On the way to Prescot Cables' pre season game at Kidsgrove Athletic, the train conductor made an announcement, "The emergency call for aid button in the toilet does not flush the toilet or open the door". He then explained the flush button could be used for the former, and the open doors button for the latter. If possession of gorm were a criminal offence, there would be passengers leaving the court without a stain on their characters. At Crewe, sumo wrestling was specifically prohibited: it is tempting to organise a Graeco-Roman bout and see what happens.
On arrival, I adjourned to the Blue Bell, where the conversation when I walked in was the standard staple of births, marriages and deaths - omitting births and marriages. The beer choice was more cheerful, and I went for the local option, Arbor Light, from Whim.
My photos turn up in all sorts of places, one is on Kidsgrove's website, in the header, a corner flag with the club badge, taken on my last visit.
When they asked if they could use it, I thought it might have been easier to pop outside and take a picture, but they seem no longer to have the flags. The ground seemed cheerful enough.
It was a sunny day, which restricted my choice of position, as I have mislaid my lens hood. Fortunately, whilst there are no baby goats, the ground is very much in a grove, surrounded by trees. As we played the first half downhill, I took a seat in the shade behind the goal, near one of the reduced corner flags.
It felt whilst I was taking pictures that we spent a lot of the first half in defence, although, looking at the end results, we made more movement forward than I had thought.
We made the most of the opportunities, opening the scoring as I was still making my way behind the goal, and added two more before half time.
Jack Cookson was kept in action in our goal.
The feet behind Harry do not seem to have a visible owner.
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| Phil Bannister |
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| Joe Herbert |
Jack Cookson was kept in action in our goal.
The second half was a different matter in all respects. The back wall provided plenty of shade, and once again a seat offered a good vantage point.
We still made some good movement forward, but the hosts had changed goalkeeper at half time, switching I believe to their regular keeper.
The hosts took advantage of the slope, as you would expect, and scored three without reply.
Elsewhere, competitive fixtures were starting, with Dulwich Hamlet winning 3-0 at altitude against Canvey Island. Actually, every away game for Canvey is at altitude, as their home pitch is below sea level.
Of more significance in the wider scheme of things, this blog would like to congratulate the joint organiser of the Dulwich Twelfth Man scheme, Neil Cole, on completing the Dulwich parkrun, one of the nationwide series of free 5k running events. This is not normally an event that attracts the attention of these pages, but Neil was running in his first event since suffering a cardiac arrest, from which he had an approximately 2-4% chance of survival, at the end of his last parkrun on New Year's Day.
The rest of the pictures from the game at Kidsgrove can be seen here.
Final score Kidsgrove Athletic 3 Prescot Cables 3.
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| Neil Prince |
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| James Edgar |
Elsewhere, competitive fixtures were starting, with Dulwich Hamlet winning 3-0 at altitude against Canvey Island. Actually, every away game for Canvey is at altitude, as their home pitch is below sea level.
Of more significance in the wider scheme of things, this blog would like to congratulate the joint organiser of the Dulwich Twelfth Man scheme, Neil Cole, on completing the Dulwich parkrun, one of the nationwide series of free 5k running events. This is not normally an event that attracts the attention of these pages, but Neil was running in his first event since suffering a cardiac arrest, from which he had an approximately 2-4% chance of survival, at the end of his last parkrun on New Year's Day.
The rest of the pictures from the game at Kidsgrove can be seen here.
Final score Kidsgrove Athletic 3 Prescot Cables 3.
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