Hemsworth Miners Welfare 1-4 Parkgate - Pre Season Friendly
Tuesday 17th July 2012 - Fitzwilliam Stadium - Attendance: 65 (4 Visitors)
So, here we are again! Pre Season, Game Three. As the 10th & 9th tiers of the English game collided in a hell-raising affair! As the woman behind us politely put it "I thought this was a friendly!"
After being stuck inside Leeds train station for half an hour waiting for the arrival of Ben, I found myself in a rather tricky situation, a woman who looked freakishly liked my own Mother kept eyeing me up. Luckily for me as I got ready to run, Ben arrived & we headed off to Fitzwilliam for this Non League battle.
On the train there we had a bit of De Ja Vu from Saturday. A young lady plonked herself next to Ben on the train & I'll say it again Ben... It does not mean they fancy you! Before this though a young man came on the train & in sync we burst out into stitches & in sync again said "It's Adam of Big Brother!" There was a freakish similarity. The only other thing from the train journey there is the train drivers door flying open & taking an unfortunate lad out!
So upon arrival at Fitzwilliam, one thing went through mine & Ben's minds... What a dump! Now where do we go?
Where we did go took longer than it should have, first of all we went to a quaint little chippy called the Jolly Fryer. £1.40 for a Chip Butty & Can of Coke... Bargain! We then progressed up a little track to a locked gate, then round the back to another lock gate before walking onto a little cul-de-sac to the wall of the ground before eventually finding our way up past the cricket pitch to the ground.
After getting to the lovely little ground & taking it in, me & Ben had a chuckle at the lad who collapsed with cramp during the warm up & proceeded to take our places for the game ahead.
Now, the first 90 seconds of this tasty affair set the toll for the match ahead with two violent two footed tackles & a worldy of a safe from the Parkgate keeper. It would only get tastier & more hot headed as the game progressed.
The Hemsworth striker can tell us what he thought of the next challenge with his choice of words. "It's an over the ball challenge, you fucking bastard!" This didn't go down to well, with Hemworth's answer to Guy Branston threatening to deck every man in sight!
Hemsworth took advantage of the situation with Lee Dawson showing us all his Jack Rodwell beating the Parkgate keeper to give the home side an early lead. It didn't last long though, as in one of Parkgate's next attacks, Oliver Graham get the ball from distance & shoot from distance with a nick of the Hemsworth defender wrong footing the keeper & bringing the visitors level.
Then, the tensions boiled over something major. Hemsworth's answer to Guy Branston went flying in & caught Parkgate's number 7, the Parkgate player didn't take this too nicely & stomped on him which caused Hemsworth's lad to jump up & kick off a near every player on the pitch scrap & the Ref was quite close to getting involved himself!
Just moments later, we were off again as Parkgate's Number 6 lunged in & took out Hemsworth's midfielder & outraged by the obvious call from the ref went up to the Ref & began pushing & shoving & swearing right in his face which prompted the linesman to turn round to the crowd & say "If he spoke to me like he just talked to ref, I'd have twatted him with an elbow to face!" The woman behind then popped up with "I thought this was a friendly!" This was anything but a friendly!
Other than Parkgate's many, many wild attempts that was the end of the first half of this not so friendly, friendly.
Half time, myself & Ben found ourselves joining in the Parkgate subs warm up on the pitch, good laugh & an experience before realising that former Macclesfield Town Manager Gary Simpson was sat on the Parkgate bench, he has been appointed as Director of Football to help & supervise the visitor's new manager who is still in his 20's!
The second half got away & it took less than two minutes for Gary Johnson to fired home cooly from short range to put the visitors into the lead for the first time in the game. It showed that man who relegated a 'un-relegatable' side last season has an effect a mere five divisions before the bright lights on Npower League Two!
Just around 15 minutes later, Josh Hemmingway got headed the ball home from a wonderful free kick from the edge of the area past the hapless keeper between the Hemsworth posts to put the visitors into a 3-1 lead, killing the game off as a contest.
Another near every player on the pitch scrap induced by Hemsworth's Guy Branston saw him & a player from the visiting side booked & both swiftly substituted shortly after before a shot from Joel Purkiss saw the Hemsworth keepers forgettable evening a full strength nightmare with the man between the sticks dropping the shot into the back of his goal to put the visitors 4-1 up & minutes later the game was brought to an end.
The train journey home only had one highlight, the stench of Ben's feet! It was vile! So, after going our separate ways at Leeds Train Station the evening came to a close.
And of course, Chapman's XI:
Was it worth the money? Could Non League Day Out at a very warm & welcoming ground, yes it was.
Hemsworth Miners Welfare MOTM - Probably there Number 10, only player who offered anything to the game.
Parkgate MOTM - Another Number 10, the lad was absolutely awesome throughout! Could do it at a higher level!
Quote of the Match - Linesman: " If he spoke to me like he just talked to ref, I'd have twatted him with an elbow to face!"
Chant of the Match - There was none, not one.
FB Status of the Match - Such a good night with Josh Chapman at Hemsworth. Ended up 4-1 to Parkgate, but both teams played decent stuff. Also found out Gary Simpson is now assistant manager of Parkgate and the Linesman's comment that he'd 'twat (the abusive player) with a swift elbow' was brilliant - Ben reflects on the evening!
Tweet of the Match - None really stand out, so there is none.
Referee Watch - Don't know the lad's name but he was thrown in at the deep end, his linesman had the right idea though!
