football rambles

The day after the Ely game we were back at the football and back in the Eastern Counties League Division 1 as King's Lynn reserves took on Stowmarket. It was a really entertaining game and couldn't have got off to a better start when Simon Bird put the home side ahead on 4 minutes. Both teams were keen to attack and there could have easily been more goals when Jack Frohawk doubled the Linnets' lead on 23 minutes. Stowmarket were keen to get back into the game by fair means or foul and a brilliant counter attack by Matt Dylon led to Josh Cheetham converting to make it 2-1 at the break. The second half was equally frantic and at times bad tempered, but chances were fewer and further between. On 70 minutes a wonder strike by Wayne Proctor gave the visitors an equaliser. The game finished 2-2. It was probably a fair score, although the Linnets may have regretted not putting all their early chances away

Last night Ely belatedly kicked off their season against King's Lynn Reserves in Division 1 in the Eastern Counties League Division 1. In preseason Ely had looked good, but taking on a team who already had a 6-0 win under their belt after beating Team Bury in their opening fixture on Saturday. The game was played at a frantic pace which differed greatly from the preseason games and the speed meant that Ely were getting beaten to the ball and most of the passes in the opening encounters for the home team left a lot to be desired. By the break the Robins were 2-0 down after some poor defending on the right hand side led to Lynn capitalising with a well taken goal. An absolute peach of a free kick saw the visitors double their lead. Ely pressed more in the second half as Lynn started to take their foot off the pedal a bit and they pulled one back from a bullet header from James Seymour after a corner. Lynn woke up again though and put the game to bed with a third goal. It wasn't a...