Khalsa Football Federation

Leicester Tournament

Division 2

Quarter Final

Saturday 23rd June 2018

Kick Off  09.00. On Time !

F.C. Punjab Sandwell 1 Portway 1 (1-3 pens),  attendance 7

9’ 1-0

55’ 1-1

@ Aylestone Playing Fields, (APF Second Field) Pitch 5

Braunstone Lane East

Leicester

LE3 2DG

No Admission

Tournament Programme, free, 72 pages.

Having enjoyed my first taste of a Khalsa Tournament in Birmingham two weeks ago, I decided to spend a day at the Leicester Tournament today. Unfortunately, the organisation here was somewhat lacking to that in Birmingham, with the tournament website not having been updated  for over two weeks. Luckily, the Facebook page of F.C. GNG, who were hosting the event, did at least have the draw for the first set of matches in each section, but no kick off times or pitch allocations, so it was a case of turn up and see how the day would pan out.

For today, there would be 8 pitches in use, the main ground of Leicestershire Senior League team F.C. GNG (1) plus their adjacent 3G pitch (2), whilst over the road, there would be 6 pitches on Aylestone Playing Field (3-8).

The first match, in Division 2, was not of the greatest quality and it was little surprise that it took penalties to decide it. Sandwell managed to miss their first three efforts, which just about summed it up, with Portway scoring three of their four to advance to the Semi Final.