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Saturday 9th July 2022

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 14.58

Liss Athletic 2 Headley United 1, attendance 61

17’ 0-1

54’ 1-1

68’ 2-1

@ Liss Cricket Club

The Glebe

Farnham Road

West Liss

GU33 6JU

No Admission or Programme.

Liss Athletic play in Hampshire Premier League Senior Division (Step 7), whilst Headley United play one step lower, in Division 1 of the same league. This was another neutral venue, which despite all the signage being for Liss Cricket Club, it appears to now only host football, with the cricket pitch totally overgrown and looking like it has been unused for quite some time. The football pitch has also been turned to run the opposite way to which it did when the cricket pitch was in use.

Considering the relentless heat, which meant a drinks break during each half, this was a decent game, played at a good pace throughout. Headley led at the break, having gone in front when a striker managed to nick the ball off a defender, before shooting low into the bottom corner. Liss levelled early in the second half, when a mix up between defender and ’keeper on a backward header that fell short, saw a striker nip between them, guiding in a header from the edge of the box. The winner came midway through the half, when a corner from the left went in at the near post, perhaps via the ’keeper, as he tried to punch the ball clear.