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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #15 on: Mon 12 Aug 2019 17:38 »
Correct jcfc

It happens occasionally!
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #16 on: Tue 13 Aug 2019 09:04 »
Sunday 11th August 2019
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Barkingside   4   v   1   Stansted
(Possibly) Liam Giles (Romford); Anonymous and Equally Anonymous
MOAS lists the officials as Liam Giles, Robert Bradley and Gary Caley.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #17 on: Tue 13 Aug 2019 09:17 »
Thanks for that, Ref Watcher.

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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #18 on: Thu 15 Aug 2019 09:16 »
Tuesday 13th August 2019
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Garforth Town   3   v   2   Shildon
Lee Hible (Stocksbridge); unlisted, but JCFC would stake 5p each on Tony Murphy and Gavin Hock.

Having watched Mr Hible wrestle with a horrible match at Brighouse last season, JCFC hoped that this match would be as trouble-free as the three Cup ties seen over the weekend. Alas, with a replay between two combative teams this hope was not to be realised.

Mr Hible's S&H badge must have had forebodings, as it tried to escape even before entering the field, but Mr Hible recovered it, patted it back into place, where surprisingly it remained throughout. Never having met Mr Hible, I have still formed the impression that he is a very agreeable chap, keen to see the best in people - which may not always be advisable in the case of footballers, who are not always known to be 100% trustworthy. A sloppy Shildon pass on 2 minutes set up a Garforth attack which ended with a shot against the post. A knock to the head of a Garforth player ended his game and Mr Hible's explanation that the opponent's arms were high but nothing more was reasonable - though a couple of further forearm leads by the Shildon number 8 could possibly have been penalised. Shildon looked strong and the Garforth keeper soon made the first of what was to be many good saves. On 15 minutes Garforth were correctly penalised for a foul and while the offender was being lectured, they moved the ball to a position vastly more favourable to a shot and got away with it. Fortunately the shot ended in the side netting. There were to be two similar, if less blatant, examples later in the game, again not picked up. On 17 minutes an uncontrolled challenge by the Shildon number 11 drew an angry push in response from the home number 2, provoking a gathering of the clans. As things subsided, Mr Hible backed off, sent players away, had a word from a distance with Mr Murphy and showed a red card to the offender - a fair decision that did note provoke too much argument, though JCFC would have liked to see a calming word with the Garforth player as well. Almost immediately on the resumption there was a yellow for the Shildon number 10 and things calmed down. Garforth had a chance blocked, but created another one just before the half hour, number 9 delaying his shot as he ran into the box and going down looking for a penalty. Mr Hible's yellow card for simulation did not raise many eyebrows. Shildon went ahead on 33 minutes and Garforth found the side netting with a header in added time.

The second half produced plenty of excitement, with chances, blocks and saves abounding at either end. Garforth equalised on 58 minutes; Shildon took the lead again three minutes later, with a strong header from a corner; a second equaliser, route 2 style, soon followed, and on 68 minutes the home substitute put them ahead for the first time. On 77 minutes Shildon drove forward and was fouled short and wide of the penalty area; Mr Murphy flagged, Mr Hible blew ... just as the attacker rode the foul and went down looking for a penalty. The Garforth number 16 received a yellow card - it was not clear whether or not there was another as players stood over the free-kick, the card was raised, but that may have been the finish of the caution for 16. Two fouls in the closing stages brought yellow cards for Garforth, but they held out for a surprise win.

There is much to admire about Mr Hible: his personality appears cheerful and agreeable, his fitness was tested by the fluidity of the end-to-end play and the test was passed with flying colours. As mutn3 hinted last season, though, he does not quite have an air of total command when things are tricky. Nevertheless, his interventions did restore order and the match reached a satisfactory - for Garforth at least - conclusion. Let's hope he has an easier task this weekend.

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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #19 on: Thu 15 Aug 2019 16:23 »
Tuesday 13th August 2019
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Garforth Town   3   v   2   Shildon
Lee Hible (Stocksbridge); unlisted, but JCFC would stake 5p each on Tony Murphy and Gavin Hock.

You are definitely right on one of them.

