Rub of the (village) Green

Tuesday 19 August, Great Bentley 4 AFC Pegasus 0 - Essex and Suffolk Border League, Premier Division

An early opportunity to recomplete my second closest Step 7 league, small village. south east of Colchester. Very large village green, dissected by at least two roads. Two pitches, the one used by Great Bentley and one closer to the cricket pavilion/square. The pitch was roped off on one side (but you could watch, from all 4 sides) and two small tent like dug outs. Plenty of parking on the Green, the club house and changing room block were on the other side of the road, club house small but had a good bar and a friendly welcome.

Football wise, Great Bentley dominated from the start and soon found themselves in front after 10 minutes, adding a second after 34 minutes (whilst Pegasus were down to 10 men after one of their players ended up in the sin bin). A third goal was added in first half injury time.

It could have been much more than 3, with Great Bentley creating a number of good chances, whilst Pegasus offered very little.

Great Bentley added a 4th goal at the start of the second half and the only real surprise was that the home team could not add any further goals, in fact Pegasus had more of the ball in the last 20 minutes than they did in the first 70 minutes.