YELLOWS DEVELOPMENT JUST EDGE HOME

Samba Nottinghamshire Senior League

Division One

HUCKNALL TOWN DEVELOPMENT FC 2 KIMBERLEY MINERS WELFARE RESERVES FC 1

Att: 73

After the blistering heat, here comes two nights of rain, but Hucknall Town have a few stands to keep cover at their Watnall Road ground, where they have their Development team making their home debut in the NSL after winning their first match away at Ravenshead FC a few weeks ago, they were hosting local rivals Kimberley MW Reserves.

The game kicked off and it was the Miners who looked likely to open up the scoring with debutant Zafison Giraud spearheading their attack with quick runs, but after 9 minutes was in a one on one situation with the home keeper and came off second best, the game was stopped and he came to the sidelines dazed and said he couldnt remember anything and was subbed straight away by the visiting manager and led to the safety of the changing rooms to be checked over.

This seemed to take the pressure of the home side and on 16 minutes, whilst the away team were appealing for a foul that wasnt given, the ball fell to ISSAC ANDERSON who fired home low from 25 yards out.

The rain then began to lash down and both sets of players were giving good value to the crowd with some good football.

The Second Half saw Kimberley on the front foot forcing the home keeper Jake Pearson in to several saves, but in the 74th minute couldnt avoid STEPHEN KIRKHAM from heading home from close range to make it 1-1.

Then came the turning point of the match, when in the 79th minute, a shot from a Miners midfielder seemed to have struck the home defenders arm to which the referee waved away and from the counter attack ISSAC ANDERSON smashed home the winner.

In to injury time and Kimberley were down to 10 men as they had Issac Weathall sent to the sin bin and moments later a incident off the ball by a Development player saw the visiting keeper get involved which led to him seeing a red card.

I would like to thank Kimberley Miners Welfare's Ian Shepherd for the kind £5 donation to the blog charity of NOTTINGHAM STROKE CLUB which takes the running total to a superb £392.00