Colliers Wood United v Westside

Friendly

Saturday 2nd July 2022

Kick Off 11.15 Actual 11.25

Colliers Wood United 1 Westside 1, attendance 48

31’ 0-1

50’ 1-1 (pen)

@ Epsom & Ewell High School, 3G Pitch

Ruxley Lane

West Ewell

KT19 9JW

No Admission or Programme.

Part one of a double today, began with an all Combined Counties League clash, Colliers Wood United being in the Premier Division South (Step 5), whilst Westside are in Division 1 (Step 6). Westside are also based at the Wibbandune Sports Ground home of Colliers Wood United, just to add a little spice, although this was played at the neutral venue of Epsom & Ewell High School, which was a standard 3G cage with spectator access along two thirds of one side, with at least half the crowd made up of ground hoppers.

The game finally got underway ten minutes late, as neither side showed any urgency in getting started. It was a slow burner. Westside hit the crossbar, before opening the scoring after half an hour, finishing with an angled shot after being played through on goal. An early second half penalty saw Colliers Wood draw level and despite a number of chances at both ends, neither side were able to grab a winning goal.

Cogenhoe United v Irchester United

Friendly

Friday 1st July 2022

Kick Off 19.00 Actual 19.07

Cogenhoe United 2 Irchester United 1, attendance 97

9’ 1-0

34’ 1-1

71’ 2-1

@ Compton Park, Pitch 2

Brafield Road

Cogenhoe

NN7 1ND

Admission by donation

Programme free, 4 pages.

I had visited Cogenhoe United on 26th October 1993, when I saw them beat Long Buckby 1-0 in a United Counties League Premier Division match, which was played on the main stadium pitch, but tonight’s match took place on an outside pitch.

It pitted United Counties League Premier Division South (Step 5) versus Northamptonshire Combination League Premier Division (Step 7). Cogenhoe opened the scoring with an angled shot across the ’keeper, but Irchester levelled eleven minutes before halftime, finishing past the ’keeper having cut in from the left. Cogenhoe won it with nineteen minutes left, finishing from just inside the box, with a shot into the bottom corner that totally wrong footed the visitor’s ’keeper.

Above : Cogenhoe open the scoring.

I remembered nothing at all about the main stadium here, but the two photos below show what it looks like these days.