West Cheshire League
Division 1
Friday 14th March 2025
Kick Off 20.00 Actual 20.05
Ellesmere Port Town 0 Chester Nomads 2, attendance 48
14’ 0-1
25’ 0-2
@ Vauxhall Motors Sports Club, 3G Pitch
Rivacre Road
Ellesmere Port
CH66 1NJ
No Admission or Programme.
As I was heading for a couple of games in Scotland over the weekend, this fitted in perfectly with breaking up the journey. I’d been here before, when I saw Vauxhall Motors lose 3-4 (AET) to Northwich Victoria in a Cheshire F.A. Senior Cup 2nd Round match back in November 1993. That game was played on the stadium itself, but there are two parallel 3G cages behind it, with this played on the nearer of the two. Both have spectator areas on the full length of one side, as well as a pair of dugouts each, but this one has the far superior floodlights. The clubhouse was open throughout and served hot food and drinks for the duration.
The match was 13th (out of 16) versus 6th in the league table and was a far closer contest than I’d been expecting from their league positions. Nomads took an early lead, when a cross from the right wasn’t cleared, resulting in a first time finish into the bottom corner from 12 yards. Midway through the half they doubled their lead, when a player cut in from wide on the right, before hitting an unstoppable shot onto the far top corner, that hit the stanchion at the back of the goal frame and bounced a fair way back out due to the power he’d hit it with. Ellesmere Port had the chances to get at least a draw, especially from their second half chances created, but failed to convert any of them. They did hit the outside of the post with one and managed to miss a penalty too, which was saved, but were unfortunate not to get on the scoresheet.
Unfortunately, on getting back to the car, I found that one of my tyres was completely flat. I’m past the days of changing it myself, so I called the A.A. instead. It meant getting back to my hotel almost ninety minutes later than expected, but also, more crucially, if I couldn’t get it repaired/replaced (the ‘spare’ is just a means of getting you to a garage, rather than having a proper tyre, like in the old days) in time, my plans for Saturday would certainly be curtailed…..
