Sheffield & District Fair Play League
Division 1
Saturday 14th October 2023
Kick Off 10.30
Treeton Terriers 6 Hammer & Pincers 1, attendance 15
4’ 1-0, 17’ 2-0, 41’ 3-0
46’ 3-1, 70’ 4-1, 83’ 5-1, 90’ 6-1
@ Treeton Cricket & Football Club
Washfield Lane
Treeton
S60 5PU
No Admission or Programme.
Having stayed overnight near Rotherham, this morning was the perfect opportunity to take in my first game in the Sheffield & District Fair Play League, which is a Saturday morning league where games kick off at 10.30, so plenty of time to head off for a second game afterwards and where better place to start than at league leaders Treeton Terriers, who were hosting fourth in the table Hammer & Pincers.
The standard was far higher than I’d been expecting, helped perhaps by it being two of the better teams involved and is certainly something I would watch in future. It only took Treeton four minutes to go in front and they had doubled their lead after just seventeen minutes. The visitors went close when an initial shot hit the post, before the follow up rebounded off the crossbar, but it was Treeton who got the all important next goal just before halftime, clipping the ball over the ‘keeper after being played through on goal.
Hammer & Pincers pulled a goal back within seconds of the restart through a long range diagonal shot that sailed over the ‘keeper into the far corner. A far post header ended any hopes of a comeback though, as Treeton made it 4-1 with twenty minutes left. Goal number five, which looked offside, came with seven minutes left and saw the visitors have a man sin binned for the remainder of the game after arguing the decision and Treeton made it 6-1 with what turned out to be the final kick of the match.
The ground is shared with the cricket club, which houses the changing rooms. The football pitch is to the left when looking from the building, just beyond the cricket pavilion in the near left corner. There are a pair of dugouts on the far side, with the left hand goal backing onto grass banking, whilst the other end is tree line. The pitch was in good condition and sloped down towards the right hand goal.
