Thetford Town 2 Long Melford 0
Last time I went to a fixture between these two teams was in the Ridgeons League 1 Cup last season and it was a pretty bad tempered affair with friction between the two clubs occurring on the pitch, in the stands, in the club room and on the Internet. Therefore I was expecting a spicy affair yesterday, but this wasn't to be the case.
The first half was a fairly drab affair, which was equally balanced. Thetford looked the stronger side but the best chance fell to Melford who hit the post just before half time. The highlight however was probably the cheap prices in the club house though, as although I've been to Thetford a few times before I haven't partaken of the cheap and good quality ale. They probably have the best and most reasonable priced beer in Thetford.
The second half was a lot better thankfully with Thetford looking a lot more lively. Melford though still looked slugish. In the early encounters Thetford were unlucky not to get a penalty when Dan Grindrod handled the ball from a Steve Davis corner. Grindrod redeemed himself a couple of minutes later when a timely tackle on Matt Dixon stopped what would have been a certain Thetford goal. The home side though were definitely missing the finishing skills of Matt Blake, who was sat in the stand, and who is still surprisingly at the club after being rumoured to be going on to a bigger club since about last April.
Melford gradually got back into the game, but on 73 minutes another Davis corner was met by Matt Howard and although a Melford defender cleared the ball it had already gone over the line. The last 15 minutes were then dominated by Thetford who had chance after chance and on 84 minutes they finished off the job when Matt Dixon, who had the option of getting the ball to either of the subs in space found one of them and I think O'Driscoll provided the final touch to beat the Melford keeper.
Melford had one more chance, hitting the woodwork in stoppage time, but the game finished 2-0 to Thetford.
The first half was a fairly drab affair, which was equally balanced. Thetford looked the stronger side but the best chance fell to Melford who hit the post just before half time. The highlight however was probably the cheap prices in the club house though, as although I've been to Thetford a few times before I haven't partaken of the cheap and good quality ale. They probably have the best and most reasonable priced beer in Thetford.
The second half was a lot better thankfully with Thetford looking a lot more lively. Melford though still looked slugish. In the early encounters Thetford were unlucky not to get a penalty when Dan Grindrod handled the ball from a Steve Davis corner. Grindrod redeemed himself a couple of minutes later when a timely tackle on Matt Dixon stopped what would have been a certain Thetford goal. The home side though were definitely missing the finishing skills of Matt Blake, who was sat in the stand, and who is still surprisingly at the club after being rumoured to be going on to a bigger club since about last April.
Melford gradually got back into the game, but on 73 minutes another Davis corner was met by Matt Howard and although a Melford defender cleared the ball it had already gone over the line. The last 15 minutes were then dominated by Thetford who had chance after chance and on 84 minutes they finished off the job when Matt Dixon, who had the option of getting the ball to either of the subs in space found one of them and I think O'Driscoll provided the final touch to beat the Melford keeper.
Melford had one more chance, hitting the woodwork in stoppage time, but the game finished 2-0 to Thetford.
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