Netherlands

Zuid I, District Cup 2nd Round

Saturday 16th November 2019

Kick Off 14.30 Actual 14.33

G.P.C. Vlissingen 0 V.V. Serooskerke 7, attendance 87

2’ 0-1

18’ 0-2

26’ 0-3

36’ 0-4

45’ + 1, 0-5

77’ 0-6

88’ 0-7

@ G.P.C. Sportpark

Bosweg 2

4383 TV

Vlissingen

No Admission or Programme.

We headed out on the 08.20 Eurotunnel, which left a minute late, bound for a 4 or 5 match weekend which would start off with a game in the Zuid I District Cup in The Netherlands. Vlissingen is a port on the Southwest coast of Zeeland, so it was to be a drive of just under two and a half hours from Calais, which would include going through the Terneuzen Tunnel, which had a €5 toll.

G.P.C. (Gemeente-Post Combinatie, originally formed as the postal workers team) play in 3 Klasse A and are third bottom in the league table, whilst Serooskerke are one level higher, currently in fourth place of 2 Klasse E. We expected an away win, but not quite as one sided as it turned out.

An own goal after just two minutes set the tone for the match, when a back pass hit a bobble on the pitch, which meant the ‘keeper miss kicked and the ball trickled over the line. It was one way traffic from here and Serooskerke were five goals up by the interval. It could have easily been double figures, but they eased up during the second half, adding two late goals to round off a very comfortable 0-7 win.