Stratford-upon-Avon Alliance League

Stratford Hospital Cup 1st Round

Thursday 8th August 2019

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.32

Welford on Avon 2 South Redditch Athletic 3, attendance 18

16’ 1-0

49’ 1-1

56’ 2-1

57’ 2-2

80’ 2-3

@ Meon Vale Leisure Centre

Bailey Avenue

Meon Vale

CV37 8QW

No Admission or Programme.

With their own ground in Welford-on-Avon still being used for cricket, it meant this match was switched to the relatively new complex here in Meon Vale, some 5 miles south of there. Despite having changing rooms on site, they were not used tonight, so the players got changed in the main Leisure Centre building and walked across the road to the pitch.

Welford looked well in charge, scoring the only goal of the half early on, and South Redditch were resorting to very heavy handed tactics. Two of the visitors strikers moaned at every decision and threats were made to the home club Linesman, which the pathetically weak Referee did nothing about. A minute before halftime one of them was ‘sin binned’ following two head butts and a third attempt at another. At the start of the second half, the 10 men, who had substituted the other moaner by now, looked a much better team and started to play some decent football. They soon levelled it up at 1-1 and even though they went behind again, it was level at 2-2 within a minute. Welford then had their ‘keeper sent off for handling the ball outside his area and it was then a case of just how long it would take South Redditch to score a winning goal, which they finally did with ten minutes left.