Leicestershire Senior League

Division 1

Saturday 18th August 2018

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.01

Magna ‘73 4 Highfield Rangers 2,  attendance 28

27’ 1-0

47’ 1-1

49’ 2-1

61’ 3-1 (pen)

68’ 3-2

86’ 4-2

@ Meadows Sports Ground

Leicester Road

Countesthorpe

LE8 5QW

No Admission or Programme.

This match was certainly not on the radar when we headed up the M1 this morning. We were actually intending to watch Stapleford Town versus Attenborough in the Nottinghamshire Senior League (chosen because the home club were issuing their first ever programme and the driver today is obsessed with programmes for some reason), but at 13.52 it became apparent that Attenborough could not be bothered to turn up and play the fixture, giving the pathetic excuse of a lack of players as the reason. This is the problem with many leagues nowadays. They seem to think that the league looks more ‘professional’ if they force clubs to issue programmes, when surely getting clubs to actually turn up and play their matches would give people a far better impression. Perhaps I’m wrong ?

Anyway, we needed to find an alternative match. This would normally be straightforward, but when the three of us in the car have visited a total of 14,000 grounds combined, the task is much harder. By the time we had settled on Magna ‘73, we would be arriving at the ground in 52 minutes time, according to SatNav, just a minute before the scheduled 3 o’clock kick off. As it was, we arrived at 14.57, so plenty of time !

Magna should have really had this sewn up well before halftime, but a combination of woeful finishing and an away ‘keeper in top form meant the visitors were always in with a chance of getting something from the game. It was only when Magna scored their fourth goal that the three points looked safe for them.

In the end it turned out to be a good day out. I can now add Attenborough to my list of clubs to avoid as an away team, especially if I want the match to take place !