Somerset County League

Division 2

Monday 27th December 2021

Kick Off 14.00. On Time !

Ashcott 1 Glastonbury 1, attendance 141

3’ 0-1 (pen)

90’ 1-1

@ Ashcott Coronation Playing Fields

Kings Lane

Ashcott

TA7 9PW

No Admission or Programme.

Ashcott were in second place in Division 3, and undefeated at the time, when Covid-19 brought things to a halt last season with just a handful of games having been played. They gained promotion into Division 2 and came into this in eighth place in the league table, whilst Glastonbury were fourteenth (third bottom). It feels odd to see Glastonbury playing in the lower reaches of the Somerset County League, as they were a Western League club when I visited them back in March 1996, although as it was 25 years ago, then perhaps I shouldn’t be too surprised at how far they have fallen in that time.

The game was really poor. Plenty of effort, but very little quality. It looked like a penalty after three minutes was going to be enough to win it. In fact, until the Glastonbury ‘keeper pulled off a good save with five minutes left, it had been the only shot on target we had up to that point. Just as the clock ticked to ninety minutes, Ashcott were awarded a penalty. Their No.9 took it, but his shot was easily saved by the ‘keeper, but he made no mistake with the rebound. Having rescued an unlikely looking point, they should have won it just a minute into stoppage time. The ball was pulled across the six yard box, leaving the ‘keeper stranded, but the No.9 went for power and instead of just diverting the ball across the line, he thundered his shot off the crossbar and it rebounded to safety.