Arthurian League

Division 4

Saturday 21st October 2023

Kick Off 11.00 Actual 11.05

Old King’s Scholars 3 Old Wellingtonians 2, attendance 6

29’ 0-1

54’ 1-1

61’ 2-1

70’ 2-2

89’ 3-2

@ The City of London Academy (Southwark), 3G Pitch

240 Lynton Road

Bermondsey

London

SE1 5LA

No Admission or Programme.

Today’s game was a clash between two ground sharers, as 6th hosted 5th in the league table. This is a relatively new set up, not too far from The New Den, home of Millwall F.C. The only spectator area is restricted to a small section on the halfway line (to the left when looking from the car park/changing rooms) where there is a seated stand for 100, although the view is hampered slightly by one of the goals for the small sized pitch being stuck right in front. Plenty of parking here though and even better, it’s free!

It was a game with plenty of chances, at both ends. The only goal of the first half saw Wellingtonians go ahead just before the half hour mark. King’s levelled nine minutes into the second half and then went in front seven minutes later, coolly lobbing in from 25 yards after the ‘keeper had totally miss kicked an attempted clearance wide to the left of his 18 yard box. Wellingtonians hit back to make it 2-2 with twenty minutes left, when a cross to the far post from the right was controlled and finished with a shot into the bottom corner. King’s won it with a curling shot into the bottom corner from just outside the box, which may have got a slight deflection. Wellingtonians nearly grabbed a point, when they had a shot come back off the crossbar with what turned out to be the last kick of the match.