REDS JUST TOO STRONG FOR THE YOUNG WHITES

Samba Nottinghamshire Senior League

Division Two

CLIFTON ALL WHITES DEVELOPMENT FC 0 RAVENSHEAD REDS FC 5

Admission: Free

Att: 24

This match was switched to Friday evening from the Saturday afternoon and was the only Friday match on in Nottinghamshire in the evening, so I thought there would have been a bigger crowd but those who missed it, missed a very good game.

The First 25 minutes, All Whites did the more pressing forward finding the Reds Keeper Dan Hurst in fine form and came very close to taking the lead when the ball smashed the crossbar before being cleared to safety.

On 38 minutes, the Reds had got themselves in to the game and TYLER LAMBERT slotted them in to a 1-0 lead. On 41 minutes, All Whites through they were back on level terms when again they hit the crossbar and there  were strong appeals from the home team to say the ball had crossed the line, the young referee looked over at the club linesman but no flag went up and play was waved on.

After the half time cuppa, it was the club from North Nottinghamshire who were out of the blocks first and within a minute of the restart, JAMIE SIMONS doubled his teams advantage.

The Reds were soon racking up the goals with JAMIE SIMON's getting his second on 57 minutes and ADAM MARTIN making it 4-0 on 63 minutes, whilst I was chatting to local photographer Ian Burton who was letting me take some photos with his lens on my camera.

The young All Whites pressed forward again and thought they had scored when a shot was parried on to the crossbar, then the visiting keeper was forced in to making a double close up save.

The Reds now pressed forward again and it was Harry Bowles turn to shine in the homesters net with two excellent saves, but couldnt prevent TYLER LAMBERT putting the final nail in the coffin to make it 5-0 in the final minute.

I would like to thank firstly Tom Spencer who on behalf of Ravenshead Reds FC kindly donated £11.00 to the Charity Blog which this season is in aid of Nottingham Stroke Club and takes the running total to £404.25p.

I would also like to thank Mitchell Travers mum for the kind lift to Newstead Abbey for me to catch a bus and be home about two hours earlier than if Id have had to have caught the trams and buses.

62 photos from tonights match can be seen on this LINK