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Saturday 29 May 2021, Sungate 3 Buckhurst Hill 3 - Essex Olympian League, Premier Division, Ilford Wanderers Rugby Club

Turned up with a minute to spare and within 10 minutes, one team was 3 up - I thought it must have been the Champions, Buckhurst Hill but in fact it was Sungate and they could have scored more. Buckhurst Hill looked totally out of sports but they managed to pull one back with a smart header on 34 minutes.

Second half was much scrappier and that suited Buckhurst Hill who pulled a second back within a few minutes of the second half starting and had a good shout for a penalty a few minutes later. Sungate were tiring but still managed to create a few chances and they then had a good shout for a penalty themselves, unfortunately it was not given and Buckhurst Hill broke quickly and got the equaliser.

Sungate home support were now expecting to lose and were expecting the Buckhurst Hill, number 20 ( who was not very popular with the home support) to get the winner. But with just two minutes of the game left a long ball saw the said number 20 and the Sungate keeper run into each other, keeper got to his feet but the Buckhurst forward stayed down, so the ref blew for full time and an ambulance was called.

The set up was great for this level, pitch fully railed and the rugby clubhouse was selling hot food, teas and the bar was also open. Another football game was on the pitch next door and on the adjoining playing fields there were a number of cricket games in progress and further football games, all this made parking spaces hard to obtain