Stratford-upon-Avon Alliance League

Stratford Hospital Cup 1st Round

Tuesday 7th August 2018

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.26

Ilmington United Colts 0 Claverdon 10,  attendance 7

17’ 0-1

31’ 0-2

34’ 0-3

47’ 0-4

48’ 0-5

56’ 0-6

61’ 0-7

68’ 0-8

73’ 0-9

78’ 0-10

@ Ilmington Playing Fields

Mickleton Road

Ilmington

CV36 4JQ

No Admission or Programme.

Well, this was certainly a bit of a waste of an evening, although I suppose at least it was a match that was completed, but from a spectators point of view, it was rubbish.

Ilmington are new into the league this season, but are a total embarrassment. They only had 7 players for the duration and only played the match due to the league telling them they would be fined £75 if they failed to do so. They claimed that the rest of the squad were on holiday, although a check on the F.A. Full Time website shows that they only have 12 players registered anyway. They are certainly a club I will avoid at all costs in the future, although I only watch matches in this league during the first midweek of the season, so it won’t cause much of a problem.

Had we known earlier (it was about 3 minutes before kick off that we found out they were going to play with just 7 players) we could have gone to see South Redditch Athletic versus Inkberrow ‘A’ instead, (the only other ground the three of us in the car hadn’t visited) which was being played at Henley in Arden College, not the normal home club venue. That finished 16-2 !