Saturday 12th April 2014 @3.07pm
Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League Division One
MARCH TOWN UNITED 0-2 CORNARD UNITED
The GER Ground, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, Cambs
Admission: £4
Programme: free with admission
Attendance: 25
Refreshments: Mug of Chicken Cup-a-soup, Mug of coffee, Rolo
tube, 50p each.
With home games this season at
the GER Ground quickly running out, I decided to visit today as my family also
fancied an afternoon shopping in Cambridge.
March is only 5 minutes away from the town of Chatteris which looks a
nice place to visit another time, with a team in the Cambs League. The ground is found next to the GER social
club, a long running dispute recently settled at court in favour of the
football club. This means that at the moment, no alcohol is available at the
ground, until their new clubhouse is built.
This unfortunately means the end of the fantastic old wooden stand
painted in blue, to be replaced by yet another bland atcost affair. To be honest, the whole ground needs some TLC,
with part of the pitch not being railed off and therefore out of bounds behind
one goal and along the touchline as far as the dugouts. The only other cover is a rustic standing area
along the touchline behind the dugouts.
Next to the main stand is a blue painted mobile which offers hot and
cold drinks, crisps and chocolate but no hot food. Adjacent to this is a strange small 2 storey
hospitality building for club officials.
The match started with a sparse crowd of 25. With a handful
of away support and half a dozen hoppers meaning there could only be about a
dozen regular home supporters. Obviously a bottom of table clash doesn’t entice
the local public and on the next 90 minutes, I think they got the choice
right. It was a game lacking passing and
good movement by both sides although Cornard displayed a good counter attacking
game. March had more possession but
couldn’t get good chances in the last third.
Cornard took the lead when from a corner, there was a clash
in the box and the forward got a free header in from 8 yards. The centre half was incensed but the ref was
having none of it. The second goal came much
later when March were caught too far forward and exposed at the back. An instantly forgettable game and there is
now 1 point between these two teams at the bottom.
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