Our designated charity this season is maggie's Nottingham
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Dunkirk FC 1-0 Kirby Muxloe
Tuesday 5th August 2014 - kick off 7:50pm
Venue: The Ron Steel Sports Ground, Lenton Lane, Nottingham.
Scorer: Dunkirk - Troy Carty (59)
Talk about after the Lord Mayors' Show!!! This was the other side of what the MFL has to offer - it was not pretty, there was not an abundance of skill on show, and worst of all, only £0.75 to the charity!
We've not been to Dunkirk for a while - and although I don't like to overly criticise, this was very poor and was not a game that would make a revisit an absolute necessity!!
Warren Butlin collects under pressure from Granville
To be fair, the second half was much better that the first. The keepers weren't overly tested until the 40th minute when Kirky sub Lee Tyers forced Jake Want into a diving save, and soon after, the Boatmens' Phil Granville saw his effort tipped over the bar by Warren Butlin.
H-T 0-0
Dunkirk skipper Laurence Gibson holds off Pradeep Bahrey
The games' solitary goal came in the 59th minute, and was less than elegant! Kevin Lusamba received the ball on the left, and fired it hopefully into the crowded 6 yard box. The ball ended up in the back of the net - apparently deflecting off Troy Carty's rear end.
Want was called into action on 75, doing well to tip over Ryan Seal's fierce 25 yard drive. The home keeper then made a diving save at his near post to keep out a well aimed free-kick as Kirby poured forward in an effort to grab something from the game.
Referee Dragan Kuzmanovic had a good game, but blotted his copy-book by keeping us in the ground for 5 extra minutes. As soon as the final whistle blew, we were in the car and first out of the gate.
We were pleased to have visited the Ron Steel Sports Ground again, but we were less than pleased with the standard of football on offer. I suppose we were spoiled by the Basford game on Saturday, but we were expecting step 5 football from step 5 players, and to be brutally honest, I've seen better Sunday morning games. F-T 1-0
