Suffolk & Ipswich League

Senior Division

Thursday 4th May 2023

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.31

Claydon 1 Halesworth Town 3, attendance 61

5’ 1-0

49’ 1-1

62’ 1-2

67’ 1-3

@ Blue Circle Ground

Bramford Road

Great Blakenham

IP6 0JX

No Admission or Programme.

There was a three way battle at the top of the table coming into this. Henley Athletic are top on 65 points (2 to play) with Ransomes Sports on 61 points (2 to play) and then Halesworth Town on 56 points (5 to play). The top two still have to play each other next week, at Henley, so Halesworth are very much in with a shout of taking the title.

Eighth in the table Claydon had nothing to play for, but certainly weren’t going to make it easy for the visitors. They took the lead after just five minutes, when a throw in was finished with a shot on the turn from 10 yards. Halesworth dominated for most of the first half, but Claydon were hanging onto their lead comfortably and never really looked like conceding. The visitors stepped it up in the second half and equalised within four minutes of the restart, when a square ball across the box was tapped in from 3 yards. Just after the hour mark Halesworth went in front, powering in a header at the near post, from a corner on the left and five minutes later it was 1-3, when another corner from the same side was headed in unmarked at the far post. It was one way traffic from here and it was quite a surprise that the visitors failed to add to their tally.