Yeovil & District League

Division 2

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.26!

Baltonsborough 1 Keinton Mandeville 7, attendance 33

10’ 0-1

25’ 0-2

35’ 1-2

36’ 1-3

49’ 1-4

55’ 1-5

57’ 1-6

81’ 1-7

@ Baltonsborough Village Hall & Recreation Ground

Ham Street

Baltonsborough

BA6 8PX

No Admission or Programme.

A trip down to Somerset tonight, for the opening game for these two teams, whose villages are just four miles apart. I’d received a quick reply via text from the home club that the game was going ahead okay, which was good news, as all four top division games in this league scheduled for last night had been postponed. It’s just an open pitch, behind the village hall, with a small car park at the entrance. The pitch is at the furthest point from the buildings, running widthways, at the top end of a gentle slope that rises up from here. At least everyone was here early, enabling the game to get underway four minutes ahead of schedule, on a night of heavy cloud and frequent showers, although it only rained once during the game, a short downpour just after halftime.

As the score suggests, it was an easy win for the visitors. They were 0-2 up after twenty five minutes, but Baltonsborough pulled a goal back ten minutes later. Any hopes of a comeback disappeared a minute later though, when Keinton made it 1-3, dispossessing the fullback, before shooting in off the far post. A downward header at the far post saw them increase their lead just four minutes into the second half and a quick fire double saw them go 1-6 up before the hour. The scoring was rounded off with nine minutes left, heading in from a corner, to give the visitors a resounding win. The game finished at 20.02, when light was surprisingly still quite good.

The journey down the A303 was trouble free, despite a few very heavy periods of rain. Coming back was even easier, aided by just missing the closure of the M25 from J9 to J8.