Saturday 16th February 2013 @3pm
Southern League Division 1 South & West
HUNGERFORD TOWN 1-1 YATE TOWN
Town Ground, Bulpit Lane, Hungerford
Admission £7
Attendance: 115
A great Isthmian style ground a mile away from the train station. I had walked the quickest route, unknowingly at the time, that most of the Hungerford Massacre had been on this very route 14 years ago. Having located the ground, I walked back to the High Street and found a lovely pub on the other side of which called The Sun Inn. The High Street is awash with Antiques shops and very quiet on this Saturday.
The Yate Town gameplan in the first half seemed to be to get the ball up front as directly as possible, but the Hungerford defence found this easy to deal with. After 20 minutes, Hungerford took the lead from a penalty after being fouled in no uncertain terms by the defender, who was lucky not to received his marching orders for the challenge. With the first half petering out, Yate drew level on 44 mins
The game took a more physical turn in the second half, with several crunching tackles, not all of which were legal and although Hungerford looked more likely to get the best result. The woodwork prevented them from doing so.
No comments:
Post a Comment