East Gwent League

Harry Fishwick Cup Final

Saturday 5th April 2025

Kick Off 17.00 Actual 16.56!

Tintern Abbey 0 Severn Tunnel Non Political Club 1, attendance 220

90’ 0-1

@ Sudbrook Cricket Club F.C.

Mill Lane

Caldicot

NP26 5DD

£3 Admission, including 4 page Programme (with wrong spelling on cover!)

The journey back east from Croesyceilliog to Caldicot took twenty seven minutes, arriving in plenty of time for kick off, despite the game starting four minutes earlier than scheduled. There’s plenty of parking and admission was taken at the entrance to the cricket ground, with the pitch away to the left, running widthways and railed on three and a bit sides, with the area overlapping the cricket outfield being roped, whilst there’s a pair of dugouts on the far side. The clubhouse was open and doing a good trade both before and during the game.

The Harry Fishwick Cup is played for by teams in Division 2 of the league, which is the lowest level. Tintern Abbey are fourth in the league table, whilst Severn Tunnel are top, thirteen points clear of second placed Rockfield Rovers, having only lost one league game so far, so came into this as favourites. It wasn’t a great game and produced very little in the way of goal scoring opportunities. Severn Tunnel did have an early goal disallowed for offside and had a second half effort hit the crossbar. They did look the more likely to grab a winner and it came in the final minute, breaking clear from the halfway line before finishing into the bottom corner.

At least the early finish for an evening kick off meant the journey home was completed before the inevitable road work closures kicked in.