Ely City 2 Heacham 0

 The second game of the bank holiday bonanza was Ely City v Heacham, which I think will probably be the last time that Ely City are my local team, although I might make it to the Sheringham game on Friday night.

Ely went into the game not having won or scored in a league game in 2024. Heacham, who had started the season off well, have also been sliding down the table in recent weeks. However, despite the sun being out for the first time this year too, there wasn't much optimism in the stands that Ely would get the win or that the game would provide that much entertainment.

The first half lived up to expectations in that nothing much happened and neither team really created anything. However, a keeper blunder early on in the second let Jack Friend give the hosts the lead. This helped Ely gain more confidence and later add on  a second also from Jack Friend. 

A great performance in the second half by Ely, although there still needs to be some questions asked of how they lack confidence in front of goal. However, they did get two today and were helped out by some resolute defending. The only blight on the match for me was perhaps the over officious referee. The game wasn't particularly dirty but half of the players got booked on both teams and both ended up with 10 men. The Heacham one was probably just about justifiable as a red, but the Ely one seemed especially harsh. 







 

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