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Clipstone FC 4-0 Winterton Rangers

Saturday 22nd November 2014 - kick off 3:02pm

Venue: Worksop Van Hire Stadium, Clipstone Road East, Clipstone, Notts

Competition: NCEL Div 1

Referee: Robert Woodburn

Scorers: Karl Colley (9, 73), Jamie Brown (27, 75)

Line-ups -

Clipstone: Siddons, Paling, Mawby, Whitehead, Colley, Shaw, Wood, Carty, Gibson, Brown, Ord

Rangers: TBC

My last blog entry for a couple of weeks - and with the amount of errors I'm making at the moment, it's probably a good thing!

I will be scheduling games for December and contributing to the charity based on the actual scores of those games, even though I won't be attending.

Clipstone's Press Officer Nigel Spalding will be preparing a full, comprehensive report for the Cobras' website, so I won't go into too much detail here.

Clipstone were without the services of top scorer Jamie Smith, but gave a debut to recent signing Jamie Brown. Another recent signing, Karl Colley, played in the heart of the home defence, and even though Winterton threatened on occasion, the big man took it all in his stride, and with his two goals was arguably the Clipstone MOM.

KARL COLLEY scored the opening goal in the 9th minute, when Steve Carty's corner from the right was met in front of goal with a firm header by the defender.

1-0 Karl Colley

With Winterton playing a very high line, they were always prone to a ball played over the top. With 27 played JAMIE BROWN made them pay when he latched onto such a ball and raced in on goal, coolly steering the ball past visiting keeper Danny Waring. H-T 2-0

Carty had a great chance to add to Clipstone's lead on 70 when he collected a superb ball from Dan Wood - unfortunately for the Clipstone skipper the goalkeeper pulled off a great save and the chance was lost. 

Clipstone were awarded a corner on 73 and it almost brought a repeat of the fist goal, but on this occasion the keeper managed to tip Colley's header over the bar. Lesson learned? No, because when Carty swung in the resultant corner, COLLEY headed home the Cobras' third. 

Clipstone grabbed a fourth three minutes later - Carty's superb run down the left culminating with a ball across the goal to where JAMIE BROWN was waiting at the far post to side-foot home. F-T 4-0

Admission: £2.00 (concession)

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: 

Charity: £3.00

MOM: Karl Colley 

Pics: Kev Goodman

Saturday 22nd November - local teams in action

F.A.VASE 2nd Round Proper
Bolehill Swifts 4-2 Dunkirk FC
Borrowash Victoria P-P Bromsgrove Sporting
Heanor Town 4-3 Coleshill Town
Shepshed Dynamo 2-3 AFC Mansfield Town (aet)

NPP
Belper Town 1-4 Nantwich Town
Curzon Ashton 3-0 Matlock Town
Skelmersdale Utd 1-4 Ilkeston FC

NP1S
Carlton Town 3-2 Newcastle Town
Mickleover Sports 1-0 Sutton Coldfield Town
Rainworth MW 1-2 Tividale FC
Stocksbridge PS 0-0 Loughborough Dynamo

MFL
Basford Utd 7-0 Kirby Muxloe
Lye Town 0-1 Long Eaton Utd

NCELP
Staveley MW 4-2 Albion Sports
Thackley FC 1-1 Retford Utd

NCEL1
Bottesford Town P-P Shirebrook Town
Clipstone FC 4-0 Winterton Rangers
Dronfield Town P-P Teversal FC

EMCL
Barrow Town 2-6 Radford FC
Gedling MW 2-2 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Greenwood Meadows P-P Graham St Prims
Holwell Sports 3-3 Arnold Town
Kimberley MW P-P Anstey Nomads
Radcliffe Olympic P-P Aylestone Park
South Normanton Athletic 1-3 Bardon Hill

CML CUP
Bilsthorpe FC 4-5 Swanwick PR (aet)
Real Utd P-P Harrowby Saints

CMLN
Brodsworth Welfare 1-5 Thoresby CW
Harworth CI 2-6 Ollerton Town
Newark Town 2-2 Clay Cross Town
Sherwood Colliery 1-0 Dinnington Town
Thorne Colliery P-P Glapwell FC
Welbeck FC 2-4 Appleby Frodingham

CMLS
Clifton AW 10-0 Eastwood CFC
Holbrook Sports 0-3 Belper Utd
Linby CW 1-3 Mickleover RBL
Pinxton FC 1-4 Bulwell FC
Southwell City P-P Hucknall Town

NOTTS SENIOR LEAGUE SENIOR DIVISION
Kirton BW 2-1 Beeston
Keyworth Utd 3-1 Bilborough Town
West Bridgford 4-1 PMG Cavaliers

NSL SENIOR CUP
Attenborough FC 2-0 Awsworth Villa
Boots Athletic 0-2 Underwood Villa
Magdala Ams 5-6 Burton Joyce (aet)
Netherfield Albion 0-4 Selston FC
Ruddington Villa 3-1 Bingham Town
Wollaton FC 9-0 Sandhurst FC

