Spartan South Midlands League
Division 1
Tuesday 8th October 2019
Kick Off 19.45 Actual 19.48
Shefford Town & Campton 3 Enfield Borough 1, attendance 61
5’ 1-0
23’ 2-0
58’ 3-0
78’ 3-1
@ Shefford Sports Club
Hitchin Road
Shefford
SG17 5JD
£5 Admission, including Programme, 12 pages*
Shefford Town & Campton are newly promoted into the Spartan South Midlands League, having won the Premier Division and Cup double in the Bedfordshire County League last season. They have started well at the higher level and are second in the league table, whilst the visitors started the night in fourth place.
Enfield Borough arrived by minibus, but that wasn’t until 18.55, and it transpired that they had forgotten to bring their kit with them. Luckily, Shefford lent them some, so the game was able to go ahead and only kicked off a few minutes late, which would probably have been the case anyway, such is the way at so many games these days.
Shefford opened the scoring after five minutes and doubled their lead eighteen minutes later, when a shot from outside the box went straight under the hapless visiting ‘keeper. Their third goal came just before the hour mark when a left wing cross was volleyed in from just inside the 18 yard box. Enfield pulled a goal back with a far post header twelve minutes from the end.
*The programme had all the basics and was better than a lot of those that clubs sell for a ridiculously overpriced £2. However, it could do with a proof reader. The Chairman’s notes state that this is the clubs first match back in the Spartan South Midlands League since 1994…..obviously forgetting the ten league games they have played so far! Then there is the constant reference to them winning the ‘Bedfordshire Premier League’…..They actually won the Bedfordshire County League, Premier Division……basic mistake, but completely different. Then one last gripe. On the results page, why can’t clubs just list their own score first? Their last three away matches are shown as W 0-7, L4-1, W 7-2 and they even have a home game shown as W 2-5……..why not 7-0, 1-4, 7-2 and 5-2, so that you clearly know which is their goal tally?……and people wonder why the matchday programme is dying out.
