Slough Despondent After Double Double-Barrelled Attack

 

Hopperational Details
Date & Venue	Saturday 22 February 2025 at the Truro City Stadium
Result	Truro City 2 Slough Town 0
Competition	National League South
Hopstats	Ground 794 on my lifetime list, which temporarily restores “everywhere down to Step 2 in England” or “The 164” for me, for the time being, at least until the new Everton stadium is officially opened. The first test event has happened there as most readers will know.
Context
Truro City are in the playoff positions and Slough Town are in mid-table.
Match Report
Over 1700 here today on a breezy but sunny day. It didn’t take too long for Truro to take the lead from the first long-throw of the afternoon. The ball was initially cleared but hooked back in and Connor Riley-Lowe scored from close range. Both keepers then made good saves. Truro’s Dan Lavercombe spectacularly tipped over a Slavi Spasov header, and Slough’s Charlie Horlock did well to block a close-range effort from (I think) Tom Harrison (assuming he was wearing number 5). The rest of the first half was pretty even, with enough to encourage visiting supporters that the result was still in doubt. The teams traded half chances in the second half, maybe the Truro ones were marginally better in the world of xG, but Slough did mess up a couple of their better bits of approach play. Another good Horlock block on 72 mins kept the deficit down but just five minutes later he found himself isolated and jumping one-to-one with Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain and the attacker won the duel to make it 2-0. That was it, really. Slough never gave up but Truro were quite comfortable. Time for me to get back to the long and winding road of the A30 with a tick in my groundhopping book.
So What?
Erm … Truro City are in the playoff positions and Slough Town are in mid-table. Gotta love copy-and-paste.
Pix
Truro in red.
Goalkeeper Top Colour Stats Update
The background to this, and the latest keeper top colour league table, is here on this dedicated page. Today a notable victory for Purple over the table-topping Grey, with a clean sheet too. Pre-match Prediction based on Keeper Top Colour: Prediction: Away Win Was the prediction correct? No % of correct predictions so far 49% (85 from 173)
What Next?
No idea! Back to work now after half-term with a busy few weeks ahead with all my groups looking towards GCSE and A level exams. I suspect that I won’t get to Everton before next season, hopefully for an important WSL or WFAC game, but I also have a long journey Plymouth Parkway to complete the whole of Step 3, and another 35 grounds in Step 4! Expect last-minute decision-making dependent on the weather.