From Bad to Worse

I didn't actually make it to the Burton v Kidderminster game today and had to make do with Rocester v Cradley Town in the Midlands Football Alliance.

To try and be nice, the programme was  fairly well put together, as usual, and the cider was nice and the chips that the kids had looked fairly good; however the football was fairly dreadful.

Cradley had most of the chances in the first half, but had probably 2 of the worst finishers in the history of the MFA, although to be fair the Rocester goalkeeper, Paul Wood, was on pretty good form. Rocester on the other hand probably had one shot on target all match.

It came as no surprise then when Cradley opened the scoring early in the second half, however Rocester were thrown a lifeline with about 10 minutes to go when the Cradley keeper handled the ball outside the box and received his marching orders. As they had already used all of their substitutes an outfield player had to take his place. However, despite pushing everyone forward, Rocester were hit on the break as Cradley made it 2-0. Rocester were again unable to get a shot on target and in the end Cradley ran out 2-0 winners in a game where both teams underperformed.

Notes on photos from top to bottom

The shelter opposite the clubhouse, which wasn't shown on previous pictures of Hillsfield.

The start of the second half

The Cradley keeper gets his marching orders.

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