Hopperational details
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Date & Venue
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NON-LEAGUE DAY
Saturday 3
September 2016 at The Haydon Whitham Stadium, Outgang Road
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Result
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Deeping Rangers 2 Gresley 6
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Competition
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FA Cup 1st
Qualifying Round.
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Hopping
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Ground 594
and I am here randomly because of a computer-simulated spin of an American
roulette wheel which gave number 16.
See previous post for fuzzy-but-genuine proof.
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Pre-match preparation
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This is Step
5 v Step 4. Deeping’s league form sees
them in mid-table in the United Counties Premier Division. In the cup, they
won 4-1 away at Ely City then beat Wroxham 2-1 at home. Wroxham are Step 4 within the Isthmian
leagues but have made a terrible start to the season. Gresley will be a tougher proposition –
they are undefeated and just outside early playoff positions in the Northern
Premier League Division One South. They entered the cup in the last round and
had a comfortable win over Loughborough University.
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This match in one sentence
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Gresley never
looked like losing but Deeping never gave up.
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So what?
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Gresley are
in the proverbial hat for the next round and Deeping concentrate on the
(United Counties) league.
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The drama unfolds
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Gresley
started brightly and Deeping never really had a chance to settle. The opening goal had a slight deflection
but it wasn’t a big surprise. Reece
Morris takes the credit for a low shot that tucked just inside the post. 0-1
after 7 mins
The first Deeping
chance came midway through the half but Scott Coupland headed straight at the
keeper. Maybe that was the hinge point
of the game because Gresley’s Courtney Meade (below) had the freedom of Market
Deeping as he headed a second goal almost immediately. 0-2
after 23 mins
Again,
Deeping heads stayed up but they were fighting a losing battle and Meade
rounded the keeper for a third, his second, on the break. Deeping held on to half-time with no further
damage done. 0-3 after 27 mins and at half-time
Deeping
started the second half well but any thoughts of a comeback were snuffed out
by Meade’s hat-trick. He had time to
create space for an easy finish to a Gresley break. The availability of wide man Morris as an outball, Vardy-style, was a feature of the Gresley setup and as time went on he frequently drew two defenders for his forays into the penalty area. 0-4
after 55 mins
The match
meandered towards the inevitable result before a late goal flurry kept the crowd
interested. A own goal put Gresley
five up. Then Gresley's Jordan Wakeling earned a
yellow card for a tackle deemed dangerous by the referee. He got the ball but the studs were clearly
showing. David Burton-Jones scored (pic below) from the direct freekick for a consolation goal. He is one of the candidates for the own
goal, by the way. I’m not sure.
Wakeling then
got a second yellow, and thus a red, for handball. Burton-Jones scored (pic below) from the penalty
spot. 2-5 after 88 minutes
Pearson
Mwanyongo scored the final goal of the day in stoppage time after a break
down the right flank. Job Done. Final
score 2-6
I heard an
unusual referee’s whistle as I was walking towards the exit. There was some argument going on with
Gresley staff and an open bottle-throwing display of frustration from one of them. I have no idea what it was about. The ref and the assistants waited a few
more moments before leaving the pitch.
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Ground Pix
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Match Pix
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Something You Don’t Get in the Premier
League
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Change from
£4 for a hot pasty, soup and Mars Bar.
At current exchange rates this sum would get you part-ownership of a
West Ham hot dog.
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Goalkeeper Top Colour Stats
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No clean
sheets but a win for Yellow over Green.
Full table again at the end of the month. Red leads.
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What Next?
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Watch
@GrahamYapp on Twitter for details!
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