Escape to Victory



My fourth visit to Ely City finally led to a victory, well at least a definite victory as it doesn't seem like a decision has been made about the game on Tuesday. It came as a bit of a shock as it came against Needham Market, who finished runners up in the league last season and who won the Suffolk Cup. In fact I was expecting them to get a good thrashing, but the scarf I got in the club shop before the game must be a lucky one.

The first half was pretty incident free with Needham dealing better with the Ely attack than they did with the offside trap. On 29 minutes Andy Petit fired Ely ahead from 12 yards, but they didn't hold on to the league for long. Just 3 minutes later Ely's stand in keeper had what is known in Rocester as an 'empty head' moment, he came charging out of the goal and Needham were able to score into an empty net from 35 yards.

The second half was a lot more exciting and Ely had the best of the chances. On 73 minutes Russell Flinton scored what can best be described a Geoff Hurst goal, as the ball bounced on or over the goal line. I thought it was over the line and so did the referee, although the linesman didn't signal a goal, so he can't have any Azeri blood in him!

It seamed like the referee despite giving the goal had had money on the game being a draw, or that he just wanted to see if the floodlights were working OK today, as he played 5 minutes of extra time in a game with few stoppages. However on 95 minutes Simon Warren scored for Ely to make it 3-1 and the referee blew his whistle.

Comments

Anonymous said…
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Anonymous said…
what happened to the other one?
Anonymous said…
its good to know about it? where did you get that information?
Anonymous said…
i think you add more info about it.
Anonymous said…
not bad.
Grace said…
nice post. i enjoyed reading.

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