From Portman Road to the San Siro
Welcome to my blog that concentrates on my love of sports grounds, from the new stadia like the Millennium to the quant non league grounds of rural Engalnd. Thank you Arcibald Leitch!
Saturday 16 March 2024
Best display of the season ... so far!
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Winning in the rain
Saturday 9 March 2024
At least the second half was better!
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Poor display at times, but great night
Monday 4 March 2024
Local side dominate
Monday 4 March 2024, Trimley Red Devils 6 East Bergholt United 0 - Suffolk Senior Cup, Semi-final @Felixstowe and Walton United
Local football watches had informed me that Trimley had been the pick of the local league, one of the best teams in a weak Suffolk Ipswich League and they started as if they were in a hurry to get this game over and done with.
Second half started and again Trimley dominated but this time they kept the pressure on and got the goals there play deserved, they scored at regular intervals and added the last in injury time after the Bergholt just managed to keep out a back pass/deflection only for the ball to fall at the feet of a Trimley player.
Wednesday 28 February 2024
East Anglian Double
1pm
Colchester United Under 18 2 Charlton athletic Under 18 4
Professional Development League
Florence Park (Col Utd Training Ground)
Played on pitch furthest from office block- so a boggy walk to pitch, pitch fully railed and portable dug outs on far side. Plenty of chances in first 5 minutes for both sides so expected plenty of goals but we only got one in the first half with the hosts going in front after 34 minutes.
Second half did see plenty of goals with Charlton getting back on terms after 48 minutes then going in front after 64, only to be pegged back to 2-2 after 77 minutes. However Charlton were now dominating and went back in front after 82 minutes and added a 4th in injury time.
7.45pm
Ipswich Wanderers 2 Lowestoft Town 1
Isthmian League, North Division
Humber Doucy Lane
Big crowd for the Suffolk derby match - Lowestoft were sitting at the top of the division, whilst Wanderers have struggled in their first season at this level. First half was a close contest without either team looking close to scoring, with the visitors having most of the ball. Not sure anyone was expecting what happened in the second half.
Within a minute of kick off Wanderers had taken the lead and then added a second 3 minutes later- no need for the Trawlermen to panic, with 40 minutes left to get back in the game. Wanderers left Blake up front but everyone else was now back and Lowestoft laid siege to the Wanderers goal. But the home team held on and it was not till the 79th minute did they get a goal back, but they could not get the second, so a shock win for Wanderers and one that would have pleased their closest rivals, Felixstowe, who sit second in the Division. Ipswich Town now have a policy of loaning out as many of their U18 and U21 players as possible to local teams, and the very young Ipswich Town keeper, Danny Cullum was man of the match for the Wanderers.
Monday 26 February 2024
Windy Essex
He was wrong! Thought Colchester would struggle with the wind in their faces in the second half but in fact they came closer to scoring that Cardiff but the game ended up with a comfortable win for United.