Bedfordshire County League

Division 2

Wednesday 5th April 2023

Kick Off 18.15 Actual 18.18

A.F.C. Bedford United1 Bedford Sports Athletic 2, attendance 36

14’ 0-1

23’ 0-2

37’ 1-2 (pen)

@ Mowsbury Park

Wentworth Drive

Brickhill

Bedford

MK41 8DQ

No Admission or Programme.

With light drizzle throughout, coupled with kicking off three minutes late, it meant we had a 2 x 40 minutes match, although both halves had an extra two and a half to three minutes stoppage time, so hardly made a difference.

The match was 11th versus 4th in the league table and turned out to be a far closer contest than we had been expecting from the league positions of the two teams. Bedford S.A. opened the scoring within fifteen minutes, hooking in from a long throw in. Eight minutes later they doubled their lead, again profiting from a long throw, this time scoring from close range at the near post. Bedford United reduced the arrears when they converted a penalty eight minutes before halftime to pull it back to 1-2. Surprisingly, there were no further goals though, despite both sides giving it a real go in the second half.

The match was played at Mowsbury Park, which is little more than a multi pitch council ground. The F.A. Full Time website shows two different pitch numbers for where the game was played, being either No.7 or No. 9, depending which page you look at. I spoke to a home player who seemed to think it was actually No.11. Anyway, it was the one in the south west corner, sandwiched between two cricket squares.