St.Ives Town 3 Ely City 0
It's always nice to get to a ground you haven't been to before and last night marked a visit to St.Ives Town at their Westwood Road Ground. The Saints recently gained promotion to the Southern League Division 1 Central, so play at a level above Ely. It also means that they may be moving ground in the near future, so it may have been my first and last chance to visit their ground. It was also my first chance to see the Robins in preseason action before the season gets underway. The weather was pleasent, so it seemed nothing could go wrong. Unfortunately, at times the game was pretty bad-tempered with fouls being commited by both sides. However, St.Ives came across as one of those teams who moans and argues with every decision and one of their coaches seemed to spend the whole match with his mouth to the ear of the linesman. If that wasn't bad enough Ely really performed poorly. At times it looked like they were trying to pass a rugby ball rather than a football aro...