NOTTS F.A. INTERMEDIATE CUP
Hucknall RL Res 2-3 Cotgrave FC

Midweek fixtures -- w/c 17th November 2014

Tuesday 18th

F.A. TROPHY 2RQ
Mickleover Sports 3-1 New Mills

NPP
Stamford FC 0-1 Belper Town

DOODSON CUP
Matlock Town 0-1 Ilkeston FC

NCEL CUP
Clipstone FC 5-0 Liversedge FC
Shirebrook Town 2-4 Retford Utd

EMCL CUP
Ashby Ivanhoe 1-3 South Normanton Athletic

CML FLOODLIT CUP N
Westella VIP 0-1 Harworth CI

CML FLOODLIT CUP S
Bulwell FC P-P Southwell City


Weds 19th

NCEL CUP
Athersley Recreation 1-3 Worksop Town
Bottesford Town 2-4 Staveley MW
Eccleshill Utd 1-3 AFC Mansfield

EMCL CUP
Kimberley MW 2-3 Barrow Town

CML FLOODLIT CUP S
Hucknall RL 2-1 Harrowby Saints
Hucknall Town 1-2 Pinxton FC

Arnold Town 4-1 Kimberley MW

Saturday 15th November 2014 - kick off 3:00pm

Venue: Eagle Valley, Oxton Road, Arnold, Nottinghamshire

Competition: East Midlands Counties League

Referee: Sam Kane

Scorers:

Eagles- Courtney Hastings (31, 35, 59), Danny Hayes (71)

Miners - Jermaine Gordon (4)

Line-ups:

Arnold - Ross Cherry, Craig Meakin, Stephen Cox, Danny Haynes, Simon Hore, James Price, Luke Smith, Jimmy Spiers, Courtney Hastings, Warren Hatfield, Danny Chadwick.

Kimberley - Matt Walsh, Scott Carlile, Ethan Winfield, Ian Shepherd, Jacob Webster, Roberto Labbatte, Charlie Ward, Jordan Whitehead, Jermaine Gordon, Liam Honeyman, Richard Dean.

Seems strange that these teams have never previously met, but this first meeting was well worth the wait!  Both teams a credit to step 6 football and to the EMCL.

Kimberley were missing a few of their regular starters, Martin Lench and Anthony Gregory amongst those absent. Arnold have a star-studded (at this level) line-up and should on paper, be more than competitive in the EMCL. That they are only mid-table is something of a surprise.

It was slightly murky down the Valley when we arrived, and although the visibility worsened as the game went on, it never looked to be in any danger of being abandoned. 

Kimberley opened the scoring in just the 4th minute, a free-kick headed down at the far post to where JERMAINE GORDON was on hand to rifle home from close range.

nod down... 

.... Gordon celebrates

Arnold had a really good shout for a penalty two minutes later when Courtney Hastings was dragged down in the Kimberley box, but the Referee waved play on despite the strikers' protests. Soon after, the Eagles had another good shout for a penalty when Danny Hayes almost had his shirt stripped from his back as he went to attack a Luke Smith free-kick. His vociferous protests brought him a meeting with Mr. Kane and his skipper Simon Hore. No caution though!

Warren Hatfield hit a powerful drive from 20 yards on 18, but Matt Walsh in the visitors' goal collected with some ease. Hayes always creates problems when he goes forward for set-pieces, and when Smith fired in another free-kick from the right on 31, the centre-back nodded down and COURTNEY HASTINGS drove the ball across Walsh to bring the scores level.

Hastings fires home 

The home team took the lead four minutes later, this time Smith's well placed right wing corner giving HASTINGS the simplest of headers at the far stick.

Hasting heads Arnold ahead

Right on the stroke of half time, Kimberley lost the services of Liam Honeyman after he came out worst in a challenge with Smith. H-T 2-1

HASTINGS completed his personal triple on 59, a snap shot from the edge of the box flying past the diving Walsh and entering the goal in off the post. Hastings saw his piledriver well saved by Walsh on 66, but the keeper was unable to prevent another home goal a few minutes later.  Another free-kick from Smith, this one from just inside the halfway line, met with a powerful, stooping header on the run by DANNY HAYNES.

Danny Haynes - quality

Haynes saw another header well saved by Walsh on 82, and the visiting keeper also made a terrific save from Hatfield as the game entered second half stoppage time. F-T 4-1

Nice to see Warren in action again

Admission: £5.00

Programme: £1.30

Attendance: 70

Charity: £3.75

Pics: Kev Goodman

MOM: Courtney Hastings for his clinical finishing, but a close second would be Luke Smith for his cracking set-pieces

Saturday 15th November - local teams in action

F.A. TROPHY 2nd Round Qualifying
Chasetown FC 4-1 Loughborough Dynamo
Mickleover Sports A-A New Mills (fog)

