TT No.22: Steve Hardy - Sat 31st October 2015; Sporting Sandwell v Real Riverside B; Birmingham AFA Division 7; Result: 4-0; Admission; Free; Programme: None; Attendance: 2. |
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to the wonderful Birmingham AFA for my fix this week, and a visit to Nechells
for a match between league newcomers Sporting Sandwell and the second team of
Real Riverside. According
to the league handbook, Sporting play at Nechells Community Centre, but having
driven up and down Rupert Street a couple of times I couldn’t find any such
place. I did notice somewhere called Nechells Wellbeing Centre on one of my
sweeps though, and this turned out to be the place. The
usual disorganisation of the lower reaches of the AFA prevailed once again of
course. KO time of 2.00pm came and went, with the referee finally turning up at
2.25pm and Riverside kicking off with just nine men, and no keeper amongst
those nine either. The young lad who was ‘volunteered’ to go in goal was
rightly chuffed to have kept a clean sheet by the time the real keeper turned
up after twenty minutes, but it all went downhill for Riverside after that. Sandwell
looked a well organised team and they eventually strolled to a 4-0 victory. The
final goal came from a penalty which the Real keeper refused to accept and
walked off the pitch in disgust. The Referee went to find out what the keeper
was playing at, and didn’t like to reply he received so sent the lad off
anyway. Enter the stand in keeper once again, but even he couldn’t keep the
penalty out, as my photo hopefully shows. Another
top afternoon’s entertainment. |
contributed on 02/11/15 |
