football rambles

Top: Rye 'keeper John Pelling gets ready for a King's Lynn free kick. Middle: Jamie Thurlbourbne takes a corner for King's Lynn. Bottom: King's Lynn players walk back after scoring the equaliser.

Yes, I know it's a bizarre picture, but I thought it was novel that the corner flgs looked like the Ukrainian national flag. I realise that this was probably not intentional.

Not really, but this was the first of three on pitch brawls (handbags) from the King's Lynn v Rye game.

Yesterday King's Lynn took on Rye United in the quarter finals of the FA Vase in front of a crowd of 1,657. Most of the crowd were expecting a one sided affair, after all Lynn hadn't lost since the first week of October and their opponents for prmotion from the United Counties League, the loaded St. Neot's had lost in the last round at the walks. The Norfolk press also pointed out that Rye could easily be struck by stage fight in front of a crowd that was considerably larger in number than what they were used to. The game started off though with both teams looking nervous. There were also signs of tempers breaking as a couple of early encounters between Lynn forward, Jack Defty and Rye defender Shaun Loft. In fact there had already been a bit of a brawl when the two had tousled on 8 minutes, but on 15 minutes Loft was sent off for elbowing Defty. This should have given Lynn even more of an upper hand, however it was Rye who looked more settled and organised and on 34 minute...

Pictures from top do bottom: Sean gets ready in the club cafeteria The teams warm up The teams line up