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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #20 on: Sun 18 Aug 2019 12:46 »
Being less familiar with S&H officials, JCFC could only stake 2p on the identity of the young AR1 and nothing at all on the unrecognised AR2, but their names were subsequently gleaned from a friendly official of the home club at

Wednesday 14th August 2019
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Penistone Church   2   v   5   Skelmersdale United
Jamie Waters (Holmfirth); Ryan Henger, Christopher Rose.

The mystery is how Mr Waters, first seen nearly a decade ago, contrives to look as young as, or even younger than, he did then - and more cheerful too. He had occasion to speak to the Skem number 8 for a mistimed slide, but there was little in the opening exchanges to disturb his mood. The visitors took the lead with a long shot just after the half hour. Five minutes later a Penistone defender was racing back with an opponent, who gave him a firm nudge in the back, winning possession to add a second. Mr Waters would not have had the best of angles and Mr Henger did not see fit to intervene - either deciding that it was not within his sector or perhaps deeming that it was the sort of push that is routinely allowed to pass elsewhere. Three minutes later there was a yellow card for the Skelmersdale number 11, and from the free-kick a couple of touches led to a Penistone goal.

The visitors proved much the stronger unit in the second half, adding three goals before Penistone got their second through a low free-kick from the edge of the area.

The doubtful second goal apart, it was a comfortable evening for the officials, assuming they were not too bothered by the frequent comments of a loud Yorkshire voice, stemming from a gentleman of advanced years. Mr Henger was in front of the stand and was the butt of the majority of remarks, but seemed to be amused rather than intimidated. Mr Waters signalled his return to Level 3 with a very solid performance overall.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #21 on: Sun 18 Aug 2019 14:57 »
As the League season got under way, once again with redrawn boundaries, it was great to see Brighouse Town sitting proudly on top of the table - albeit solely by virtue of alphabetical order. This happy situation was not to survive the afternoon at

Saturday 17th August 2019
BVNPL Division 1 NW
Clitheroe   0   v   0   Brighouse Town
Liam Marshall (Blackpool); David Gillon, Lee Corns

Tallish, slim dark-haired Mr Marshall proved to be a prominent member of the pressure group demanding higher fees for referees to enable them to replace blunt razor blades.

Brighouse had the better of the first half hour, with some good approach work, but having lost their purveyors of goals to Guiseley, were unable to capitalise. They did hit the post on 6 minutes, and clipped the bar on 27. Mr Marshall had spoken to the home number 9 and the away number 10 for separate chirrups and correctly shown a yellow card to the Clitheroe number 10 for an attack breaker. As half-time approached, however, Clitheroe came back into the game and it took a good block by the keeper and a clearance off the line by a full-back to keep them out. A little childish silliness between Brighouse 4 and Clitheroe 10 was appropriately dealt with by a warning.

Clitheroe continued to shade things after the restart. The Brighouse number 10 had a further chunter and this time his captain was summoned as well, though it was for a later foul that he was eventually to see yellow. In the meantime a Brighouse cross had hit the inside of the post and as Clitheroe looked to break, the Brighouse number 15 stopped the attack with a clear foul and rightly received a yellow card. After 81 minutes Clitheroe burst through a porous Brighouse defence and the keeper had to make a brave save. The resulting corner was again cleared off the line - JCFC not being sure whether to be pleased or not, holding as he did the 82 minute golden goal ticket. A petulant trip earned the Brighouse number 5 the game's final yellow card shortly before the final whistle.

Mr Marshall created an excellent impression: accurate and confident decision making, regardless of shouts; appropriate use of cards; great use of advantage; firmness in quelling dissent; splendid movement, both forwards and backwards  - all contributed to a good display. In particular his manner with players was first-rate, helped by a remarkable facility for remembering names, and he used his smile well. The assumption had been that he would be rather poor, being one of what seemed to be the very few Lancashire referees not to be promoted last season - nothing could be further from the truth, and he must surely be upwardly mobile very soon.


