Humber Premier League
Thursday 30th May 2024
Kick Off 18.45 Actual 18.56
Cherry Burton 0 Sculcoates Amateurs 4, attendance 53
35’ 0-1
70’ 0-2
90’ + 1, 0-3
90’ + 3, 0-4
@ Cherry Burton Sports Field
The Meadows
Cherry Burton
HU17 7SD
No Admission
£1 Programme, 4 pages.
This game was 2nd bottom v 2nd in the league table and was the last Humber Premier League game of the season. It certainly had something on it, at least at the bottom end of the table, as Cherry Burton knew nothing other than a win would see them relegated to the East Riding County League. There had already been an attempt to get this game played earlier in the week, when it was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch on Tuesday night, with the score 0-0 at the time.
Tonight’s game was just as tight, with the deadlock not broken until ten minutes before halftime, when a break down the right was finished with an angled shot into the bottom corner. Cherry Burton had enough chances to have been in front, but when Sculcoates made it 0-2 with twenty minutes left, it was game over and they rounded off the scoring with two more goals in stoppage time, both from Jake Harman, which completed his hattrick, having also scored the opener.
Cherry Burton Sports Field hosts both cricket and football. There is a large wooden pavilion, with the football pitch to the left when looking out. It is hemmed in by hedges along the far side, where there are a pair of wooden dugouts and behind the far goal, with tennis courts behind the near goal. The near side, bordering the cricket pitch, was part roped.
The journey up to Humberside was horrendous, with the SatNav taking us via A1, Lincoln and across the Humber Bridge (only £1.50 toll), arriving six hours after I’d left home to meet up for a lift. Home via M1, which seems to have more roadworks on it than areas without and even after being dropped off, I still had to negotiate the M25 closed for access from the M40 at J16 and also closed from J15 to J13. Arrived home thirteen and a half hours after I’d left!
