Anglian Combination League
Division 3 North
Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.24
Gayton United 1 King’s Lynn Soccer Club 3, attendance 51
24’ 0-1
30’ 0-2
80’ 1-2
87’ 1-3
@ Lime Kiln Road
Gayton
PE32 1QT
No Admission or Programme.
Tonight was a trip to Norfolk, for a game where 4th hosted 8th in the league table, with both teams still in with a chance of taking the title and are very much in the promotion fight. The ground is entered behind the goal at the Lime Kiln Road end of the ground. The pitch is fenced along the left touchline, with car parking pitch side. A pair of dugouts are this side too, with the changing room building beyond, where there was also a tea bar. On the opposite side is a quirky piece of cover, which is two storey, but only has room for about half a dozen spectators.
We got underway six minutes earlier than scheduled and it was end to end from start to finish. A 25 yard free kick, which took a deflection, opened the scoring for KLSC after twenty four minutes and they doubled their lead six minutes later, finishing a long clearance from the ‘keeper one on one at the other end. Gayton had a goal disallowed for a foul on the hour mark, as they pushed hard to get back into it. KLSC saw an effort hit the crossbar, before Gayton pulled a goal back with ten minutes left. As we entered the last five minutes they hit the post, with the rebound going straight into the ‘keeper’s arms and a couple of minutes later KLSC killed off the game by adding a third goal, after an initial save by the ‘keeper was volleyed high into the roof of the net on the rebound.
The result leaves Gayton fourth and now unable to win the league and now relying on the teams above them to slip up if they’re still to be promoted. KLSC move up to seventh, now just ten points behind the leaders, but still with four games in hand.
Apart from a three mile queue at the Dartford Crossing, the journey north was trouble free. Despite the M11 being down to one lane near Harlow, followed by SatNav taking me to the bottom of the M11, then the A13 back to Dartford Crossing, which was also down to one lane, I was home for eleven o’clock.
