Cambridgeshire County League
Division 2B
Saturday 3rd May 2025
Kick Off 15.00 Actual 14.58!
Soham United 2 Wisbech St. Mary Reserves 5, attendance 37
18’ 0-1
21’ 0-2 (pen)
23’ 1-2
40’ 1-3
47’ 1-4
51’ 1-5
90’ 2-5
@ Qua Fen Common
Soham
CB7 5DQ
No Admission or Programme.
I gave away my two original options (both 3G) for this afternoon in favour of this. A fellow hopper at the morning game had received a positive reply that the game was going ahead okay and it was only a twelve minute drive away. Even better, it was on grass and the game still had something riding on it, as the visitors knew a win would see them finish in the second promotion place in the league.
The ground is to the north of the town, just off the A412 heading towards Ely, the ground being on the left as you head back in towards the town. There’s a small car park, as well as ample roadside parking. There’s a wooden changing room building, that also housed a tea bar. In front is a youth team pitch, with the men’s pitch to the right, roped along the near side and a pair of dugouts on the other. Wooden fencing, bordering fields, gives the pitch a more enclosed feel on the other three sides.
Wisbech St. Mary got off to a great start and were 0-2 up after twenty one minutes, the second being a penalty. An own goal saw Soham pull it back to 1-2 within minutes, as a defender diverted a cross into his own net when attempting to clear the ball. Wisbech restored their two goal lead five minutes before halftime, with a 25 yard free kick that went straight over the ‘keeper. They killed the game off when an easy finish at the far post made it 1-4 two minutes into the second half and almost scored again minutes later, but the effort hit the post. Minutes later they did make it 1-5 though, beating the keeper with a shot at the near post. Soham rounded off the scoring with a consolation goal in the last minute to give a final score of 2-5, beating the offside trap and finishing one on one against the ‘keeper.
A nice touch by the home club at halftime, when free tea or coffee was brought round on a tray to all the spectators, as it was the last game of the season and they wanted to use up some of their remaining stock. Rather than heading home after the game, I was on my way north, for my overnight hotel, in readiness for tomorrow’s rugby league ‘Magic Weekend’ at Newcastle United F.C.
