Last at the Unwin
Not the last game ever, thankfully, but yesterday was Ely's last home game of the season and judging by the rumours and recent performances it probably was the last game ever for quite a few members of the current squad.
Not surprisingly yesterday's game against Stanway was marked by poor officiating and poor defending on Ely's part.
For most of the match the Robins and the Rovers seemed equally matched, but it was Stanway who went ahead when Sam Newson scored for the visitors with a speculative shock that nobody defended against. Just before half time Ely were awarded a penalty for a foul that wasn't a foul and occured about 5 yards outside the area anyway. Robbie Mason stepped up, but his rather weak penalty was easily saved. However, Brady Stone managed to head in for the equaliser from the resulting corner. Not surprisingly the Stanway players and fans were a little miffed.
The Stanway fans had also realised that one of the linesmen was completly incapable of making a decision on his own and in the second half they shouted instructions for what he should do and for the most part he duly followed their guide. It looked like Ely would hang on though, but with a couple of minutes left Sam Newson popped up and was ruled on side to get all of the points for Stanway. I shouted at the aforementioned linesman to put his flag up, but he was still listening to the Stanway fans. However I did experiment with their theory that he would do whatever anyone told him to by shouting that a ball that was clearly in was out, he duly gave Ely a throw in for that.
Anyway apart from the odd car boot sale and the beer festival that's the last time I'll be down the Unwin until next season.
Not surprisingly yesterday's game against Stanway was marked by poor officiating and poor defending on Ely's part.
For most of the match the Robins and the Rovers seemed equally matched, but it was Stanway who went ahead when Sam Newson scored for the visitors with a speculative shock that nobody defended against. Just before half time Ely were awarded a penalty for a foul that wasn't a foul and occured about 5 yards outside the area anyway. Robbie Mason stepped up, but his rather weak penalty was easily saved. However, Brady Stone managed to head in for the equaliser from the resulting corner. Not surprisingly the Stanway players and fans were a little miffed.
The Stanway fans had also realised that one of the linesmen was completly incapable of making a decision on his own and in the second half they shouted instructions for what he should do and for the most part he duly followed their guide. It looked like Ely would hang on though, but with a couple of minutes left Sam Newson popped up and was ruled on side to get all of the points for Stanway. I shouted at the aforementioned linesman to put his flag up, but he was still listening to the Stanway fans. However I did experiment with their theory that he would do whatever anyone told him to by shouting that a ball that was clearly in was out, he duly gave Ely a throw in for that.
Anyway apart from the odd car boot sale and the beer festival that's the last time I'll be down the Unwin until next season.
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