NPP
Stamford FC 0-1 Matlock Town
Whitby Town 1-3 Ilkeston FC

NP1S
Carlton Town 2-0 Stocksbridge PS
Newcastle Town 4-1 Rainworth MW

MFL
Coleshill Town 1-2 Basford Utd
Dunkirk FC 1-2 AFC Wulfrunians
Long Eaton Utd 3-2 Continental Star
Walsall Wood 4-1 Shepshed Dynamo

NCELP
Heanor Town 5-0 Glasshoughton Welfare
Liversedge FC P-P Staveley MW
Retford Utd 0-1 Thackley FC
Worksop Town 2-0 Handsworth Parramore

NCEL1
Hall Road Rangers P-P Clipstone Welfare
Penistone Church 4-3 AFC Mansfield
Shirebrook Town 5-0 Grimsby Borough
Teversal FC 3-5 Louth Town

EMCL
Anstey Nomads 3-2 Graham St Prims
Arnold Town 4-1 Kimberley MW
Bardon Hill 3-0 Radcliffe Olympic
Barrow Town 4-2 Gedling MW
Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 2-0 South Normanton Athletic
Holwell Sports 4-2 Borrowash Victoria
Radcliffe Olympic 5-2 Greenwood Meadows

CMLN
Bilsthorpe FC 1-2 Newark Town
Clay Cross Town P-P Easington Utd
Harworth CI 5-1 Bentley Colliery
Kinsley Boys 2-2 Glapwell FC
Ollerton Town 2-3 Thoresby CW
Sherwood Colliery 6-1 Welbeck FC

CMLS
Belper Utd 3-0 Real Utd
Bulwell FC P-P Eastwood CFC
Clifton AW 4-2 Southwell City
Harrowby Saints 1-3 Linby CW
Hucknall Town 2-0 Blidworth Welfare
Pinxton FC P-P Mickleover RBL

NSL SENIOR DIVISION
Beeston AFC P-P West Bridgford
Keyworth Utd 1-4 Burton Joyce
PMG Cavaliers P-P Bilborough Town
Ruddington Village 0-4 Selston FC
Sandhurst FC 1-2 Boots Athletic
Wollaton FC 2-0 Attenborough FC

NOTTS F.A. INTERMEDIATE CUP
Hucknall RL Res P-P Cotgrave FC
Kirton BW 0-1 Bestwood MW Sports
Underwood Villa 2-0 Awsworth Villa

Heanor Town 2-2 Borrowash Victoria

Heanor Town go through to the next round 3-1 on  penalties.

Tuesday 11th November 2014 - kick off 8:16pm

Venue: The Town Ground, Mayfield Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire

Competition:  Derbyshire F.A. Senior Cup Round 2

Referee: Nick Hopton

Scorers:
Lions - Sam Jones ( 54 pen),  Kieran Debrouwer (75)
Vics - Lee Stevenson (24, 74)

Line-ups

What a night! As we drove towards the ground, we were struck by how dark it was - no street lights, no lights in the houses on Mundy Street, and no floodlights! Parked up and walked to the ground which was in total darkness! Not a great start to the evening! Then it rained - and rained - and rained! Great!

The power was restored fairly quickly, but with the players having to warm up, the kick off was delayed until 8:15pm. The players were lead onto the pitch by current and ex-servicemen to great applause. The Last Post sounded, and a minutes silence in honour of the fallen was observed.

48 pages - excellent publication - well done Mr. Squires!

The football wasn't great, but our good friend Chris Dent made the evening for us when he handed me an envelope that contained a letter from his good lady and a sizeable contribution to the "maggie's"  fund.  Lumps in throats all round. SHARON DENT  on behalf of "maggie's" I'd like to say a big THANK YOU!

Not so small, Sharon - very many thanks 

The first half of the game was instantly forgettable - apart from the 22 yard bullet from LEE STEVENSON that almost took out the back of the Town net, that is!   Great strike from the former Lion. H-T 0-1

The second half was a slight improvement on the first - SAM JONES levelled things from the spot after Marc Strzyzewski had flown through the air when challenged for the ball with Vics' keeper Gary Young. The keeper never made contact - but the dive over the keeper by the centreback was impressive - and it certainly impressed Referee Hopton. Didn't send the keeper off for the "foul" though - Strzyzewski was through on goal, with no covering defenders, so the red card was surely warranted.

Borrowash were awarded a free-kick some 25 yards from goal in the 74th minute. STEVENSON hit the ball well enough, and Ian Deakin seemed to have it covered - but it bounced out of the keeper's grasp and flew over his shoulder and into the back of the net. 

Seconds later another free-kick was awarded, this time to the home team, and KIERAN DEBROUWER curled the ball in at the near post, giving Young no chance.  No more goals, so into extra-time we went. Plenty of chances were created, but none were converted - and not many of the ensuing  penalties  were either! Heanor eventually triumphing 3-1 thanks in no small part to a couple of great saves from Deakin. 

We arrived back in Hucknall at 11:15pm - I reckon it may be a good idea to give Cup games a wide berth in the future!

Admission: £5.00

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: 146

Charity: £3.00 + 

MOM: give over!!