British Universities & Colleges Sport

Midlands 4D

Wednesday 31st October 2018

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 13.53

Bishop Grosseteste University 6 Bedfordshire University 3rds 5,  attendance 18

7’ 0-1

30’ 0-2

32’ 1-2

39’ 2-2

45’ + 2, 3-2

49’ 4-2

53’ 4-3

55’ 4-4 (pen)

70’  5-4

80’ 5-5

87’ 6-5

@ Sports & Fitness Centre Field

Longdales Road

Lincoln

LN1 3DY

No Admission or Programme.

As I was going to a match near Mansfield in the evening, it made sense to head off to Lincoln for my afternoon entertainment, as both Universities in the city had home matches scheduled. I actually intended to go to Lincoln University versus Newman University, in Midlands 3A, but when I telephoned them en route, I was told that the match was off, as Newman could not be bothered to travel and play the game. I’m glad that they have such a pathetic attitude, as it meant that I would be doing the match here at Bishop Grosseteste instead. And what a match !

I arrived at the ground at 13.30 to see both teams warming up on the pitch and knew it was the correct match as BGU only have one team that play in the BUCS league, so it had to be their 1sts. Parking is free and also right next to the pitch, where the game could easily be watched from your car if the weather was poor.

BGU are the only 1st team that play in this division, so unless they draw another 1st XI in a cup match, the opposition will always be the visitors 2nds or lower. These were the bottom two in the league table, neither of them picking up a point so far, but something had to give today. It has to be said, that with defences like these, it is easy to see why they struggle. As a neutral though, it was great to watch. Every time there was an attack, it looked like there would be a goal and if this had finished 10-10, it wouldn’t have been a surprise.