After the luxury of the
Executive Box at Huddersfield Town and all this fancy Champions League stuff
(now in 3D you know) it was high time I went back to grass roots and watched some
proper football as it used to be. Not
quite the ‘small boys, in the park, jumpers for goalposts, marvellous, hmm’ of
Ron Manager, but pretty damn close.
Reserve team football at North Ferriby United’s ground down Church Road
within sight of the ‘world famous’ Humber Bridge.
My Brother in Law John
came with me to share the experience!
Like most non-league
grounds it is a compact ground with one main stand which has a roof and some
seating but otherwise concrete hard standing or shallow terracing. Behind one goal allotments, behind the other the
magnificent view of the Humber Bridge and behind the main stand the main East
Coast Mainline railway line. A glamorous
setting indeed, not quite a match to Hibernians of Malta FC’s ground at
Corradino, Paola but more on that another time.
Oh to stand up and lean against a
perimeter rail, it takes you back...
There is a portacabin to provide
the catering and a clubhouse which houses the bar (I believe, we didn’t venture
in).
The line ups...
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Hull
City
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Scunthorpe
United
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Joe Cracknell
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1
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Sam Slocombe
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Tom Bennett
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2
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Lewis Akeister
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Conor Townsend
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3
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Ashley Jackson
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Gavan Holohan
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4
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Callum Howe
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Dejan Kelhar
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5
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Ashley Palmer
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Sonny Bradley
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6
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Fabio Snow
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Francis McCaffrey
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7
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Aron Wint
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James Harper
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8
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Josh Greenhoff
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Dele Adebola
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9
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Gary Thompson
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Kealan Dillon
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10
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Jordan Thewlis
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Daniel Emerton
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11
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Scott Matthews
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Douglas Wilson
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12
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Matt Fells
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13
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Peter Crook
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Paul McElroy
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14
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Josh Lacey
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Jordan Holt
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15
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Jamie Wootton
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Jules Gabbiadni
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16
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Dalton Harris
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Jonathan Margetts
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17
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Goals: Hull 8 (McCaffrey 3, Emerton 2, Kelhar,
Dillon, own goal) Scunthorpe 0
Match officials: A
Greenwood - referee, A Burgess and C
Ward – assistant referees, M Knowles – reserve referee.
Good job we arrived
promptly because Hull City scored in the first few minutes. It quickly became apparent that is was just a
case of how many. Hull bossed the
midfield throughout and always looked likely to score, which they did with some
regularity. There was some nice passing
play from both sides but the Hull tactic seemed to be to aim for Dele Adebola’s
chest; never seen a play chest the ball down so often in one half. By half time Hull had built up a healthy lead
of 4 – 0, the fourth goal was a cracker curled into the top corner giving the
goalkeeper no chance.
Time for
refreshments! The portacabin had a
typical selection pies, burgers chips drinks etc, but Oxo instead of Bovril though, so we opted for
tea which was £1. Tea out of a polystyrene
cup is never good but my guess would have been bulk catering or Aldi rather
than PG Tips or Tescos finest; I guess we all need a bit of mystery in life.
The second half was much
like the first, Hull having much of the play and adding another 4 goals making
the final score 8 – 0. To be fair
Scunthorpe battled on gamely and, in my opinion got a couple of rough calls
with suspicions of offside on two of the Hull second half goals. Being close to the action and the small crowd
meant that what was said on the pitch was easily heard by spectators, with a
mini bout of Tourettes being displayed in the second half by some in the
Scunthorpe defence, which was understandable.
All in all the match was good natured though and it was refreshing that
there was no diving, play acting or, despite some robust tackling, rolling
around histrionics – well done lads, helps to restore ones faith in the game.
Sam Slocombe, the
Scunthorpe goalkeeper, was clearly gutted, hence this tweet after the match...
Worst night of my life tonight, to cap a shit week off...hibernate until Sunday...bye bye
Worst night of my life tonight, to cap a shit week off...hibernate until Sunday...bye bye
...and my response...
Not
your fault chum, your midfield was overrun. Enjoyed the mild case of Tourettes
in second half. Chin up!
After the match we
decided that a beer was deserved so we headed off to the Beech Tree in Willerby
(sorry Kirkella the posh bit of Hull).
It is an Ember Inns pub that does food and serves a number of real
ales. Our first choice was sold out so
we had a nice pint of Timothy Taylors Landlord albeit at a pricey £3.10 a pint. Pity I was driving because there were some
interesting ales on offer.
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