Cradley Town 7 Wellington Amateurs 1
On a cold, wet, October afternoon us neutrals were treated to a brilliant game of football by two teams who who like to play the right way but aren't averse to knocking it over the top when needed.For the first few minutes it looked as though Amateurs had come to knock Town off their lofty perch but as the game settled it soon became clear the hosts would be calling most of the shots and when they took an early lead it wasn't too much of a surprise.The visitors took this setback in their stride and continued to press but the home rear-guard were in no mood to be giving out early Christmas presents. Just before the break Town increased their lead with an absolute peach of a goal from their number 10(Stevenson ?) You wont see a better goal on MOTD tonight.
The first 10 minutes of the second half killed the game stone-dead as a contest with Town hitting three more,one of which was a replica of the (in)famous 1966 Geoff Hurst goal bouncing off the underside of the bar and over the line - according to the linesman(I don't think he's Russian!).Amazingly,Amateurs responded by taking the game to their hosts and were rewarded for their persistence with a nicely worked goal.Late in the game Town added a penalty and a further goal.
Town certainly deserved their win.Their style of football is very easy on the eyes with number 10 seemingly involved in everything they do.You would have to say Amateurs didn't deserve quite such a stuffing; as already stated they also contributed to a good afternoons' entertainment.
Entrance ; £3 concession
Programme ; £1
Drink ; £1.20
Crowd ; 45-50 est
Referee ; Good
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