As a postscript it might be added that he twice resisted pleas from the Brighouse goalkeeper "Ref, ref, ref please talk to me." This showed admirable wisdom, as said keeper is not someone anybody in their right mind would wish to talk to.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #22 on: Tue 20 Aug 2019 10:38 »
A sunny evening attracted plenty of supporters to

Monday 19th August 2019
BVNPL Division 1 NW
Brighouse Town   0   v   1   Marske United
Jordan Crossley (Rochdale); Dave Chisnall, Matt Edwards.

The Brighouse programme, an otherwise rather below average £2's worth on this occasion, redeemed itself with a full page of details about all three officials. A further innovation for this season seems to be that the PA system is now audible at last - though the announcer got the assistants the wrong way round. Mr Crossley, a tall, dark-haired young man on the skinny side of slim, could well have referred to either of them as Dad.

"The Mystic Anorak" in Clitheroe's programme on Saturday had offered a predicted final table for the coming season, with Brighouse third and Marske to finish seventeenth: JCFC would suggest that those two are more likely to be reversed.

Nevertheless Town made a decent start and a strong shot from their number 10 skimmed the crossbar on 17 minutes. That apart, however, they seemed determined to offer the visiting keeper some uncontested practice in catching high balls, with central defenders also accepting countless invitations to head the ball clear. Only once did a Brighouse player make contact with such a delivery - number 5 having come up for a corner could only glance the ball with the top of his head as it came across and out to safety. Marske, meanwhile, looked well-organised and quicker in thought, exposing the home side's defensive shortcomings. Midway through the half a deftly-slipped ball behind the left back drew the defence all over the place resulting in an easy goal. There was almost a repetition shortly afterwards, but the keeper got a crucial hand to the ball. There was a justified caution for the Marske number 11 for a foul, but the half had been largely cleanly contested.

The Brighouse number 6 received similar treatment five minutes into the second half for an attack-stopper. Town, however, were showing a little more urgency. On 62 minutes a corner was met with a bullet header into the net, but sadly it was well after Mr Crossley had blown for a foul by another attacker. Marske were happy to sit back and absorb the pressure, which they did comfortably. Stoppage time saw another booking for a needless foul by a Brighouse player - perhaps he just thought he should make a donation to the coffers of the County FA.

A first-season Level 3, Mr Crossley had a very good match. He got himself into excellent positions to make some good spots, crisply delivered, and both his decisions and his sanctions seemed accurate. As a result there was precious little dissent: the one moan from a Town player (about which side a substituted player should have left the field!) was met with a firm suggestion that he should concentrate on playing football - a sentiment greeted with approval by home fans. A fine evening's work might encourage him to project himself a little more: he maintained a slightly worried frown throughout, but will surely relax a little as he settles into this level. I look forward to seeing him in action again.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #23 on: Tue 20 Aug 2019 10:56 »
The Mystic Anorak also published last season's preditions and this Brighouse anorak applied Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient and found that the result was a fairly commendable 0.52. There's hope for Town yet!
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« Reply #24 on: Wed 21 Aug 2019 11:31 »
Two apparently appealing prospects presented themselves - and JCFC unerringly chose the wrong one. (Heaven help those at Mossley if not!)

Tuesday 20th August 2019
NCEFL Premier
Liversedge   1   v   0   Penistone Church
Dane McCarrick (Cleveland/Leeds); Michael Trevethan, Joshua Brayshaw.

Mr McCarrick, still on the upward slope of his twenties, is quite tall and fair haired, though with an appearance suggesting that this latter description may not pertain for all that much longer. His postgraduate studies have led to learned papers on, among other things, the significance of height in football refereeing. (For what it's worth, JCFC would view posture rather than stature as the major factor.) Mr Brayshaw made his two colleagues look almost geriatric in comparison.

As hinted above, the match was a pretty dire affair, the pie and peas indifferent, the seats uncomfortably hard and even the presence of K S Hackett, fresh from a break in Cornwall, did little to enhance the occasion. Sedge took the lead on 9 minutes, the Church keeper's attempted block being unable to keep out a close-range shot. The next excitement was delayed until the 42nd minute, when a Sedge shot was tipped over the bar. The home number 11 received a yellow card for a foul as Penistone tried to launch a counter.

