Glasshoughton Welfare 1-6 Darlington 1883, Pre Season Friendly
Saturday 28th July 2012 - The Glasshoughton Centre - Attendance: 165
So, after no midweek game this week, my pre-season continued at a new ground! As myself along with Ginge, Robbo & Ayesha paid a trip to Glasshoughton Welfare for there home game with Darlington 1883.
The day began with a meet up with the three at Bradford Forster Square before progressing onto Leeds in which Ayesha announced that her Auntie had called her dumb because she didn't think the Olympics were live because, and I quote "No idiot rows at 9 in a Morning!" Well, they do when it's the Olympics games. Then, while in Leeds decided to go get some munch, this is where the fun & laughter began after reviewing Wednesday nights activities when we laughed my pathetic excuse of 'cousins' of Facebook.
After doing an Olympic steeplechase down to Subway, we changed our mind & dodged our way back to KFC where in a desperate attempt to get a table, Ayesha threw her bag onto a table just as a man was about to sit there, this man wasn't happy & continued to give Ayesha dead eyes throughout the meal but this didn't bother her as she made a new friend, who was quite possibly the happiest KFC employee of all time & in a surprise twist... He was English!
So, after fighting with the ticket gates & a quick jog across the footbridge over the train station we found ourselves in the lift in which Ginge started messing with heads & bouncing making the lift bounce with him, the train conductor & Ayesha had looks of pure terror on there faces as we boarded the train to Glasshoughton.
After a pretty un-eventful train journey in which the only highlight was Ayesha forming a new friend in the train conductor we arrived at Glasshoughton, where something happened which would scar Ayesha & Robbo for laugh... They had to face there fears & cross the bridge leading from the Train Station to Xscape!
So, after crossing this hurdle we found ourselves outside of Xscape & after a quick photo op & failed attempt to get on the kids rides outside, Ayesha decided she wanted a Tango Blast & we found ourselves running round Junction 32 trying to find her this little delight but we were un-successful & headed off into Glasshoughton to find the ground after a little chuckle at the fact they'd announced the day of the game as Saturday 28th August when it was in fact, Saturday 28th July.
After getting into Glasshoughton & passing the many, many Chinese take away & restaurants (The place was over run with them!) we finally found the little ground & after a quick photo op & forcefully dragging Robbo away from the cricket, we headed through the turnstile & into the little home of Glasshoughton Welfare.
In the ground with drinks bought & a place on the terrace secured, Ayesha went back into the old habit of one of her favourite past times... Ogling over the 'fit' players, mainly Darlington 1883's Asian Twins but after this & winding up one of the Darlington 1883 substitutes, the sides came out & the game got under way... Shortly after the realisation that one of the linesman on show was the one & only Rod Stewart! He was too focused on us than his job & this showed when he tripped over the net much to the crowds amusement.
Darlington were quickest out the blocks & showed this when Amar Purewal came close to a goal but could only find the side netting. They dominated for the opening ten minutes with Adam Nicholls running the game down the right wing & the first goal came as a result of his dominance. He cut inside & his shot which was deflected, falling to Shaun Reay on the edge of the six yard box, who neatly tucked the ball past the goalkeeper.
The Darlo strike force of David Dowson and Shaun Reay proved far too much to deal with for the home side, with Reay having an opportunity to double his tally when Dowson laid the ball off to him on the edge of the area but his deflected shot could only find its way into the keeper’s arms. Dowson continued to be a problem for the hosts & found himself with a opportunity to make it two when he latched on to Reay’s through ball and forced a good stop from the keeper but could only fire the rebound over.
Shaun Reay doubled the visitors lead when a ball from Adam Nicholls found its way to Stephen Harrison who drilled in a cross for the forward who side footed accurately into the bottom right corner.
The hosts gave themselves the possibility of a comeback when Kingsley Weatherald made the took advantage of a Taxi! by Darlington 1883 keeper Chris Porter, nicking the ball of his foot & managing to squeeze the ball in from a tight angle. It didn’t take long though for Shaun Reay to kill of the comeback when he finished with power after some hold up play by his striker partner. The half time whistle followed shortly after.
Half time was an un-eventful affair with the exception of Robbo & myself going onto the pitch to join in the Darlo subs warm up, so onto the second half.
The teams came out for the second half with Rod Stewart deciding to avoid us with the visitors making some changes. Sadly for Ayesha, Amar Purewal had to be taken off as he was on the receiving end of a late challenge which left him unable to carry on. The lad looks a very promising prospect!
