Not what it's all about



When the boys from ITV talk about the magic of nonleague football in their annual trip to somewhere crap in the pouring rain and say 'this is what it's all about', don't listen to them. They might have been wetting themselves down the road, as Histon knocked out the 'mighty' (their words not mine) Leeds, but up the road in Ely on Saturday in the freezing fog, nobody was feeling special.

A few years ago Histon and Ely were together in the Eastern Counties League, but nowadays the gap is wider than it ever has been. Histon look like they could get into the league, whereas Ely will probably end up in a dogfight for survival in the Premier Division.

Yesterda, Rod was in town and Sean fancied a trip to the football, but it was not exactly and advertisement for football. The freezing fog and heavy pitch didn't help, and I can't see the Great Shelford game which has been yet again rescheduled for Tuesday going ahead after today's heavy rain. We had a laugh as usual, but when Ely let a typically soft goal in on 22 minutes, it didn't look like there would be a silver lining, and there wasn't.

Ely threatened a bit more in the second half, but on 60 minutes Kirkley and Pakefield increased their advantage to 2-0. Ely finally scored on 65 minutes, and despite a Kirkley player being sent off for a straight red offence it looked like the Robins had already given up and the damp squib of a game petered out.

The attendance was a dismal 77, it can only be hoped that Ely can dig themselves out of this hole and start getting the fans back through the turnstile.

I imagine Rod probably regretted it especially as the miserable woman in the High Flyer turned down our custom for the Wolves v Blues match on TV

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jb said…
Wonderful blog!!- Rally enjoyed my visit-
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Anadia -Aveiro-Portugal
November 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM
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