Match 20. Lydd Town v Glebe

Saturday 14^th December 2013 @2pm
Kent Invicta League
LYDD TOWN 3-0 GLEBE
The Lyndsey Field, Dengemarsh Road, Lydd

  

Admission: £3

Programme: £1

Attendance: 16 h/c

Food: None

Drink: Guinness draught can, £2.20. Chicken Cup-a-soup, £1

 

With Christmas fast approaching, the girls needed to get to Ashford Outlet centre and the Lyndsey Field I have earmarked to tie in with this scenario.  The ground is found on the far side of the village coming from Ashford on the A2070. Apart from houses on one side of the ground, the rest is open marshes and can view Dungeness from the touchline.  Entrance is through the driveway and the turnstile is a white van with the admission and programme costs attached to the windscreen. The pitch is railed with netting protecting the clubhouse behind one goal. The only cover is standing in front of the clubhouse entrance. On this occasion with a strong wind and chill factor, I watched half of the game from inside the car parked only 5 metres back from the dugout touchline.  There is a lot of work to bring the ground up to step 6. Only hard standing around the railed perimeter and no standing or seated cover apart from the aforementioned clubhouse area.  There is a tea hatch beyond the bar but today no food was available, only hot drinks and refreshments at the bar, due to the volunteers’ absence from illness.

 

The first goal came after 3 minutes as no10 Gary Lockyear fired in past the keeper from the left hand side. After 21 minutes a foul on the edge of the box was curled into the six yard box for no5 Tom Ripley to head in.  The best chance for Glebe came after 40 minutes when a header from no8 hit the inside of the post and the rebound from 4 yards ballooned over the bar.  The 3^rd and final goal came after 55 minutes when Ripley added his second.  This was a game played in windy conditions where both keepers throwing from the box rather than kicking against the wind.