East London University v Reading University

British Universities & Colleges Sport

South Eastern 1A

Wednesday 28th November 2018

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 14.08

East London University 8 Reading University 0, attendance 20

2’ 1-0

18’ 2-0

36’ 3-0

58’ 4-0

73’ 5-0

86’ 6-0

90’ 7-0

90’ + 3, 8-0

@ Mabley Green 3G Pitch No.2

Mabley Green Park

Lee Conservancy Road

Hackney

London

E9 5HW

No Admission or Programme.

Here at Mabley Green Park there are two 3G Pitches. Running parallel with the road, is Pitch No.1, which has a couple of steps of terracing as well as a spectator rail along one side. Next to this, is Pitch 2, which is a newer addition to the complex, but there are no spectator facilities with this pitch, although as there is a 10 yards gap between the touch line and fence, viewing from inside the cage was no problem.

This looks like a real freak result, especially considering that league leaders Reading were undefeated in their first six matches, winning five of them. However, in the end, they were lucky the score wasn’t double this, and even if they hadn’t missed a penalty, awarded when the score was already 4-0, they still took a real hammering and if you’re going to lose your unbeaten record, then you might as well do it in style !

The win leaves East London in third place in the league table, level on points with Chichester and just three points behind Reading, having a game in hand over both. Crucially, the game in hand is against bottom team Surrey.

It was a very gloomy day, but at least it remained dry, although it was very windy at times. The floodlights finally came on with just three minutes of normal time left on the clock, but they could have done with being put on 15-20 minutes earlier.