A 2pm KO up at Broad Lane as Wivenhoe Town welcomed Leiston U23’s. I still arrived fashionably late - but not as late as some of the regulars who were thrown my the floodlight friendly earlier KO time.
No worries. The score was still 0-0 when I started my routine photowalk around the ground, fifteen minutes after play had started. I should have spent more time at home, perfecting my match day hair styling.
Leiston U23’s were… very young. No shit. You can get away with this at this level playing up front and out wide. A bit pf pace and trickery amongst the youth is difficult to defend against.
SHOUT OUT to the young kids playing at the back and also the very youthful goalkeeper for the away team. This league can be a little belligerent for any slender framed fella coming up against an old school Essex clogger.
OUCH, etc.
It was a decent, competitive game. Both teams battled well. From my position behind the goal in the second half, it looked like Wivenhoe took the lead. I celebrated BIG TIME, even reaching out to high five the fella who was running past me having just scored.
Oh wait. He hit the side netting. YOU DICK, Jase, etc.
A minute later and the Dragons were one up. I was in the right place, right time to capture the money shot on camera. BACK OF THE NET, etc.
An almighty classic non-league goal scramble then followed at the other end. How the chuff the ball stayed out of the net after multiple attempts, I don’t know. Neither do both sets of players.
A very late equaliser for Leiston was deserved, but also devastating for the Dragons. The home team didn’t stop running all afternoon, showing commitment that has sometimes not always been there this season.
This was the best Wivenhoe performance I have seen for a while. The early KO was welcome as well. It meant that I could bugger off for the basketball without missing the second half.
