Leicestershire Senior League

Premier Division

Tuesday 18th February 2020

Kick Off 20.15 Actual 20.18

F.C. Guru Nanak Gurdwara 2 Rugby Borough 9, attendance 19

8’ 0-1

42’ 1-1

43’ 1-2

49’ 1-3

56’ 1-4

59’ 1-5

70’ 1-6

75’ 1-7

81’ 1-8

89’ 2-8

90’+2, 2-9

@ Riverside Football Ground, 3G Pitch

Braunstone Lane East

Leicester

LE3 2FW

No Admission or Programme.

With the main grass pitch being unfit (G.N.G. warmed up on it so it couldn’t have been that bad) this match was switched to the 3G Pitch, which runs end on to the main ground and is nothing more than a cage. There is no designated spectator area, but we were allowed to stand inside the cage to watch. A couple of minutes before kick off there was a flash of lightning, followed by a rumble of thunder. We then had a five minute hailstorm, then five or ten minutes of rain, none of which were forecast. At least it remained dry from here onwards, although there was a very cold wind.

The match was 12th versus 7th in the league table, but there was a huge gulf between the two teams. Rugby scored early on and looked well in control. G.N.G. did come back into it and did well to level it up three minutes before the break, but conceded again within a minute to go in 1-2 down at the break. An early second half goal made it 1-3 and from then on it was one way traffic. Rugby should have scored well into double figures, such was their dominance.