Spellbound
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The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me
And I cannot, cannot go.
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The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow.
And the storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.
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Clouds beyond clouds above me,
Wastes beyond wastes below;
But nothing drear can move me;
I will not, cannot go.
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Emily Bronte (1818 – 1848)
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Friday 1st November 2024
Premier League 2
Leicester City U21 3
Jeremy Monga 10, Louis Page 13, Henry Cartwright (pen) 23,
Aston Villa U21 1
Brad Burrowes 90+2
Referee: Paul Cooper. Attendance: 342
Admission: OMGDS £3.00 (£5). Free Team Sheet
Three goals in the first twenty-five minutes gave the hosts a somewhat flattering interval score line. Villa spurned several gilt edged first half chances and then spent the second period encamped in the Leicester half with only a single strike for their efforts and that in the second minute of added time. With John Main.
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Saturday 2nd November 2024
North West Counties League Division 1 North
Maghull 3
Harrison Worden 36 (pen), Darren Brannigan 45+1, Jacob Till 90+1,
Route One Rovers 5
Anees Younis 16, 27, Muhammed Arshad 41, Zakariya Khan 82, Mohammed Hasnain 89,
Referee: Joshua Mitchell. Attendance: 138
Admission: OMGDS £3.00 (£6). Programme: NONE. Free team sheet.
Pleasantly impressed with Maghull’s Hall Field ground which they share with the local cricket club. There is secure fencing and hardstanding all around the pitch, a small covered, terraced standing area, but no seating unless you include the tiny number of picnic tables. Well stocked bar and a tight but imaginative food gallery serving Chinese chicken curry and “Scouse and crusted bread”. The parish church of St Andrew peeps above the tree line and The Leeds Liverpool Canal runs behind the far goal. The local railway station recently won station of the year across the whole country!
The visitors ground-share with Steeton in West Yorkshire and are presently mired deep in the relegation morass, but they were much the better side on the day. Five goals shared in the opening period gave them a single goal lead at the break, but after heavy home pressure in the second period, the visitors added two more before a last minute consolation to the hosts. Good game, helpful officials (providing free team sheets!) and friendly supporters of both sides! John Main and I came, not expecting much, but leaving pleasantly surprised. A very entertaining afternoon and well worth a visit.
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