Darlington started the second half the same way they ended the first when half time substitute, Steven Johnson scoring within two minutes of the beginning of the second half. Ten minutes later he doubled his tally when he latched onto a misplaced clearance and finished from outside the box.
Darlington's Fifth Goal caused an argument between the hosts Goalkeeper & his captain JC, JC didn't like the fact I'd pointed out that the keeper wasn't to blame but replied with "I hate this keeper, I'll piss on him in shower!" Much to the amusement of the crowd & mainly myself, Ayesha, Ginge & Robbo!
Then, something of beauty happened on the pitch as Chris Emms produced the best move of the match, when he chipped through the ball perfectly to Johnson’s feet who expertly took the ball round the keeper, leaving himself an open goal to pass the ball into & joining Shaun Reay in getting a match ball in the progress.
Glasshoughton did every now & again managed to gain some possession from a rampant Darlo they struggled to break through the defence due solid performances from centre-back Gary Brown and veteran Sean Gregan.
The game ended with Welfare finally troubling the Darlo ball & after finding out we hadn't won the raffle, we headed back to the train station & finally home.
And of course, Chapman's They're Down To Nine:
Was it worth the money? Of course! New ground visited & banterous day out!
Glasshoughton Welfare MOTM - JC - Just for the banter he provided, that's how bad Glasshoughton Welfare were I'm afraid!
Darlington 1883 MOTM - Shaun Reay - Ran the show in the first half & Daron did miss him in the second half despite there continued dominance!
Quote of the Match - "I hate this keeper, I'll piss on him in the shower!" - JC isn't impressed with the man between the sticks!
Chant of the Match - The only chant of the entire game was "Darlo, Darlo!" So it has to go to that. FB Status of the Match - very good day with my big bro, big sis and 'ginge' lots and lots of banter!:P imma go piss on him in the shower, not the kinda thing i would want as a goalkeeper but yeah J.C is gonna give him it:L thanks for a good day guys:) - Robbo's Views on the Day!
Tweet of the Match - The defensive horror continues for the hosts, Glasshoughton Welfare 1-5 Darlington 1883 - This Tweet got the most re-tweets so it wins.
Referee Watch - Unaware of his name but he had a quiet game with not much to do.
FATWATCH - The Darlo fan with the club that would never die shirt on.
Saturday 28th July 2012 - The Glasshoughton Centre - Attendance: 165
So, after no midweek game this week, my pre-season continued at a new ground! As myself along with Ginge, Robbo & Ayesha paid a trip to Glasshoughton Welfare for there home game with Darlington 1883.
The day began with a meet up with the three at Bradford Forster Square before progressing onto Leeds in which Ayesha announced that her Auntie had called her dumb because she didn't think the Olympics were live because, and I quote "No idiot rows at 9 in a Morning!" Well, they do when it's the Olympics games. Then, while in Leeds decided to go get some munch, this is where the fun & laughter began after reviewing Wednesday nights activities when we laughed my pathetic excuse of 'cousins' of Facebook.
After doing an Olympic steeplechase down to Subway, we changed our mind & dodged our way back to KFC where in a desperate attempt to get a table, Ayesha threw her bag onto a table just as a man was about to sit there, this man wasn't happy & continued to give Ayesha dead eyes throughout the meal but this didn't bother her as she made a new friend, who was quite possibly the happiest KFC employee of all time & in a surprise twist... He was English!
So, after fighting with the ticket gates & a quick jog across the footbridge over the train station we found ourselves in the lift in which Ginge started messing with heads & bouncing making the lift bounce with him, the train conductor & Ayesha had looks of pure terror on there faces as we boarded the train to Glasshoughton.
After a pretty un-eventful train journey in which the only highlight was Ayesha forming a new friend in the train conductor we arrived at Glasshoughton, where something happened which would scar Ayesha & Robbo for laugh... They had to face there fears & cross the bridge leading from the Train Station to Xscape!
So, after crossing this hurdle we found ourselves outside of Xscape & after a quick photo op & failed attempt to get on the kids rides outside, Ayesha decided she wanted a Tango Blast & we found ourselves running round Junction 32 trying to find her this little delight but we were un-successful & headed off into Glasshoughton to find the ground after a little chuckle at the fact they'd announced the day of the game as Saturday 28th August when it was in fact, Saturday 28th July.
After getting into Glasshoughton & passing the many, many Chinese take away & restaurants (The place was over run with them!) we finally found the little ground & after a quick photo op & forcefully dragging Robbo away from the cricket, we headed through the turnstile & into the little home of Glasshoughton Welfare.
