Belgium

Oost Vlaanderen Provincial 2B

Friday 15th March 2019

Kick Off 20.00 Actual 19.59

K.V.V. Windeke 1 K.V. Eendracht Winnik 0, attendance 117

19’ 1-0

@ Stationsstraat

Scheldewindeke

9860 Oosterzele

€5 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

Tonight saw a second trip across to Belgium in the last three days. It was 11th versus 10th in the league table, with the match moved to this evening to avoid a clash with a food festival that is taking place over the weekend.

The pitch was heavy at one end and did cut up a fair bit, but it could have been worse if the rain that arrived during the second half had been an hour or so earlier. Windeke kicked down the slope in the first half and took the lead through a close range finish from their No. 9 after nineteen minutes. He was the main culprit in why we had no further goals, as he missed another three glaring chances to put the game well out of reach. Luckily, for him, Winnik never looked like scoring, so his poor finishing never cost the team the three points.

We had left extra time for our journey down to The Tunnel, allowing for any problems with ‘Operation Stack’ which although apparently lifted the night before, might still have a knock on effect. As it turned out, we were in plenty of time for our 13.50 crossing and were offered the earlier 13.20 train instead, which we took and it left a couple of minutes early. The return journey saw us arrive in ample time for our booked 01.17 return. At check-in it showed this was now leaving early, at 01.15. Unfortunately, having come through Passport Control in under ten minutes, the screens were showing we were delayed (according to Eurotunnel it was due to delays at Border Control!) until 01.45. Even then, it didn’t leave until 01.52 and lost a further seven minutes during the crossing. To cap it off, the M20 was then closed from Junction 9-7, which added another fifteen minutes to the normal journey time home as we were diverted onto the A20.