There were a couple of warnings for Church players early in the second half. The next caution came on 29 minutes: from the other half of the field it looked as if attacker and keeper were simply going for the same ball on the ground, but Mr McCarrick's decision that the Church number 7 was deserving of a yellow card must be accepted, as he was much closer to the incident. There were no complaints when the visiting number 8 saw yellow a few minutes later, but the caution for the Liversedge number 3 on 81 minutes seemed a little harsh. Liversedge were eager to use up time - Mr McCarrick tried to hurry them along, and did add an appropriate period of stoppage time - but oddly it was a Church player who was aggrieved at being made to leave towards the nearer side, and idiotically showed his displeasure by doing so at an angle, not the wisest of moves when your side is looking for an equaliser late on. In added time Sedge indulged in some mischief with the ball and Mr McCarrick raced to the home dugout to flourish his yellow card at the coach/manager responsible. The best feature of the evening was that JCFC met a fellow Brighouse watcher and received a most welcome lift back to Brighouse, reaching home an hour and  half earlier than expected.

As another new Level 3, Mr McCarrick did a decent enough job and did lapse into the odd smile. He kept firm control and was generally well-positioned, with rapid, if not always elegant, movement. A competent evening's work, but not one to raise a frisson of excitement. Sound, but as yet no more, for this watcher - though again time may allow extra qualities to blossom.

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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #25 on: Thu 22 Aug 2019 12:40 »
More than half a century has passed since JCFC last visited Lawkholme Lane, as Cougar Park was then known, all-time favourite RL player, Paul Charlton being in the visiting side, but with the village ground in Steeton not being of the standard required for step 6, that was the venue for

Wednesday 21st August 2019
NWCFL Division 1N
Steeton   0   v   1   Cleator Moor Celtic
Niall Eaves (Blackpoolish?); Luca Caggiano, Manfred Wojtas.

In the intervening period, the entrance to the ground has been moved to the opposite end, away from the town, in an industrial estate, adding a half-mile diversion once this was discovered. With a long and awkward journey from West Cumberland, Celtic arrived at 19.30 and did well to get the match started just after 20.00, allowing time for a steak slice and tea in the bar.

Mr Wojtas had been seen before, when Silsden were in the lower division. His then grey locks were by now snow white. Mr Caggiano was unfamiliar. So too was Mr Eaves, setting out on his fourth season at Level 4, who proved to be rather more sturdy than the current slimline template for young referees, with perhaps consequent slight limitation in his sprinting pace.

On 7 minutes Celtic won a corner, despite a clear push by the attacker and Mr Caggiano received some stick, which grew more forceful when the corner led to a penalty. Fortunately he was spared when the keeper saved the kick. Steeton, though, continued to have difficulty in getting out of their own half. Mr Eaves followed a fairly liberal line, which led to a stoppage for an injury a second or two after what appeared a foul. This turned out not to be a case of bringing back after no advantage, so play was to restart with a drop ball. The Steeton player was either unaware that contested drop balls were no longer an option, or maybe he was arguing that as the ball had been struck against a Steeton player before the whistle, the ball should be dropped for them. A spell of concerted pressure saw Celtic take the lead on 23 minutes. They almost claimed a second a minute later, as the keeper clawed the ball off the line, but Mr Caggiano gave a clear play on signal. Steeton did eventually come into the game a little more, a cross hitting the bar, but the visitors still had the better of things and they in turn hit the post. Play moved rapidly from end to end,but though chances were created they were not taken.

Early in the second half there was a lecture for the Steeton assistant manager. The Celtic keeper parried a long Steeton shot, the follow-up being straight at him. The visitors put the ball in the net on the hour, but the whistle had already gone for a foul on the keeper - and two visitors were spoken to for a spot of backchat. A Steeton attack was called back from a threatening position (presumably offside?) and the Celtic number 9 received a yellow card. Mr Eaves's liberal interpretations had worked well in creating an enjoyably fluid game, helped by the attitude of the players. JCFC had been wondering, however, what would happen with more streetwise, feisty teams. The closing stages saw the question partly answered. There were warnings for a couple of players and a few soft-looking free-kicks resulted from Celtic falls. One of them led to a word with Mr Caggiano and a yellow card for the Steeton assistant manager. There was a yellow card, too, for the Celtic number 8. The visitors looked to the corners to run down the clock, Mr Eaves taking close order. A throw in was hurled straight at the nearest defender's foot, converting it to a corner, which Steeton protested about. At a further throw, Mr Eaves answered a query about time remaining with "30 seconds" and the thrower took his time getting ready. At this point Mr Eaves held things up, side-skipped gently back to the other half (shouts from Steeton players of "You're allowed to run") and the assistant manager received his second yellow and resulting red card. Returning for the throw, Mr Eaves whistled for full time as soon as it was taken - an odd finish to what had been an entertaining match.

