football rambles

 I am really late with posting on this game from Saturday. It wasn't a bad game and wasn't a great game either. The wind and heavy pitch accentuated the slope even more. Thetford had their chances, but Fakenham were the better on the day. The club house and trip to Spoons after were probably the highlights at a game that was played in some tough conditions. The above two photos show the teams entering the pitch. A photo of what looks like a board for doing media interviews in front of Fakenham in defence A Thetford attack Some closer up match action

Jamie Thulbourn celebrates scoring against Fakenham.

On Saturday I stepped down from the heady heights of the Eastern Counties Premier Division to visit Newmarket Town in the first division. To be honest I'd planned a day out in Newmarket away from the football, but if you're not into horse racing there isn't a great deal of tourist activity. So at 2:30 I decided to visit the local team and I wasn't disappointed. First from a map at the bus station I was able to decipher that the ground wasn't far from the railway station, but they don't call me tom tom Holloway for any reason, so after taking a scenic route via some Suffolk countryside a couple of housing estates and a view that looked out onto the July Racecourse. The result being I arrived at the ground 5 minutes late. The locals seemed friendly and the ground wasn't too bad, although the entrance and the programme weren't of the highest quality. Anyway, Newmarket who are top of the division and nicknamed the Jockeys due to the town being the horseracin...