Willenhall Town 1 Belper Town 3
After a number of postponements we finally got to go to The Noose for the game with Willenhall. I went with Andy Carter in the Jag (it’s a dirty job but someone has to do it). Again the sat nav seemed to want to take us on a tour of the West Midlands once we decided not to go down the toll motorway.
Eventually we arrived at Willenhall’s ground. It is located on the edge of a housing estate but right next to a depot for delivery trucks (which passed the ground throughout the game).
The boardroom is situated upstairs at the ground with a great view of the pitch. Apart from the need to photograph the game it would have been very tempting to sit up there for the evening – and as it turned out it would have been a lot warmer than it was at pitch side.
I also finally got to meet Simon Faulkner who runs the Non-league Photographers Forum – we did a quick badge swap before the match.
Retford had already made mention on the Belper forum of the rough pitch at Willenhall – and they were not exaggerating – it was rock hard and dry as a bone, even to the point of dust clouds coming off it as players tackled in midfield. As for the home game last week Willenhall were quick and dangerous on the break, proven when they took the lead in the first half.
Ant Wilson pinched an equaliser before the break and again it was an improved second half performance that saw Belper come away with a 3-1 win. As a former Southern Division club Stamford provide food at the end of the game but we were already on the way home, discussing that fact that we were now just 1 point behind the Badgers with a game in hand. This means that all we have to do is win the remaining 5 games and we go up as Champions ! The slight problem there is that the remaining five games are against sides in 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th before we travel to Loughborough on the last day of the season.
If we win the league this season – we will have deserved it that’s for sure.
After a number of postponements we finally got to go to The Noose for the game with Willenhall. I went with Andy Carter in the Jag (it’s a dirty job but someone has to do it). Again the sat nav seemed to want to take us on a tour of the West Midlands once we decided not to go down the toll motorway.
Eventually we arrived at Willenhall’s ground. It is located on the edge of a housing estate but right next to a depot for delivery trucks (which passed the ground throughout the game).
The boardroom is situated upstairs at the ground with a great view of the pitch. Apart from the need to photograph the game it would have been very tempting to sit up there for the evening – and as it turned out it would have been a lot warmer than it was at pitch side.
I also finally got to meet Simon Faulkner who runs the Non-league Photographers Forum – we did a quick badge swap before the match.
Retford had already made mention on the Belper forum of the rough pitch at Willenhall – and they were not exaggerating – it was rock hard and dry as a bone, even to the point of dust clouds coming off it as players tackled in midfield. As for the home game last week Willenhall were quick and dangerous on the break, proven when they took the lead in the first half.
Ant Wilson pinched an equaliser before the break and again it was an improved second half performance that saw Belper come away with a 3-1 win. As a former Southern Division club Stamford provide food at the end of the game but we were already on the way home, discussing that fact that we were now just 1 point behind the Badgers with a game in hand. This means that all we have to do is win the remaining 5 games and we go up as Champions ! The slight problem there is that the remaining five games are against sides in 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th before we travel to Loughborough on the last day of the season.
If we win the league this season – we will have deserved it that’s for sure.
Next up – Carlton Town
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