Perry Street & District League

Division 1

Wednesday 10th September 2025

Kick Off 18.15 Actual 18.12

Merriott Moretti 0 Donyatt United 0, attendance 43

@ Merriott Recreation Ground

Broadway

Merriott

TA16 5QH

No Admission or Programme.

Tonight was the last of the early evening kick offs scheduled for clubs without floodlights and saw a second successive match in Division 1 of the Perry Street & District League. The village of Merriott is sandwiched between the A303 to the north and the town of Crewkerne to the south, with Merriott Moretti playing at the local recreation ground, behind the village hall. The changing rooms are in the cricket pavilion, with the pitch on the far side of the cricket square, running widthways, with a pair of dugouts on the far side, where a concrete path acts as hard standing and there’s a small bit of cover tucked away in the corner behind the right hand goal end too.

Both clubs play their home games here, so it was a bit of a surprise to see them turn up for the game with near identical kits, which resulted in Moretti playing with yellow bibs over the top of their shirts. As with last night’s game in this division, it was played as 2 x 40 minute halves, which actually kicked off three minutes ahead of schedule and saw a seven minute halftime, where everyone stayed out on the pitch. It was a decent game, where chances were few and far between, where the defences certainly had the upper hand. The nearest we came to seeing a goal in the first half was when a 20 yarder from Donyatt smacked against the crossbar after just three minutes. Three minutes from the end of the game they saw the best chance of the second half cleared off the line, before the follow up was headed out for a corner. All over by 19.40 and no problem with the light.

As with last night’s trip to Somerset, another clear run in both directions and once again arrival back home was just before ten o’clock.