Monday 6
April 2015 (11.30am) at the Bedfont Sports Recreation Ground, Hatton Road
Result
Bedfont Sports 0 Ashford Town (Mdx) 2
Competition
Combined
Counties League Premier Division (Step 5)
Hopping
First half of
a double bank holiday hop, ground 558, and chosen for geographical reasons. This ground is just down the road from
Bedfont & Feltham FC.
Pre-match preparation
Not a
lot! I’d originally planned to head
elsewhere but failed to wake up in time!
Bedfont Sports are in their third season in Step 5, the Bedfont
pecking order having changed since I saw Hitchin Town at the neighbouring
club in a Step 4 fixture. Ashford Town
are now back in Step 5 after relegation at the end of last season. Both teams drew on Saturday, and the
visitors are higher up the table.
This match in one sentence
Three points
in the sunshine for Ashford from a couple of poacher’s goals.
So what?
Bedfont
Sports drop to 17th and will probably survive in this division,
though they need a few more points to be sure. Ashford Town have a faint mathematical
chance of winning the league from 3rd but would need Camberley Town AND Molesey to
stop getting points, which seems unlikely.
The drama unfolds
The first
half was reasonably even but with no really clear-cut chances for either
side. Then Bedfont lost the ball in
midfield, Jack Beadle went on a surging run and shot – he picked up his own
rebound before the ball fell for striker Dan Fleming, in the right place at
the right time. 0-1 after 22 mins
I took a
scene-setter clip before half-time, with the home side still very much in the
game. The match is played against a constant background of aircraft noise as planes land at Heathrow at the rate of more than one a minute. Bedfont are in red-and-black.
0-1at
half-time
The second
clip is from midway through the second half.
The match had again been in the balance without ever being spectacular
or particularly memorable, and the clip has one of the better chances. I watched the second half from a new stand - this ground is seeing a fair bit of development to support the various Sunday and youth sides too.
With five
minutes to go, a towering header from a set-piece put another easy finish on
the proverbial plate for Fleming, and the game was won. 0-2
after 85 mins and at full-time
Ground Pix
Match Pix
Something You Don’t Get in the Premier
League
I don't like Mondays. There's nowhere to go...
Goalkeeper Top Colour Stats
Yellow loses to Green, Green has a clean sheet. Will update
after the next game.
What Next?
Assuming the
M25 is flowing, South Park v Carshalton Athletic. As for next week, follow @GrahamYapp on
Twitter for details!
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