FATWATCH - The gentleman who has a resemblance to Andie Higginson get's it for this one!
Tuesday 17th July 2012 - Fitzwilliam Stadium - Attendance: 65 (4 Visitors)
So, here we are again! Pre Season, Game Three. As the 10th & 9th tiers of the English game collided in a hell-raising affair! As the woman behind us politely put it "I thought this was a friendly!"
After being stuck inside Leeds train station for half an hour waiting for the arrival of Ben, I found myself in a rather tricky situation, a woman who looked freakishly liked my own Mother kept eyeing me up. Luckily for me as I got ready to run, Ben arrived & we headed off to Fitzwilliam for this Non League battle.
On the train there we had a bit of De Ja Vu from Saturday. A young lady plonked herself next to Ben on the train & I'll say it again Ben... It does not mean they fancy you! Before this though a young man came on the train & in sync we burst out into stitches & in sync again said "It's Adam of Big Brother!" There was a freakish similarity. The only other thing from the train journey there is the train drivers door flying open & taking an unfortunate lad out!
So upon arrival at Fitzwilliam, one thing went through mine & Ben's minds... What a dump! Now where do we go?
Where we did go took longer than it should have, first of all we went to a quaint little chippy called the Jolly Fryer. £1.40 for a Chip Butty & Can of Coke... Bargain! We then progressed up a little track to a locked gate, then round the back to another lock gate before walking onto a little cul-de-sac to the wall of the ground before eventually finding our way up past the cricket pitch to the ground.
After getting to the lovely little ground & taking it in, me & Ben had a chuckle at the lad who collapsed with cramp during the warm up & proceeded to take our places for the game ahead.
Now, the first 90 seconds of this tasty affair set the toll for the match ahead with two violent two footed tackles & a worldy of a safe from the Parkgate keeper. It would only get tastier & more hot headed as the game progressed.
The Hemsworth striker can tell us what he thought of the next challenge with his choice of words. "It's an over the ball challenge, you fucking bastard!" This didn't go down to well, with Hemworth's answer to Guy Branston threatening to deck every man in sight!
Hemsworth took advantage of the situation with Lee Dawson showing us all his Jack Rodwell beating the Parkgate keeper to give the home side an early lead. It didn't last long though, as in one of Parkgate's next attacks, Oliver Graham get the ball from distance & shoot from distance with a nick of the Hemsworth defender wrong footing the keeper & bringing the visitors level.
Then, the tensions boiled over something major. Hemsworth's answer to Guy Branston went flying in & caught Parkgate's number 7, the Parkgate player didn't take this too nicely & stomped on him which caused Hemsworth's lad to jump up & kick off a near every player on the pitch scrap & the Ref was quite close to getting involved himself!
Just moments later, we were off again as Parkgate's Number 6 lunged in & took out Hemsworth's midfielder & outraged by the obvious call from the ref went up to the Ref & began pushing & shoving & swearing right in his face which prompted the linesman to turn round to the crowd & say "If he spoke to me like he just talked to ref, I'd have twatted him with an elbow to face!" The woman behind then popped up with "I thought this was a friendly!" This was anything but a friendly!
Other than Parkgate's many, many wild attempts that was the end of the first half of this not so friendly, friendly.
Half time, myself & Ben found ourselves joining in the Parkgate subs warm up on the pitch, good laugh & an experience before realising that former Macclesfield Town Manager Gary Simpson was sat on the Parkgate bench, he has been appointed as Director of Football to help & supervise the visitor's new manager who is still in his 20's!
The second half got away & it took less than two minutes for Gary Johnson to fired home cooly from short range to put the visitors into the lead for the first time in the game. It showed that man who relegated a 'un-relegatable' side last season has an effect a mere five divisions before the bright lights on Npower League Two!
Just around 15 minutes later, Josh Hemmingway got headed the ball home from a wonderful free kick from the edge of the area past the hapless keeper between the Hemsworth posts to put the visitors into a 3-1 lead, killing the game off as a contest.
Another near every player on the pitch scrap induced by Hemsworth's Guy Branston saw him & a player from the visiting side booked & both swiftly substituted shortly after before a shot from Joel Purkiss saw the Hemsworth keepers forgettable evening a full strength nightmare with the man between the sticks dropping the shot into the back of his goal to put the visitors 4-1 up & minutes later the game was brought to an end.
The train journey home only had one highlight, the stench of Ben's feet! It was vile! So, after going our separate ways at Leeds Train Station the evening came to a close.
And of course, Chapman's XI:
Was it worth the money? Could Non League Day Out at a very warm & welcoming ground, yes it was.
Hemsworth Miners Welfare MOTM - Probably there Number 10, only player who offered anything to the game.
Parkgate MOTM - Another Number 10, the lad was absolutely awesome throughout! Could do it at a higher level!
Quote of the Match - Linesman: " If he spoke to me like he just talked to ref, I'd have twatted him with an elbow to face!"
Chant of the Match - There was none, not one.
FB Status of the Match - Such a good night with Josh Chapman at Hemsworth. Ended up 4-1 to Parkgate, but both teams played decent stuff. Also found out Gary Simpson is now assistant manager of Parkgate and the Linesman's comment that he'd 'twat (the abusive player) with a swift elbow' was brilliant - Ben reflects on the evening!
Tweet of the Match - None really stand out, so there is none.
Referee Watch - Don't know the lad's name but he was thrown in at the deep end, his linesman had the right idea though!
FATWATCH - The gentleman who has a resemblance to Andie Higginson get's it for this one!