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[forfarton]

Rutherglen Glencairn 1 East Craigie 1 (8-7 on penalties)

Volunteer Park, Armadale 

Scottish Junior Cup semi-final 

Great start for EC, scoring in 2nd minute. Both sides had chances - RG hit crossbar, EC hit post, MoM performance from RG goalie - but EC were under more pressure as the match went on and conceded the equaliser in 85 min. Each team had a penalty saved before it went to sudden death with the RG goalie making another good save to take his team to the final.

[buchan30]

Cheers for the feedback regarding longer trips. Probably looking at bookending the season with them. Ie one in june, one in april/may. Just wanted to see how everyone else was doing it.

[highlandcowden]

Another wet day in Berlin but didn't dampen an absolute cracker of a game in s.1 of the bezirkliga ,VFB berlin1911-Aldershofer BC.ended 4-4,ten a side.the ref(no lineos)really had his work cut out with lots of full blooded challenges but also lots of play acting,worst from the home no19,who's blood curdling screams before getting up and on with it were laughable,an utter fanny

[highlandcowden]

Also managed the second half of Berolina Strelau III-BSV Victoria freidrichshain,1-2,in the kreisliga C.wasnt the game I thought I was going to,turned out that was round the corner,but heyho.enjoyable enough,with a raucous,loud group of hard drinking Victoria fans

[highlandcowden]

Final game of my trip away,a short hop from my last one,the only game I had to pay to get into today,€5,to see the Kreisliga A s.4 game between Sparta Lichtenberg against Fuche Berlin Rheinhagel.not bad crowd,ended 4-2 after a cruising home team did their best to try letting their opponents back into it before making it safe with a minute to go

[atfccfc]

Not sure where I was going to put this as not football. But played in a football stadium. Concluded my weekend in London by seeing that most Northern English of sports. Rugby League. London Bronchos V Feathersone Rovers at the new Plough Lane stadium. Ticket was £17.50 bought at least 48 hours in advance (£20 or £25 there afterwards) no programmes but a free team sheet was available.  

I'd seen Rugby league on TV in the distant past but this was my first live match and it proved to be an entertaining affair. The visitors Featherstone were top after winning all 8 matches this season scoring 360 points against a London team who had won 3 but lost 5 of there games. And coming of the back of a 52-0 trouncing away to second place Toulouse. 

A crowd of approx 1200 (swelled by a 200/300 hundred travelling Rovers fans) and most of the home support seemed to be exiled from the North, got speaking to a bloke from Hull and Wakefield who have lived in London for years and now support the Bronchos rather than their home town teams. seen the visitor's score 4 unanswered trys by half time to lead 22-0. This was a tad harsh on the hard working Bronchos team who just didn't (literally) get the bounce of the ball. 

Featherstone then scored 2 more trys before London got a score with a powerful run. They then scored the last points after Rovers got a seventh try. 

The Stadium is neat and tidy and appears to have a temporary build to it as there is plenty of space behind the stands and they are not brick built. I think AFC Wimbledon have ambitions to expand I'd they go up the leagues and its a way of doing to at a cost effective way. 

A good day out 

Edited April 17, 2023 by atfccfc
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9 minutes ago, atfccfc said:

Not sure where I was going to put this as not football. But played in a football stadium. Concluded my weekend in London by seeing that most Northern English of sports. Rugby League. London Bronchos V Feathersone Rovers at the new Plough Lane stadium. Ticket was £17.50 bought at least 48 hours in advance (£20 or £25 there afterwards) no programmes but a free team sheet was available.  

I'd seen Rugby league on TV in the distant past but this was my first live match and it proved to be an entertaining affair. The visitors Featherstone were top after winning all 8 matches this season scoring 360 points against a London team who had won 3 but lost 5 of there games. And coming of the back of a 52-0 trouncing away to second place Toulouse. 

A crowd of approx 1200 (swelled by a 200/300 hundred travelling Rovers fans) and most of the home support seemed to be excited from the North, got speaking to a bloke from Hull and Wakefield who have lived in London for years and now support the Bronchos rather than their home town teams. seen the visitor's score 4 unanswered trys by half time to lead 22-0. This was a tad harsh on the hard working Bronchos team who just didn't (literally) get the bounce of the ball. 

Featherstone then scored 2 more trys before London got a score with a powerful run. They then scored the last points after Rovers got a seventh try. 

The Stadium is neat and tidy and appears to have a temporary build to it as there is plenty of space behind the stands and they are not brick built. I think AFC Wimbledon have ambitions to expand I'd they go up the leagues and its a way of doing to at a cost effective way. 

A good day out 

Hmm it does say Random Matches. Doesn't specify the sport. We'll let it pass. Glad you enjoyed  

[Crow]

First up on Good Friday ... Redcar Athletic 4-3 West Auckland Town @ Green Lane . HT 1-0. 12 noon kick-off in the Northern League Division 1. Brilliant game with the visitors battling back from 1-0 and 3-1 down to level, before the home side found a winner in the closing stages. Crowd 550.

[Crow]

Spennymoor Town 2-1 AFC Fylde @ The Brewery Field . National League North. 3pm kick-off. The league leaders ahead on 64 minutes but Spennymoor levelled and then won it in the 89th minute. Scenes in the home end . Great ground and 2nd half. Crowd 1445 (103 away).

