Suffolk & Ipswich League

Senior Division

Tursday 12th April 2022

Kick Off 18.00 Actual 18.06

Bildeston Rangers 1 Capel Plough 2, attendance 28

4’ 0-1

79’ 1-1

90’+ 4, 1-2

@ Bildeston Sportsfield

Consent Lane

Bildeston

IP7 7SB

No Admission or Programme.

Tonight’s match was 9th versus 16th (bottom) in the league table. Capel broke the deadlock just four minutes in, heading in off the post, from a corner on the left. They certainly didn’t play like a team propping up the table and were very effective on the break. The game was back and forth throughout, with neither side looking very good at the back. There were plenty of chances at both ends, with Capel looking the more likely to add to the scoring, but it remained 0-1 at the break.

It looked like the one goal was going to be enough for the visitors, but having hit the angle of crossbar and post with an effort that looked harder to miss than score, Bildeston finally levelled with eleven minutes left. A long angled ball into the box from the halfway line, saw the striker get his head to it as the ’keeper tried to punch clear and the ball looped over the line. Bildeston lost their ’keeper to injury in the 89th minute, replaced by an outfield player, and it was his inexperience, trying to use his feet to clear a free kick, rather than his hands , that saw the attempted clearance followed in from close range, to win if for Capel in stoppage time.

The win sees Capel close the gap on second bottom Leiston St. Margarets to a point, with a game in hand, whilst third bottom Achilles are on the same points, but having played three games more. Only the bottom two are relegated from this division and as Capel have by far the better goal difference of the three, they have a good chance of avoiding the drop, especially if they can put in a few more performances like this.