Barton Town Old Boys (Swans) v Bottesford Town (Poachers) - 14 March 2017
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Attendance 110
A Tuesday night football fix, the choice of Leicester City in the
Champions League or get in the car for a live game? Paul a friend and former work colleague and I
have been meeting up at various non-league football grounds in the Yorkshire area
every few weeks. He suggested Barton
Town, which was fine by me as its pretty local and one of my favourite grounds, thinking it wasn’t too far for him. Alas
Lincolnshire geography is not one of his strong points as he soon found out,
the ground being 55 miles from his home on the A19!
Admission prices
Adults: £5.00
Concessions: £3.00Children (Under 18): £2.00Under 5: FREE
Match day programme £1.50
It was a lovely early spring night, dry and fairly mild, so
ideal football conditions. We have been
fortunate this winter that there have been no prolonged periods of extreme
weather so few matches have had to be postponed and pitches in general are
bearing up fairly well. A quick look at
the playing surface showed it having a fair grass covering and a reasonable
surface unlike some ‘glue pots’ I have seen.
Not bad considering that Westella ground-share here so there is double
the number of games played on it.
However, appearance are deceptive as the pitch is bumpy (which is
evident from the video) with some real man traps in one goal area.
Teamsheet courtesy of @BartonTownOB Perfect 10 special offer
The match was not one to disappoint. I had barely got the video camera switched on
when there was early penalty area action; a Bottesford player went down after a
shove resulting in a penalty kick. This
was well despatched by Reece Newell (3); Poachers 1 up.
A bad start for Barton who took a while to recover, but gradually got
back into the game which was looking pretty even. It was Bottesford though who added the second when
Luke Anderson (34) was nicely played in and slotted home from a short way
out. Things were to get worse for the
Swans a couple of minutes later when a good shot was excellently cleared off
the line by the Barton defender, only into the path of Joshua Nicholl (36) who
stroked it past the despairing blocker who tried to head it off the line from
his prone position. So Swans 0 Poachers
3 and so it was to be at half time.
Barton started the second half brightly and was to quickly
get back into the game. A Swans free
kick was headed into the area towards Oliver Donald (61) who delivered a lovely
cushioned header towards his owner goal but unfortunately for him past his own
goalkeeper at full stretch. We now had a
game on our hands; the next goal was always going to be crucial.
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Alas for Barton it was to be scored by Bottesford; Daniel
Boulton (67) scoring after some scrappy play in the box. Even at 1-4 down the Swans continued to
battle on and were awarded a penalty which Thomas Waudby (76) managed to
convert though the Poachers’ keeper very nearly kept it out. In fact a lasting memory was the keeper
punching his goalpost in frustration and thinking ‘boy that has got to hurt’. Good to see that even though they were 4-2 in
the lead it still mattered to him.
Indeed a great deal of commitment was shown by both sides and the
tackling was a times very robust, so much so that both sides had a man sent off
for getting a second yellow. Still
nothing too ‘over the top’ and neither dismissal had a significant bearing on
the result.
The scoring was rounded off with great composure in the box
by Daniel Boulton (81) making the final score Barton Town Old Boys 2 Bottesford
Town 5.
So a disappointing result for the Swans after their recent mini
recovery with relegation almost certainly three from four (Barton, Parkgate,
Armthorpe and Retford).
All in all an excellent evening's entertaining with only one small gripe. There is lots of on site parking which is great, however, there are some big potholes in parts so take care when parking!
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