Essex & Suffolk Border League

Division 3

Saturday 24th October 2020

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 14.57

Langham Lodgers 0 Wormingford Wanderers 4, attendance 38

1’ 0-1

29’ 0-2

54’ 0-3

75’ 0-4 (pen)

@ Langham Recreation Ground

School Road

Langham

CO4 5PA

No Admission or Programme.

Before today I had never seen a club with Lodgers in their name. Now I would be seeing two in the same day. Even better, the two clubs were just six minutes apart by car, so a perfect double.

This was two levels lower than the earlier match, with this seeing 11th host 7th in Division 3. The league positions suggested an even contest, but it certainly didn’t turn out that way. The visitors opened the scoring within 30 seconds of the start, firing low into the corner from just inside the 18 yard box. Their second goal came after half an hour. A weak effort from the penalty spot was easily saved, but the follow in was safely tucked away, before an angled shot, aided by a slight deflection, saw Liam Whittaker complete his hat trick nine minutes into the second half. A second penalty, fifteen minutes from time, saw him make no mistake this time, bagging his fourth goal of the day to round off an emphatic 0-4 win for the visitors. Langham had plenty of chances of their own, but never really looked like making a game of it.