The ground hopper weekend has been a resounding success. Even the weather stayed on our side!!! Yesterday evening around 200 spectators watched Attenborough play Awsworth at Attenborough's picturesque ground. Attenborough's groundsmen had done a brilliant job, and the committee ladies kept the crowd well supplied with refreshments. Lots more people taking advantage of the lighter nights and a pleasant evening, watched the match from the lakes area.
The match was a good watch, although Attenborough did have the running and controlled throughout. Awsworth seemed to gather momentum about 10 minutes before half time, it looked like there was going to be a bit of a come back, and there was. Awsworth could have done without half time really, as Attenborough gathered themselves together and came back stronger.
Score - Attenborough 5 Awsworth 1
As I was the Referee for the third match, I didn't see the first match this morning. I went straight over to Bilborough to prepare for my game Bilborogh v Ashland. A crowd of 300 plus arrived to watch a really exciting game. Mum managed to have a look around the little stalls that had popped up;
Pin Badge stall - A stall that everyone spent ages browsing at. Pins from all the non-league clubs across the UK were for sale at £3 each - a bargain. Everyone was looking for obscure clubs at towns and villages where they had lived. Mum found a badge for Ashton United which she lived opposite in her early twenties,but couldn't resist buying a Stockport County pin, the families local team.
Another couple of stalls sold old programs from all leagues, again a wonderful read for a lot of people attending the event. The catering was again in full flow, but being lunch time the good old diet of pie and peas was on sale, and proved to be very popular. The rain had a go but the sun won the battle and shone through.
The match was very equal, and relatively end to end. The teams played hard with very few fouls. Bilborough scored half way through the first half, but never let up on trying to get a second goal, whilst Ashland fought hard to try and get a goal in, but it just wasn't happening. There were several misses on both sides that caused the crowd to gasp, and lots of clever play to keep everyone happy. Really good match all round.
Score - Bilborough 1 Ashland 0
I didn't manage to get to the last matches. Hopefully they went well, the crowd set off eagerly with Sat Nav's engaged and ready to take them to their next location, and the sun carried on lighting up the occasion.
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