Saturday 3rd November 2012 @3pm
Northern League Division One
DUNSTON UTS 3-0 NORTON & STOCKTON ANCIENTS
UTS Stadium, Wellington Road, Dunston
Admission: £5
Programme: 50p (A5, 52pp)
Attendance: 74
FOOD: Cheeseburger £1.20, Hot Dog 70p
DRINK: John Smiths £2.20, Bovril 80p
I was on work duty in the North East so Le Hopmobile was at
home, replaced by Das Hopmobilt BMW. As
the previous day long drive put me off Morpeth on Friday night, I was looking
forward to todays encounter even more.
With my family safely dropped off at the Metrocentre, with their amazement
of a Krispy Kreme Drive through, I made the short journey to Wellington Road,
parking in the car park behind one goal.
Dunston has 2 turnstile entrances; mine was the opposite entrance to the
Clubhouse and dressing rooms. The area
behind the bottom goal is a mixture of brick building and metal mobile
extensions, housing the bar, members’ room and facilities. A main seated stand
straddles the half way line and a covered standing terrace and dugouts was
opposite, where I decided to view the game.
I haven’t seen such a one sided game in a long time. Dunston played some excellent football and I
was surprised the Vase holders were languishing in mid-table. Their attacking play down the flanks with 2
experienced strikers in the middle was bound to produce a positive result, and
I, like most of the crowd was surprised they hadn’t reached double figures by
halftime, due partly by the one man goalkeeping defence by Provett and the
gamble by the visiting manager to make a double substitution after 20
minutes. One of the exiting players
asked “Why me?” and the manager said “It could have been any 1 from 11!” The 2
first half goals came in the first 10 minutes.
After an early onslaught, no9 Teasdale blasted the ball in despite a
valiant effort by the keeper. A minute
later, a superb cross found no11 McAndrew who whipped the ball in the net
giving the keeper no chance. The
continuing onslaught, with many crosses from either wing, met mainly by no10
Dixon, who amazingly didn’t join the scoring, denied by keeper, goal line
clearances and the upright.
The continued almost one way traffic in the second half only
produced one further goal. Ten minutes into the half and a perfect cross met by
Jack Burns head bulleted into the goal with the keeper not having a sniff of
it. The only player for Norton who can
hold his head up was the keeper as he saved at least 4 other goal bound chances
and the woodwork was hit again. If
Dunston don’t start climbing the table after this performance my ghast would be
flabbered. This was a great introduction
to The Northern League for me. I just
want more...
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