Midland League
Division 3
Monday 16th April 2018
Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.33
Guru Nanak Prakash Sports 7 F.C. Stratford 1, attendance 42
2’ 1-0
30’ 2-0
37’ 2-1
58’ 3-1
62’ 4-1
69’ 5-1
71’ 6-1
72’ 7-1
@ Coventry Athletics Track
University of Warwick Westwood Campus
Kirby Corner Road
Coventry
CV4 7AL
No Admission or Programme.
This ground went on the ‘to do’ list when G.N.P. Sports announced recently that they will play their home matches next season at Coventry Sphinx F.C. Although the ground will not disappear, it may not host football so regularly in the future.
With just one more home game after tonight, which is on Saturday, this was the ideal time to tick this one off, especially as this was a virtual title clincher. G.N.P. came into this match unbeaten in their 24 league matches, winning 22 of them, whilst Stratford were in fourth place in the league table, being 27 points adrift, but with 5 games in hand.
G.N.P. were ahead within two minutes before increasing their lead with as good an own goal as you could ever wish to see, with the defender somehow managing to beat his own ‘keeper with a superb finish from just inside the 18 yard box. When Stratford pulled a goal back before halftime it set it up nicely for the second half, but G.N.P. ran away with it, scoring five goals in a fifteen minute purple patch, with some finishing that would not look out of place a few divisions higher.
Having not lost in 25 games, G.N.P. would now have to lose their last five matches for either F.C. Stratford or Central Ajax to draw level with them, as well as both those teams winning their remaining 10 matches. The fact that G.N.P. have a goal difference of +102, compared to the +53 and +21 of the two chasers, then it really is all over.
Although the match was scheduled to finish in ‘daylight’, the floodlights around the running track were switched on early in the second half. Even if the the five bulbs that were not working were replaced, the lights might not be good enough to stage a proper midweek ‘floodlit’ match.
