Wiltshire Senior League

Saturday 11th January 2020

Kick Off 14.15 Actual 14.16

Stratton Juniors 2 Ludgershall Sports 0, attendance 7

20’ 1-0

53’ 2-0

@ Meadowcroft Recreation Ground

Addison Crescent

Upper Stratton

Swindon

SN2 7JX

No Admission or Programme.

Once again, the main objective today was to get a game on grass, rather than taking the 3G option, so when I received confirmation from the Stratton Juniors Secretary just before 11.30, that the game was going ahead, then it was a trip to northern Swindon and an opportunity to tick off the only ground I had yet to visit in the Wiltshire Senior League.

The match was a ‘relegation battle’ (although there isn’t actually any relegation from this league) as fourth from bottom in the league table took on the team two places below them. As it turned out, the biggest battle for the teams today was with the strong wind that was blowing diagonally across the very exposed pitch, actually blowing more fiercely as the game progressed. Stratton played against the wind in the first half and held a narrow 1-0 lead at the break. Ludgershall struggled to come to terms with the conditions in the second half and a goal from the hosts early in the half sealed the three points. Stratton had been awarded a penalty, for a foul, but this was well saved by the visiting ‘keeper, but the ball wasn’t cleared and it was was cut back inside, resulting in a neat left footed finish from their winger, beating the ‘keeper at the near post.