed to have gathered it and then seemed to push it in to his own net to make it 2-2.
Both teams wanted to win this game and both pressed forward, but on 78 minutes, a long high kick by the Kirton keeper seemed to caztch the Arnold centre half offguard as it struck him on the head and the ball looped upwardsa the dropped in to the net as the arnold keeper was stood on the edge of his 6 yards box, so Kirton were back in front.
The last of the action came when the Kirton keeper became hero when a long range shot was heading in to the top corner of the net and he dived midair to juust punch the ball over to the bar.
For a friendly this was a very good match.
The runing total for AUTISM AWARENESS now stands at a fantastic £2,727.03p, if anyone would like to make a donation, you can either see me at a match or do it via bank transfer to
AROUNDTHEGROUNDS CHARITY BLOG
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99 photos from the match can be seen on this LINK
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