Kent County League

Premier Division

Saturday 5th September 2020

Kick Off 14.45 Actual 14.43

Peckham Town 0 Borden Village 0, attendance 159

@ Menace Arena

Dulwich Common

London

SE21 7EU

£3 Admission

£1 Programme, 12 pages.

It took around fifty minutes to drive the 11 miles from this morning’s match. I arrived to see that Track & Trace was in operation at the entrance due to the Covid-19 pandemic, although the fact that you had to write down your own contact details, with just one pen available to do so, meant it rather defeated the object! It also meant that the queue to get into the ground took the first twelve minutes of the match to clear!

Peckham Town certainly have the feel of a club very much on the up and the ground is developing along nicely. According to their club Twitter feed the crowd of 159 ( I counted 142) was a club record at the ground. Plenty of their supporters were in club shirts and scarves as well. The tea bar was up and running, but the clubhouse remained closed.

As far as the game went, the less said the better. It was really poor, not helped by both sides lacking any attacking flair whatsoever. It became obvious very early on that this would end goalless. The only time it looked like the deadlock may have been broken, was a late chance for Peckham, where a shot was deflected, but the ‘keeper got down well to turn it round the post.

Today’s visit means I have completed the top division of the Kent County League for the first time. Any trip to Peckham wouldn’t be complete without a mention of ‘Only Fools and Horses’ and sure enough, the theme tune was played over the tannoy at halftime!