Leicestershire Senior League
Division 2
Tuesday 24th September 2019
Kick Off 19.30 Actual 19.28
Northfield Emeralds 7 Sutton Bonington 1, attendance 40
5’ 1-0
9’ 2-0
39’ 3-0
52’ 4-0
60’ 5-0
74’ 6-0
79’ 7-0
90’ 7-1
@ The Emerald Centre
450 Gipsy Lane
Humberstone
Leicester
LE5 0TB
No Admission or Programme.
This was a chance to see two of the new clubs that have joined the newly formed Division 2 of the Leicestershire Senior League. Northfield Emeralds finished third in the Leicestershire & District League Premier Division last season, whilst Sutton Bonington finished bottom of the North Leicestershire League Premier Division.
They have had contrasting starts to life playing at a higher level. Northfield Emeralds had won their opening six league matches, scoring 49 goals in the process and sit top of the league table. Sutton Bonington, on the other hand, had won just one of their four games, which was a 10-0 away win, which shows just how weak this new division is.
As a contest it was all over after ten minutes when Emeralds were already 2-0 up. Sutton Bonington did settle into the game though and actually created a few chances of their own, but it was 3-0 by halftime and Emeralds had also missed a penalty, which was well saved. The second half was one way traffic and Emeralds should have scored at least double the amount of goals they actually managed. Their No.9 managed to get himself booked twice in a minute with six minutes left on the clock, before Sutton Bonington scored a consolation goal with the last kick of the match.
Emeralds now top the league by six points and have a very impressive +51 goal difference. Lewis Turland scored four of their goals tonight, which if the stats on the F.A. Full Time website are correct, was the ninth hat trick by one of their players in the league this season, (by 6 different players) and the fourth time one have them have scored four goals, in a game (there has also been a 5 and 6 haul). Oddly enough, Nathan Kew-Moss has managed 4, 5 and 6 goals in games this season, but didn’t even get on the score sheet tonight!
As grounds go, this is probably the best one in this division by some distance. It does look a bit strange to see the pitch marooned somewhat in a large railed off area, but apparently this is due to the ground hosting Gaelic sports as well.
