Perry Street & District League

Division 1

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Kick Off 18.15 Actual 18.14

Kingsbury Episcopi 0 Barrington 2, attendance 27

18’ 0-1

19’ 0-2

@ Kingsbury Episcopi Recreation Ground

Thorne Road

Kingsbury Episcopi

TA12 6BG

No Admission or Programme.

A trip down to Somerset and a game in a league that are traditionally one of the few in the south who regularly schedule midweek games in the second week of September. Kingsbury Episcopi Recreation Ground is exactly what it says on the tin. It’s just an open pitch, where the grass could do with a mow and large brick built changing room building adjacent to the car park. If you arrive early enough, or choose to visit on a Saturday afternoon, you’ll find the cafe open, which is situated within the same building.

These two were playing their second game of the season, Kingsbury Episcopi having opened with a 5-0 win away to Charmouth, whilst Barrington had lost 0-1 at home to Forton Rangers Reserves. It was a dull evening, with a threat of rain in the air and despite kicking off a minute ahead of schedule, the Referee decided on playing 2 x 40 minute halves, rather than risk any problems with fading light. It was played with full commitment throughout, as you’d expect from a local derby, with the two villages just four miles apart. It was a game of few decent chances. Barrington broke the deadlock after eighteen minutes, with a 25 yarder that went straight through the ‘keeper’s legs and doubled their lead a minute later, when a shot from the edge of the D was lashed into the bottom corner. At no time did it look like being anything other than an away win from this point.

Having kicked off a minute early and with it being an 80 minute match (1 minute stoppage time in first half and three in the second) and a very quick turnaround at halftime, where everyone stayed on the pitch, we were done and dusted by 19.43. A totally trouble free return journey, with no overnight roadworks yet underway, meant arrival home was just before ten o’clock.