Essex & Suffolk Border League

Division 3

Tuesday 2nd May 2023

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.39

Sporting Rebels 0 Frinton & Walton 6, attendance 29

8’ 0-1

19’ 0-2

45’ + 1, 0-3

51’ 0-4

60’ 0-5

84’ 0-6

@ Plough Corner Playing Fields

Harwich Road

Little Clacton

CO16 9ND

No Admission or Programme.

This was 10th versus 3rd (out of 11) and affected both ends of the table as Sporting Rebels are four points adrift of safety and Frinton & Walton trail leaders Bradfield Rovers by nine points, but have three games in hand and are five points behind second placed Gas Recreation, having played a game more.

An early goal saw the visitors go ahead and if it wasn’t for a great double save by the home ‘keeper and a shot that came back off a post, this could have been all over in the first fifteen minutes. In truth, once Frinton scored, it was already done and dusted, as Rebels never looked like scoring. Frinton headed in from a corner half an hour in and added a third in first half stoppage time. Frinton wasted chance after chance and could really have boosted their goal difference quite considerably. It was 0-5 by the time Rebels had their first shot on target, with twelve minutes left. Frinton blazed a penalty over the bar with seven minutes left, but did make it 0-6 a minute later, after a great double save by the ‘keeper, stopping one from blank range, before tipping the second effort onto the crossbar, but the rebound was scrambled over the line. Frinton were probably disappointed to have only got six goals. It should have been at least double that.

The ground is a huge field that could probably accommodate six pitches. Tonight’s game was on the one in the near right hand corner as you enter the complex by the changing rooms.