Leicestershire County League

League 1

Tuesday 13th May 2025

Kick Off 18.30 On Time!

Kibworth Town 2 Leicester Rangers 1, attendance 139

2’ 1-0

71’ 2-0

85’ 2-1

@ Birds Barn

Fleckney Road

Kibworth Beauchamp

LE8 0HJ

No Admission or Programme.

There was certainly no doubt as to whether there was anything riding on tonight’s game. If either team won, they’d be crowned champions. If it ended in a draw, then it would be Old Aylestone that would take the title. Just to add a little more spice to it, only the top two get promoted, so tonight’s visitors had the most to lose, as they could miss out all together.

Kibworth were in front after just two minutes, cutting in from the left before beating the ‘keeper low inside his near post. Midway through the half they had a second ‘goal’ ruled out for offside, but there were very few chances at either end. Kibworth ended the half with a player being sin binned, but Leicester Rangers failed to take advantage with the extra man at the start of the second half. The decisive second goal came with nineteen minutes left, when a break down the left was pulled back across the box and finished with a diagonal shot off the inside of the far post to make it 2-0. Leicester did have a couple of decent shots, but both were tipped round the post by the home ‘keeper, but they just didn’t look like getting back into it. They did make it a nervy finish for Kibworth though, when a corner was headed clear of the box but returned with a first time shot that arced over the ‘keeper into the top corner, to make it 2-1 with five minutes left, but it was too little, too late.

The ground here at Birds Barn is impressive for this level. There is a clubhouse/changing room building as you enter a reasonable sized car park. There are a number of pitches here, with the main one a couple of hundred yards away. It’s fully railed and although the pitch was in decent condition, it did have a bit of a slope.