football rambles

 This was a very limp display by Norwich as they slumped to a sixth consecutive loss at home to Portsmouth on Saturday. This was a game of very few chances for either team, but it was Norwich who were chasing the match for most of the second half. The game was decided by a Marezi penalty in the 51st minute. The closest that Norwich came was when Pelle Mattson hit the post, but overall the performance wasn't good enough. 

 A 42 minute penalty from Jesse Nwabueze was the difference between these two teams at the Walks on Saturday. Buxton seemed to turn up aiming to play for a draw and didn't really have a Plan B. It wasn't a classic by any means but it gave Lynn a third win in a row and they are now up to sixth, which isn't bad given that a lot of people had them down as relegation candidates at the start of the season.

 It's a long time since I had ventured to Histon for a match, so much so they were in the National League at the time looking like they might become a league club. Now they sit near the bottom of the United Counties League Division One South. I had a bit of a pub crawl ahead of the game on Saturday not expecting a classic, especially as they were playing Daventry who have also had a poor start to the season. However, despite the game not going Histon's way, it was a good game and there were goals galore. Histon actually looked pretty good going forward and they were first on the scoreboard when Ryan Sharman headed home after just 2 minutes. This perked Histon up for a few minutes and it looked like they might score more. However, Daventry soon played themselves into a game and scored a header themselves further up the pitch when Tommy Kruck equalised after 20 minutes. Things got worse on 37 minutes when Kruck scored again to give the visitors a two goal lead at the break. Histo...