Friendly

Wednesday 21st July 2021

Kick Off 19.30 Actual 19.32

Clapton 1 Romford 3, attendance 40

7’ 0-1 (pen)

9’ 0-2

74’ 0-3

90’ + 1, 1-3

@ The College of Haringey, Enfield & North East London (Enfield), 3G Pitch

73 Hertford Road

(enter via The Ride)

Enfield

EN3 5HA

No Admission or Programme.

This was my second visit here, having been previously on 23rd June 2019, when I saw Enfield Borough 2 Rising Ballers 4, in a friendly, but that match was played on the grass pitch that is beyond the 3G cage used tonight, running parallel.

Tonight’s match was Essex Senior League (Step 5) versus Isthmian League North (Step 4). The game could have done without the constant whinging at every decision, with both sides equally guilty and we got the inevitable free for all half an hour in, which had been brewing from the start. It was a shame, as it was a really good game when they concentrated on the football.

Romford raced into a two goal lead inside ten minutes, striker Christian Adu Gyamfi scoring both, the first from the penalty spot. They had the better of the exchanges, with both sides hitting the post, and going close a number of times, but no more goals followed in the first half. It wasn’t until sixteen minutes from time that Romford went 0-3 up, when Gyamfi completed his hattrick. Clapton netted a consolation goal in stoppage time.