[Crow]

Sunderland West End 1-2 Easington Colliery @ Ford Quarry Hub . Northern League Division 2. 7.30pm. Good Friday game No.3 with the visitors leading 2-0 at the break through 2 headed  corners. The home side battled back well though and deserved a least point. Crowd 100.

Edited April 18, 2023 by Crow

[Crow]

Saturday 8th April ... Vale of Leithen 0-6 Sauchie Juniors @ Victoria Park . EOSFL Premier Division. The 2nd placed visitors score 3 times in each half to see off the leagues bottom club. Down to the barebones the Vale are simply looking to finish the season with minimal damage. Crowd 64 + 3 dogs .

[Crow]

Scotland 4-0 Costa Rica (3-0 HT) @ Hampden Park . Women’s International Friendly Match. Impressive performance from Scotland who raced into a 3-0 lead at the break before 17 year old Emma Watson ️ got her 2nd of the night on 66 minutes. Crowd 4583.

[Crow]

Heriot-Watt University 0-1 University of Stirling @ Oriam . Queens Park Shield Final . KO 2pm. An excellent rear guard action and the woodwork kept Heriot-Watt in this one but Stirling struck  late on and survived an injury time scare to deservedly win. Crowd around 175.

Edited April 18, 2023 by Crow

[Crow]

Vale of Leithen 0-3 Tynecastle @ Victoria Park . EOSFL Premier Division. KO 2.30pm. The visitors ahead after only 15 seconds but they were made to work for their win by a dogged home side. A free kick  (43) and a penalty  (72) completed the scoring. Crowd 59.

Edited April 18, 2023 by Crow

[Crow]

Leeds United 1-6 Liverpool (0-2 HT) @ Elland Road . Premier League. Monday night football and Jurgen Klopp’s side hit Leeds for 6 with some clinical attacking play. Gakpo, Salah 2, Jota 2 and Nunez with the Liverpool goals  securing a big away win. Crowd 36,657.

Edited April 18, 2023 by Crow

[DoingThe42]

Dumbarton 0-0 Stirling Albion, League Two, 18/04/23.

Games of two halves, for me, Clive, at Dumbarton last night as both sides had the better of it playing with the wind.

Stirling had easily the better of the first half, but, a couple of dangerous corners aside, never really threatened to score. I can't think of any serious work that Brett Long had to do in the Dumbarton goal. Nothing was really coming off for Thomson and Leitch was in and out the game, but to no real effect.

The main danger to Long was that he was warned about time wasting three times in the first fourteen minutes, yet he managed to survive the evening without a card.

Second half Dumbarton were the better side. Some nice wingplay at times from Orsi was dangerous, and they created the better chances.

Stirling Albion had what looked to me (from the other end of the park) a good handball shout for a penalty late on, but I might be wrong. They upped the intensity slightly towards the end, but I was surprised that they made no changes till the 87th minute, given that their attack wasn't really working. I suppose in the big shake-down a draw was fine for them, but I'd maybe have liked to see them go for it a bit more.

So, overall, a fair result I think. The large Stirling support a wee bit disappointed not to get the win to take the title (officially) last night, but they'll get there. Good to see such a big crowd, but the nature of these things makes the crowd funny at this level. The group of guys behind me reacted to 'Stevie Farrell, you're a w****r' chant by wondering to each other who Stevie Farrell was. One of them commenting 'We should have done our research'. The guy next to me had a Rangers background on his mobile.

Still, good to see folk along, and who the f**k am I to talk, I don't support Stirling either.

So, a good turnout and a game that I found interesting while rarely exciting.

 

Edited April 19, 2023 by DoingThe42

[The Mantis]

Not random, just fancied a different view at Accies v ICT last night...

[Crow]

Sandys 3-3 Tollcross Thistle @ South Peffermill . LEAFA Premier Division. 6:30pm. 1-1 at the break Sandys came from 2-1 down to lead 3-2 on 83 mins. Deep into injury time Tollcross made it 3-3 . Sandy’s shot from kick off, the keeper spilled but the ref blew up just as the forward was about to score . Crowd 130.

[Andy groundhopper]

Well done Crow, memories of when I did the Northern League a few years back. Stayed in South Shields, Redcar and Whitley Bay while I did all the grounds, tourist stuff etc. Some great places and grounds : favourite Crook and Billingham Synth.

[Marten]

Kippen 1-3 Aberfoyle Rob Roy

The Forth and Endrick league is back, so I decided to go to this game between 2 returning teams. Kippen returned after a 5 year absence, while Aberfoyle resigned from the league early last season. The standard was quite poor, poorer than I'm used to in this league, so I can see both clubs struggling against the stronger teams. Kippen were actually the better team when judged on the outfield players, but they didn't have a goalkeeper, so an outfield player had to play and he was pretty poor in goal, which cost them the game. There was a bit of a fight at the end resulting in 2 red cards, first time I've seen reds in this league!

It's a tidy wee ground on the edge of the village, just next to a new development so I had to walk through a bit of a building side. They have a main building with dressing rooms, toilets etc., quite decent facilities for this level. Also for the first time at this level, I noticed a 50/50 draw was being held, I didn't win unfortunately!