Khalsa Football Federation

Derby Tournament

Division 1 Semi Final

Saturday 20th July 2019

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.05

Bradford Athletic 5 F.C. Panjab Sandwell 1, attendance 11

16’ 1-0

18’ 2-0

31’ 3-0

57’ 3-1

69’ 4-1

82’ 5-1

@ Darley Playing Fields, Pitch 2

Old Chester Road

Derby

DE1 3SA

No Admission

Tournament Programme, free, 24 pages.

These two teams lacked any real quality, but it served up a pretty entertaining match despite this. Bradford had a man sent off when they were already leading 4-1 and when they made it 5-1 the game was finished and yet again it was a short half, this time by 7 minutes. According to the Referee it was because Sandwell had “had enough”.

Khalsa Football Federation

Derby Tournament

Premier Division

Saturday 20th July 2019

Kick Off 13.00 Actual 13.07

Azaad Sports 4 Singh Brothers Derby 2, attendance 32

39’ 1-0

50’ 2-0

73’ 3-0

75’ 3-1

80’ 4-1 (pen)

81’ 4-2

@ Darley Playing Fields, Pitch 4

Old Chester Road

Derby

DE1 3SA

No Admission

Tournament Programme, free, 24 pages.

Azaad Sports came into this leading the table and only second placed F.C. Khalsa Leicester could catch them. Singh Brothers Derby never looked like winning this. Azaad Sports held a comfortable 2-0 lead, before both teams scored twice in a nine minute spell as we approached the final 17 minutes to make it 4-2. As in the last match, the game was cut short, this time by six minutes.

Khalsa Football Federation

Derby Tournament

Premier 2 Division

Saturday 20th July 2019

Kick Off 11.15 Actual 11.17

Wonder Vaults 2 A.F.C. Coventry Lions 3, attendance 14

24’ 1-0

40’ 1-1

50’ 1-2

58’ 1-3

87’ 2-3

@ Darley Playing Fields, Pitch 1

Old Chester Road

Derby

DE1 3SA

No Admission

Tournament Programme, free, 24 pages.

This match was bottom versus second bottom in the league table and whoever won would retain their place in Premier 2 Division. It was pretty poor quality and easy to see how they are the two worst teams. When Lions went 1-3 up just before the hour mark it looked all over. Wonder Vaults pulled it back to 2-3 with three minutes left, but the Referee then blew the final whistle, although there was no protest from the losers about the short timing of the match, despite it meaning they will be relegated to Division 1 for next years competition.

Khalsa Football Federation

Derby Tournament

Division 2

Saturday 20th July 2019

Kick Off 09.30 Actual 09.35

Shere Punjab Youth 6 Sikh Hunters Reserves 2, attendance 9

16’ 1-0

25’ 1-1

33’ 2-1

36’ 2-2

60’ 3-2

62’ 4-2

73’ 5-2

80’ 6-2

@ Darley Playing Fields, Pitch 3

Old Chester Road

Derby

DE1 3SA

No Admission

Tournament Programme, free, 24 pages.

With 4 pitches in use today, it meant that this was our only choice of match if we were to do all four pitches back to back, rather than having to wait round for the final set of matches in order to complete the set. This was by far the most basic venue I have visited for a Khalsa Tournament and was certainly the worst supported as far as spectator numbers go. In fact, it would be fair to say that the ground hoppers in attendance outnumbered everyone else!

The match itself was quite even during the first half, which ended 2-2, but Shere Punjab Youth won comfortably in the end and could have won by a far bigger margin.