Bedfordshire County League

Division 3

Monday 8th May 2023

Kick Off 14.30 Actual 14.31

F.C. Polonia (Luton) 1 Stotfold Junior 1, attendance 24

11’ 0-1

43’ 1-1

@ Moore Crescent Sports & Recreation Ground

Moore Crescent

Houghton Regis

LU5 5GZ

No Admission or Programme.

This was 5th versus 4th in the league table, with both teams still having an outside chance of grabbing a promotion place, more so the visitors, as they are one point above the hosts and have a game in hand. The reverse fixture was played on Saturday, which Polonia had won 4-3.

It was a decent game, with both teams evenly matched. Stotfold had already hit the crossbar with a lob over the ‘keeper, before going ahead after eleven minutes, when a cross from the corner of the 18 yard box was headed in at the far post. The equaliser came two minutes before halftime, when a throw in was finished with a shot on the turn into the bottom corner. Both teams went close to grabbing a winner and Stotfold really should have won it late on, when a cross from the right saw a striker somehow miss an open goal from 6 yards, blasting his shot over the crossbar.

Home to Polonia is Moore Crescent, in Houghton Regis, which hosted South Midlands League football back in the 1990’s when Houghton Town played here. There are two pitches, with today’s game played on the furthest one from the changing rooms.