Tividale v Kirby Muxloe
It's the middle of March and Tividale play only their third home game this year ! (The monkey on their back being their own pitch). K M arrive with 35 points in the bag from 29 games with Tividale amassing 61 from 26 . Ordinarily, this would be a game the hosts could expect to win in their push for the title.Only these are not ordinary times for Tividale. From now until seasons' end they will be playing catch-up at the rate of 3 - 4 games per week and while they have looked to many observers the best team in the league by some way,they are not super-human. Tiredness is inevitably going to creep in and there could be some surprise results.
The hosts got into their stride straight away and it surprised no-one when they took the lead in the 10th minute,the keeper being cleverly lobbed. It seemed this would be the first of many but ever so gradually K M worked themselves into the game,the main threat coming from their two lightning-quick forwards and I for one, sensed this may not be quite as predictable a result. From the half-hour mark the visitors were looking increasingly dangerous and they got their reward on 37 minutes with a similar goal to the hosts.
Half -time Tividale 1 Kirby Muxloe 1
The second half saw Tividale asserting themselves more but nevertheless being frustrated by the visitors willingness to battle for everything. Despite having the bulk of possession, the hosts were nearly caught out on a couple of occasions.Their own cause was not helped by some wayward shots on goal; indeed the visiting keeper had a relatively comfortable time of it.( I don't think he drew breath all night long,giving a running commentary for all and sundry ! )
In the end a draw was more or less a fair result even allowing for Tividales' possession as K M were certainly not over-awed and earned their point by never allowing Tividale to settle on the ball.
Here I feel it only fair to mention Tividales' number 5(sorry,don't know his name).While all around him,his team-mates were getting increasingly frustrated and wound-up( I think they had 4 or 5 yellow-cards),this guy was strolling around like Cool Hand Luke , hardly putting a foot wrong.My MOTM by some way.
Apologies for the poor picture quality.
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Result ; Tividale 1 Kirby Muxloe 1
Entrance ; £2(concession)
Programme ; £1.50 (excellent content)
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 87
Referee ; Good
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