Match 13. Kidlington v Deal Town

Saturday 21^st November 2015 @3pm

FA Vase 2^nd Round Proper

KIDLINGTON 7-0 DEAL TOWN

Yarnton Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AT

Admission: £5

Programme: £1 (24pp)

Attendance: 71

Refreshments: Chicken/Tomato Cup-a-soup, £1 each. Mars, 70p, Bread pudding, free.

A planned family visit to Bicester Village so after a 2 ½ hour drive there with only congestion on M25 Jct 10-13, pre-match lunch was spent at The Acorn in Bicester then the short 15 minute drive to Kidlington, where it was dry and sunny, but cold with +2 degrees on the car thermometer and felt like -2 degrees watching the game with the wind chill. The turnstile entrance is next to the clubhouse building and it brings you out behind the near goal.  Beside the goal is an Atcost covered terrace for around 50 people and a snack bar with hot drinks and snacks. Sausage rolls and pasties are the hot microwave food available. It was a nice touch that a slice of homemade bread pudding is offered free with any hot drink.  The dugouts are on the “allotment” touchline with the Main seated stand on the opposite touchline, again in the Atcost style and 4 rows deep. I sat in the stand in the first half then stood in the stand behind the goal second half.

With Kidlington top of the Hellenic Premier and Deal Town struggling near the foot of the Southern Counties East League I expected a comfortable home win but didn’t expect the massive gulf between the 2 teams.  Deal were woeful throughout and barely registered a shot on target all match. The central striker tended to concentrate on the centre half rather than the ball and the back four had no idea where their co-defenders were.  The result was 3-0 by half time, and any chance of a better 2^nd half were dismissed 5 minutes into the second half when a stupid penalty was given away by Deal and Kidlington were 4-0 up. It was a case of how many after that and at least Kidlington scored 3 more down our end to help us ignore the cold chill.  Certainly the most one-sided match of the season so far for me.

There was quite a few hoppers in attendance including from the North East, Leeds, Coventry and even one with a Glasgow Rangers hat on.