Peterborough & District League

Premier Division

Monday 8th May 2023

Kick Off 18.00 On Time!

Uppingham Town 4 Crowland Town 2, attendance 64

15’ 1-0

18’ 2-0

43’ 2-1

51’ 3-1

57’ 4-1

75’ 4-2 (pen)

@ Tod’s Piece

North Street East

Uppingham

LE15 9SZ

No Admission or Programme.

It was about an hour and a quarter’s drive, up a surprisingly quiet M1, from Bedfordshire to Rutland for game two today. The match was 3rd versus 4th in the league table. The visitors could no longer win the league, but Uppingham are well in with a shout of the title. They trail leaders Moulton Harrox by five points and second placed Warboys Town by two points. The top two only have one game left to play, but this was the first of three games in hand for Uppingham, so it is very much in their own hands as they look to clinch a double, having beaten Holbeach United Reserves 4-2 in the Peterborough Senior Cup Final on Friday evening.

Uppingham started brilliantly and were 2-0 up after eighteen minutes. They looked to be coasting, but when Crowland headed in from a free kick just before halftime, it set the second half up perfectly. It only took Uppingham six minutes to restore their two goal lead, finishing with a first time shot from the edge of the ‘D’ into the bottom corner and six minutes later it was 4-1, finishing with a side foot finish at the near post from a corner on the right. A late penalty reduced the arrears, but Uppingham easily held out to take all three points and are now up to second in the table.

Thankfully, the weather was nothing like as bad as forecast, although it did rain for most of the game, but it was only light. The heavy stuff was saved for the drive home.

Bedfordshire County League

Division 3

Monday 8th May 2023

Kick Off 14.30 Actual 14.31

F.C. Polonia (Luton) 1 Stotfold Junior 1, attendance 24

11’ 0-1

43’ 1-1

@ Moore Crescent Sports & Recreation Ground

Moore Crescent

Houghton Regis

LU5 5GZ

No Admission or Programme.

This was 5th versus 4th in the league table, with both teams still having an outside chance of grabbing a promotion place, more so the visitors, as they are one point above the hosts and have a game in hand. The reverse fixture was played on Saturday, which Polonia had won 4-3.

It was a decent game, with both teams evenly matched. Stotfold had already hit the crossbar with a lob over the ‘keeper, before going ahead after eleven minutes, when a cross from the corner of the 18 yard box was headed in at the far post. The equaliser came two minutes before halftime, when a throw in was finished with a shot on the turn into the bottom corner. Both teams went close to grabbing a winner and Stotfold really should have won it late on, when a cross from the right saw a striker somehow miss an open goal from 6 yards, blasting his shot over the crossbar.

Home to Polonia is Moore Crescent, in Houghton Regis, which hosted South Midlands League football back in the 1990’s when Houghton Town played here. There are two pitches, with today’s game played on the furthest one from the changing rooms.