Match 31. Chipperfield Corinthians v Wormley Rovers

Saturday 28^th March 2015 @3pm

Herts Senior League Premier Division

CHIPPERFIELD CORINTHIANS 0-2 WORMLEY ROVERS

Queen Street, Chipperfield.

Admission: NIL

Programme: £1.

Attendance: 21 plus 6 under school age and a dog (h/c)

Refreshments: Coffee in a mug, £1. KitKat 70p

Chipperfield is about 10 minutes from junction 20 of the M25, passing Kings Langley on the route.  After locating Queen Street, football supporters are directed to park opposite the entrance to the Street which has loose stones as the road surface, which leads to the ground at the other end. After checking the game was on and purchasing a programme in the tea bar I walked a further 100yards to The Windmill which is a pub stuck in a post war décor, with half wall panelling, picture cork placemats and a group of local lacrosse team having lunch.  There are 3 hand pumps on and the lunch menu served 12-2pm looked good.  Back at the ground, the pitch is railed on all 4 sides and has dugouts on one side with large holly bushes and trees enclosing it, together with a slope across the pitch towards the club building, which has changing rooms, a snack bar, toilets and a covered overhang in case of rain.

The surroundings has that village feel about it and was played with sporting attitudes by both sides with one exception.  The visiting no10 Jordan attempted to play act his way around the pitch until finally getting a home player booked even though there was no physical contact.  Unfortunately Wormley only had the bare 11 players so he remained on the pitch apparently uninjured despite being shot 3 times by an invisible assassin.

The game was dominated throughout by the Corinthians but typically, Wormley scored in each half.  The first goal was an in swinging corner to the far post which was headed back for no9 to half volley into the net from 10 yards on half hour. The 2^nd half continued with a great chance by Rob no2 passing 3 players before his shot was brilliantly saved. Another chance by no10 hit the crossbar. Then with 10 minutes left a long corner was cleared up field to no11 who ran 40 yards before knocking the back into the path of no8 who shot at the keeper and the loose ball allowed no10 to slot in the rebound.

After the match I stopped off in Kings Langley to visit the Saracens Head which has several hand pumps and an excellent food menu at bargain prices.