To Broad Lane! …on Saturday afternoon. It’s been a while. Wivenhoe Town were at home to Long Melford. Nope, me neither.
What was more certain was me missing KO. You don’t say. A work shift finishing at 3pm meant that I wasn’t at the ground until 3:15pm. The Dragons were already one up. Blimey.
I had barely fiddled around with my camera lens before a second was added. Blink and you’ll miss it, etc. I certainly did. These goals are rare. Make the most of them whilst you can.
My usual photowalk around the ground followed. I was delayed further with some very friendly conversations. Non-league football is not about ruining your entire weekend; I’ll leave that to Forest. Friendships are more important here.
I reached the home dug out. Gosh - there’s Mo, the club all-rounder, coaching. I must have missed that announcement. It was good to see him back on the sideline. At 2-0 up, he was clearly doing a half decent job.
HT came. I caught up with R:
“Did you catch the two pens on camera?”
…he asked.
Hang on pens? TWO pens? I was late for the first goal. The second goal wasn’t a penalty was it? Oh. Crap Match Report ahoy!
Wivenhoe added a third goal soon after the break. It was a great team effort on the breakaway, with some calm finishing around the ‘keeper. 3-0, game done. It’s a long way back to Long Melford. I think.
Long Melford pulled back a consolation. I’ll let them have that. The young team had battled well, in what was starting to become something of a dirty game for both teams.
Wivenhoe looked like they could hang on, but an absolute worldie from down the wing led to a final nervy ten minutes. The equaliser came late, late in the game.
And so 3-0 up, to 3-3 at FT.
Non-league football remains bloody brilliant.
