Anglian Combination League

Premier Division

Saturday 24th November 2018

Kick Off 14.00. On Time !

Caister 2 Sheringham 5,  attendance 39

15’ 1-0

41’ 1-1

58’ 2-1

62’ 2-2

76’ 2-3 (pen)

81’ 2-4

90’ + 2, 2-5

@ Caister Playing Field

Allendale Road

Caister-on-Sea

NR30 5ES

No Admission or Programme.

With the east of the country being forecast to be rain free, which indeed it was, it seemed the best area to head for today. The choice of match was quite easy, with the league leaders at home to sixth place in the table. The ground here only has changing rooms, with the club headquarters being elsewhere in the town. At least they made an effort with serving hot drinks at halftime though, which were well received on a cool afternoon.

Caister were the better side for the majority of the first half, but only went in level at 1-1. When they regained the lead with a shot that went in off the underside of the crossbar, just before the hour mark, I thought they would go on to win the game comfortably, but a neat one-two on the edge of the box saw a shot into the far corner of the net level it up at 2-2 less than five minutes later. The game hinged on a red card for the Caister No.5 after seventy six minutes, when he made a superb save on the line, with his ‘keeper well beaten. Sheringham duly dispatched the penalty and made the extra man advantage count by adding a couple of late goals to give them a resounding win. Despite the defeat, Caister remain top of the league table, with Sheringham moving up to fifth place.

On these last few Saturdays leading up to Christmas, over here in the east, two o’clock is really too late to be kicking off without floodlights. When the match finished at 15.49, the light was really poor and more akin to a midweek match in September, when leagues try and cram an extra round of fixtures in, when there really isn’t enough daylight available.