Mid-Essex League

Premier Division

Saturday 7th March 2020

Kick Off 12.00 Actual 12.13

Writtle 0 Burnham Ramblers Reserves 3, attendance 22

4’ 0-1 (pen)

29’ 0-2

81’ 0-3

@ Melbourne Park, 3G Pitch

Salerno Way

Chelmsford

CM1 2EH

No Admission or Programme.

With Writtle switching their second successive home match to the 3G pitch which is adjacent to the ground of Chelmsford City, combined with the noon kick off, it meant another double possibility today. The match finally got underway thirteen minutes late, due to the fact that it took the various youth teams using the facility, ten minutes over their allotted booking slot to vacate the pitch.

The match was 7th versus 9th in the league table. Writtle were second best from the off and the 0-3 score line flattered them somewhat. An early penalty set Burnham on their way and the second goal came just before the half hour mark, when a one-two on the edge of the box was finished with an unstoppable shot into the bottom corner of the net. The Burnham ‘keeper pulled off some decent saves in the second half, before they rounded off a resounding win with a close range headed finish with nine minutes left.

The late kick off was nullified by the teams taking just six minutes for halftime, but with a 52 minute first half, followed by a 49 minute second, it meant this didn’t finish until 2 o’clock. Luckily, my second match was only eleven minutes drive from here.