Love of the Common people

 Saturday 22 May 2021, Stowupland Falcons Reserves 0 FC Whitehorse 2 - Suffolk FA Primary Cup, Quarter-final, Stowupland Common

Turned up at Stowupland Sports and Social Club, 30 minutes before kick off and no one around, then bumped into a late arriving Whitehorse player - who phoned his mates and found the game had been moved to other side of the village and was played on the pitch on the Common.

The pitch on the Common is just 10 metres from a main road with trees on the far side and a couple of cottages, pitch was not too bad, but not sure why the game was not played on main ground as there was no cricket being played and two football pitches were still in place at main club.

Stow had been knocked out by Clare Reserves, then pout back in again after Clare were thrown out, their opponents today were from the Lowestoft League.

Very even first half but not many chances, with Whitehorse coming the closest to scoring after a period of pressure and a number of corners.

Second half saw Whitehorse get on top and they scored in the 65th minute and added a second 5 minutes later and could have had a couple more late on.

The pitch on the Common is just 10 metres from a main road with trees on the far side and a couple of cottages, pitch was not too bad, but not sure why the game was not played on main ground as there was no cricket being played and two football pitches were still in place at main club.