Yorkshire Amateur League

Supreme Division

Wednesday 25th May 2022

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.35

Wortley 1 Toller 4, attendance 30

63’ 0-1

65’ 0-2

68’ 1-2

69’ 1-3

78’ 1-4

@ Blue Hill Lane

Wortley

Leeds

LS12 4NU

No Admission

£1 Programme, 4 pages.

On arrival at the ground at 17.20 it was a bit concerning to find the gates locked and the place totally deserted, apart from another couple of ’hoppers. Thankfully, at 17.40, a player from each team arrived, then ten minutes later the gates were unlocked and the other players began to drift in. In the end though, they have to be given credit for getting underway just five minutes late. Parking is off Blue Hill Lane, where there is a small sized pitch , from where you walk down some grass banking and across another grassed area before reaching a much steeper drop, with the football pitch at the bottom. It is certainly a more pleasant walk getting down there than it is on the return!

The match was 5th versus 11th in the league table. It was hard to believe the first half finished goalless, as both teams pushed forward at every opportunity, in a very open game. Toller did get the ball in the net early on, but the ’goal’ wasn’t given, despite looking to be at least a yard over the line as the ’keeper scooped the ball clear. Toller did get the breakthrough just after the hour mark though, sparking a run of four goals in six minutes, when a long diagonal pass was finished with a shot across the ’keeper into the far corner. They doubled their lead two minutes later, but Wortley pulled it back to 1-2, shooting into the top corner from 16 yards, before Toller restored their two goal lead immediately to go 1-3 up. A clinical finish, from a one on one with the ’keeper, saw them go 1-4 up with twelve minutes left. Wortley did hit the woodwork twice in the closing stages, but were unable to reduce the deficit.