In the ground with drinks bought & a place on the terrace secured, Ayesha went back into the old habit of one of her favourite past times... Ogling over the 'fit' players, mainly Darlington 1883's Asian Twins but after this & winding up one of the Darlington 1883 substitutes, the sides came out & the game got under way... Shortly after the realisation that one of the linesman on show was the one & only Rod Stewart! He was too focused on us than his job & this showed when he tripped over the net much to the crowds amusement.
Darlington were quickest out the blocks & showed this when Amar Purewal came close to a goal but could only find the side netting. They dominated for the opening ten minutes with Adam Nicholls running the game down the right wing & the first goal came as a result of his dominance. He cut inside & his shot which was deflected, falling to Shaun Reay on the edge of the six yard box, who neatly tucked the ball past the goalkeeper.
The Darlo strike force of David Dowson and Shaun Reay proved far too much to deal with for the home side, with Reay having an opportunity to double his tally when Dowson laid the ball off to him on the edge of the area but his deflected shot could only find its way into the keeper’s arms. Dowson continued to be a problem for the hosts & found himself with a opportunity to make it two when he latched on to Reay’s through ball and forced a good stop from the keeper but could only fire the rebound over.
Shaun Reay doubled the visitors lead when a ball from Adam Nicholls found its way to Stephen Harrison who drilled in a cross for the forward who side footed accurately into the bottom right corner.
The hosts gave themselves the possibility of a comeback when Kingsley Weatherald made the took advantage of a Taxi! by Darlington 1883 keeper Chris Porter, nicking the ball of his foot & managing to squeeze the ball in from a tight angle. It didn’t take long though for Shaun Reay to kill of the comeback when he finished with power after some hold up play by his striker partner. The half time whistle followed shortly after.
Half time was an un-eventful affair with the exception of Robbo & myself going onto the pitch to join in the Darlo subs warm up, so onto the second half.
The teams came out for the second half with Rod Stewart deciding to avoid us with the visitors making some changes. Sadly for Ayesha, Amar Purewal had to be taken off as he was on the receiving end of a late challenge which left him unable to carry on. The lad looks a very promising prospect!
Darlington started the second half the same way they ended the first when half time substitute, Steven Johnson scoring within two minutes of the beginning of the second half. Ten minutes later he doubled his tally when he latched onto a misplaced clearance and finished from outside the box.
Darlington's Fifth Goal caused an argument between the hosts Goalkeeper & his captain JC, JC didn't like the fact I'd pointed out that the keeper wasn't to blame but replied with "I hate this keeper, I'll piss on him in shower!" Much to the amusement of the crowd & mainly myself, Ayesha, Ginge & Robbo!
Then, something of beauty happened on the pitch as Chris Emms produced the best move of the match, when he chipped through the ball perfectly to Johnson’s feet who expertly took the ball round the keeper, leaving himself an open goal to pass the ball into & joining Shaun Reay in getting a match ball in the progress.
Glasshoughton did every now & again managed to gain some possession from a rampant Darlo they struggled to break through the defence due solid performances from centre-back Gary Brown and veteran Sean Gregan.
The game ended with Welfare finally troubling the Darlo ball & after finding out we hadn't won the raffle, we headed back to the train station & finally home.
And of course, Chapman's They're Down To Nine:
Was it worth the money? Of course! New ground visited & banterous day out!
Glasshoughton Welfare MOTM - JC - Just for the banter he provided, that's how bad Glasshoughton Welfare were I'm afraid!
Darlington 1883 MOTM - Shaun Reay - Ran the show in the first half & Daron did miss him in the second half despite there continued dominance!
Quote of the Match - "I hate this keeper, I'll piss on him in the shower!" - JC isn't impressed with the man between the sticks!
Chant of the Match - The only chant of the entire game was "Darlo, Darlo!" So it has to go to that. FB Status of the Match - very good day with my big bro, big sis and 'ginge' lots and lots of banter!:P imma go piss on him in the shower, not the kinda thing i would want as a goalkeeper but yeah J.C is gonna give him it:L thanks for a good day guys:) - Robbo's Views on the Day!
Tweet of the Match - The defensive horror continues for the hosts, Glasshoughton Welfare 1-5 Darlington 1883 - This Tweet got the most re-tweets so it wins.
Referee Watch - Unaware of his name but he had a quiet game with not much to do.
FATWATCH - The Darlo fan with the club that would never die shirt on.