Somerset County League

Division 1

Saturday 30th April 2022

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.02

Yatton & Cleeve United 2 Welton Rovers Reserves 2, attendance 37

6’ 1-0

35’ 1-1

57’ 2-1

62’ 2-2

@ King George V Playing Field

Meetinghouse Lane

Cleeve

BS49 4PB

No Admission or Programme.

I had visited Yatton Athletic back on Christmas Eve 2016, when I saw them lose 3-4 to Middlezoy Rovers in a Somerset County League Premier Division match, which was played at Hangstones Pavilion, in Yatton. They went on to finish bottom of the division and at the end of that season they merged with Cleeve West Town, becoming Yatton & Cleeve United, playing first team games at the ground here in Cleeve, with their former ground hosting all other club matches.

Today’s game was another with nothing riding on it, as 8th hosted 10th in the league table, but it fitted in perfectly with the earlier game at Long Ashton. It was a good open game, played on an immaculate pitch. Yatton took an early lead, following in on a shot spilled by the ’keeper, with Welton levelling ten minutes before halftime, heading in unmarked at the near post, from a corner on the right. Just before the hour mark Yatton went back in front, beating the offside trap and finishing left footed into the far corner, but Welton were only behind five minutes, a ball pulled back across the six yard box being smashed high into the roof of the net, to make it 2-2. Welton had a player sin binned after seventy six minutes, but when he returned, he had a great chance to win it, but he tried to beat the ’keeper at his near post, when a simple pass to either of the two supporting team mates, may have been the better option.