Friendly

Friday 30th June 2023

Kick Off 20.00 Actual 20.08

Bishops Cannings 3 Ludgershall Sports 5, attendance 43

5’ 1-0

20’ 1-1

22’ 2-1

37’ 2-2

42’ 2-3

72’ 2-4

76’ 3-4

90’ 3-5

@ Green Lane Playing Fields, 3G Pitch

Green Lane

Devizes

SN10 5EP

No Admission or Programme.

Considering that there are supposed to be no matches played in June, due to the ‘Close Season’ enforced by the F.A. this was an unusual one as Green Lane is not only home to Bishops Cannings, but also the headquarters of the Wiltshire F.A.! It is a standard cage, with viewing along three quarters of one side. Rather annoyingly for a newish set up, there was a partition wire across the pitch, although the ball only hit it once during the match.

The game was between two sides in the Wiltshire Senior League, Bishops Cannings being new into Division 1, whilst Ludgershall are in the Premier Division, having been promoted at the end of last season. If you had turned up to watch, without knowing it was a friendly, you would have been surprised, as it was played very competitively throughout and I will see a fair number of matches in the coming season that won’t be anywhere near as good as this was to watch.

Bishops Cannings twice led in the first half, but still found themselves 2-3 down at the break. It was 2-4 midway through the second half, but a quick reply brought it back to 3-4 and it wasn’t until the final kick of the match that Ludgershall made it 3-5. A very enjoyable game to watch and worth the effort of battling the usual nightmare Friday traffic, which thankfully eased once clear of the M25.