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Saturday 4 March 2017

South Normanton FC 0-1 Selston FC

Saturday 4th March 2017

South Normanton FC v Selston FC

Central Midlands Football League South

Admission £4.00 / £2.00 concession

Attendance: H/C 100

Referee: Mr. Kevin Guise

Programme / hot food / drinks available

We arrived at a sunny Lees Lane with plenty of time to spare before the 3:00pm kick-off. Gave us the chance to have a chat with our Referee friend Scott Mason. We haven’t seen Scott in action for a while – it transpires that injuries have curtailed his “middles”, but he assured us that he was on the mend and hoped to be back in action sooner rather than later. We had our usual laugh with Robin Bourne, a very witty man, although he does take his duties as the official’s official “observer” very seriously.


 Adam Gregory provided a copy of the team sheets, and it was something of a surprise to see the home team field a number of South Normanton Athletic players – but dual signing is a feature of the non-league game and quite in order.





















The game was just 90 seconds old when SEAN GREGORY found space on the right and ran into the box before firing a shot across home keeper Branon Meehan and into the far inside side netting. What a great start to the game that was!



With 8 played, Marc Strzyzewski made a strong challenge on Elliot Jones, a challenge that was deemed worthy of a caution from Mr. Guise. Marc had to be replaced shortly after as he was injured going in for another tackle. Nose bleed – blood and snot everywhere!!!

Shaun Smith fired just wide for the home team on 22 after a defensive error presented him with a half decent chance to level. They had an even better opportunity to draw level five minutes later when they were awarded a penalty for a trip in the box. Rob Fretwell stepped up to take the spot kick, but his tame effort gave Jake Ball plenty of time to dive and save.


Selston had a couple of corners on the half-hour mark that were cleared, and from one of these clearances the ball fell to Smith who fired at goal and saw the visiting keeper fumble the ball and send it spinning goalwards. Luckily for Selston, he was very quick to react and managed to divert the ball around the post. H-T 0-0

The first 20 minutes of the second half were nothing to write home about, the best chance falling to Selston’s Ben Moore who saw his free-kick well save by Meehan. Luke Crosby fired the ball into the Selston area soon after, but Smith was unable to convert from close range. 

Wayne Cooke had a decent chance to add to the visitors’ lead on 82, but he could only watch in disbelief as his lobbed shot crept just over the bar. Smith had another chance to level in the 85th minute, but once again failed to connect in front of goal.  A couple of minutes later, Selston right back Grant Hackett saw Meehan in a slightly advanced position and tried his luck from just inside his own half. Luckily for Meehan, the ball just cleared the bar!!

In added time, Smith once again failed to connect in front of goal, and after 6 minutes extra had been played, Mr. Guise brought proceedings to a close – Selston still top of the league,  with just four games to play. F-T 0-1