The players
took a while to adapt to the conditions – whether it was the low temperature
affecting the bounce, or just the surface, I couldn’t say – but the first few
minutes were disjointed save for a Yaxley header which clipped the post. Let’s give the home keeper Aaron Bodger the
benefit of the doubt for good judgement.
My
scene-setter clip is from the quarter-hour point. It is one of those that goes on a bit too
long with nothing happening, but I was scared to stop filming because it
looked as if something might happen soon.
This is why I did not pursue a career in sales and marketing. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and so
are Yaxley.
Yaxley were
looking more likely to score and good work by Luke Hipwell, wearing 7 but
playing up front to confuse me, set up a chance that needed a superb saving
tackle by Sam Macrae. I have a pic of
the pass but not the tackle, so you have to take my word for it.
Kempston
gradually got into the game and started to impose their league table
position, so I wandered down to the other end. Just in time to watch from a distance as
Yaxley took the lead after 38 minutes.
Hipwell beat his man in the area and fashioned a shooting chance, and
it looked like Bodger had no chance. There is nothing else of note to report
before the interval. 0-1 at half-time
I tweeted
the half-time score, as is my wont, and must apologise for tweeting Kempston
Rovers 8 Yaxley 1 to the footballing world.
It was cold, I didn’t put my specs on, and my phone display is on its last
pixelated legs. I am very sorry, I am
very embarrassed, and I will accept the three points on my provisional
tweeting licence. On the other hand, I
am quietly pleased that so many people noticed! I promise to tell the whole truth to Lord Leveson, as he is sure to ring up next week.
To the second half, in the presence of the Eurocopter EC-135 G-CHSU overhead (I like to keep passing planespotters interested).
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Kempston
Rovers started well and Yaxley keeper Lee Jordan blocked a shot well after
good work by Jordan Jarrell marauding from fullback down the right. This set piece came soon after, to level
the scores after 53 minutes. The
scorer is Phil Draycott.
After that,
both sides traded chances for ten minutes or so. Hipwell created another chance and this
time it was the other Rovers fullback Sam Brown with the last-ditch saver
tackle. Bodger was a bit fortunate
when a clearance was charged down but fell nicely back to him. At the other end, Rovers missed a clear
header from a corner. My final short clips
are from the latter stages of the game.
Yaxley finished the stronger of the two sides and they show the
pressure they created from crosses, but Bodger has the last word. Draycott hits another freekick over the bar for the hosts.
The match
nearly ended in controversy. The burly
Andrew Phillips came off the Kempston bench as an impact player in more ways
than one. He won the ball, to howls of
protest, on the left and sent the ball across, too deep but Jarrell was up
there again. His pass gave a shooting
chance to Danny Watson, but it went high and wide. Final
score 1-1
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