Midland League

U21 East Division

Saturday 29th January 2022

Kick Off 10.30 Actual 10.33

Leicester Football Education Academy U21 2 A.F.C. Rushden & Diamonds U21 1, attendance 21

26’ 1-0

49’ 2-0

56’ 2-1

@ Jubilee Park

Barkby Thorpe Lane

Thurmaston

LE4 8GN

No Admission or Programme.

This was the first game I had watched in this league, with 7th hosting 5th (out of 10) in the table. LFEA went ahead after twenty six minutes, with a shot from the edge of the box that found the bottom corner and they looked to be coasting to a comfortable win when they doubled their lead four minutes into the second half. R&D pulled it back to 2-1 within seven minutes, before going down to 10 men following a sin bin a few minutes later. They survived with a man light, and once back to the full compliment, pushed hard for an equaliser, but just couldn’t beat the home ’keeper, who put in a man of the match performance to keep them out.