Yeovil & District League

Premier Division

Saturday 25th September 2021

Kick Off 11.45 Actual 11.49

Stoke-sub-Hamdon 1 Martock United 3, attendance 101 (official)

29’ 0-1

50’ 0-2

90’ 0-3

90’+ 2, 1-3

@ Stoke-sub-Hamdon Recreation Ground

West Street

Stoke-sub-Hamdon

TA14 6QE

No Admission

£1 Programme, 12 pages.

Today was the inaugural Yeovil & District League ground hop. There were to be three matches, with less than eight miles distance between first and last hosting ground. When a new league host a ‘hop, you never know what kind of numbers will turn up. There was no attendance from any of the organisers of the rival ‘hops (Groundhop U.K. and the Bedfordshire County League ‘hop), perhaps to be expected, as today’s event could be seen as treading on their toes. It was no surprise that the main ‘hangers on’ from those ‘hops weren’t here either. Even a number of the ‘programme obsessive’ ‘hoppers didn’t make the effort and others claimed the standard of football was too low! Having witnessed the rubbish on the Witney & District League ‘hop last week, it couldn’t possibly be as poor as that, and it wasn’t.

Stoke-sub-Hamdon came into this match second bottom in the league table, having just a single point to show from their four matches played. Martock United had won two of their three matches, so an away win looked on the cards. The visitors were the better side for long periods. They went 0-2 up early in the second half, finally adding a third goal on ninety minutes. There was still time for the hosts to get a consolation goal, but far too late to make a difference to the result. A well deserved win for Martock United.