The referee's line had certainly contributed to this, though it had not always been fully convincing. In the general context of this game, his control, helped by a loud voice on occasion, was strong enough, but many matches would require a different approach. It remains to be seen whether it would be forthcoming.

For JCFC, however, the highlight was departing with a bottle of wine, courtesy of raffle ticket number 51!

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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
« Reply #26 on: Sat 24 Aug 2019 18:46 »
More than half a century has passed since JCFC last visited Lawkholme Lane, as Cougar Park was then known, all-time favourite RL player, Paul Charlton being in the visiting side, but with the village ground in Steeton not being of the standard required for step 6, that was the venue for

Wednesday 21st August 2019
NWCFL Division 1N
Steeton   0   v   1   Cleator Moor Celtic
Niall Eaves (Blackpoolish?); Luca Caggiano, Manfred Wojtas.



Just for the record, it's Thornton which is certainly "ish" and far too close to Blackpool for comfort.

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« Reply #27 on: Sun 25 Aug 2019 14:45 »
The draw had not offered accessible ties for Friday or Sunday, given the rail cancellations, so the weekend's only match was

Saturday 24th August 2019
FA Cup Preliminary Round
Brighouse Town   2   v   2   Morpeth Town
Nik Storey (Worsley); Daniel Moroney, Adewunmi Soneye.

Once again the programme contained welcome biographical notes on the officials. Mr Storey apparently played until the age of 29, so must be older than previously thought. Mr Soneye had left the Royal Navy to study Terrorism and Security, and claimed that the skills thus developed in conflict reconciliation helped him in his refereeing. Mr Moroney must be so boring that there was nothing to be said about him.

JCFC's inquiry of the official supervising the car park whether we would manage to score for the first time this season was met with a response of "I doubt it." This pessimistic view was shared by most home fans, and Morpeth must have been equally confident as to the outcome. Despite an early Brighouse header into the side netting, it was Morpeth who went ahead in the fifth minute, a long ball leaving a man clear to finish comfortably. There was a caution on 20 minutes for a visiting attacker for an apparent simulation, it seemed. A minute later a huge hoof from deep in Morpeth territory saw the home central defender back-pedalling as two attackers raced past him to collect. Either of them could have scored, and one of them duly obliged. It seemed all over, but a looping header from a diagonal ball produced a goal for Brighouse five minutes later. On 38 minutes the home keeper leapt to turn an own-goal attempt(!) away from the top corner and when Brighouse attacked in turn, a high-footed challenge produced a yellow for the Morpeth number 3, and an equaliser for Brighouse from the penalty spot. In the final minute of the half, Morpeth scrambled clear a Brighouse effort.

The third quarter was fairly uneventful as the pace slowed in the heat, but on 67 minutes a Brighouse attacker was through and the keeper raced from his area to take him out. The home fans' demands for a red card were understandable, but JCFC felt that Mr Storey's choice of yellow was correct. Brighouse were fighting hard, and with two tired teams the frequency of minor fouls grew. Morpeth came close to a late winner, a header flicking the crossbar on its way out. A foul by the  home number 16 received a yellow - no complaints as the player had been spoken to just a minute or two earlier. In the end Morpeth were happy enough with a draw, Brighouse surprised to have held a strong side, but the odds must be on the Highwaymen in the replay. Dare JCFC brave the lethal lanes on the way to Craik Park once more?

Mr Storey had been seen once before, in his first season at Level 3, when JCFC had found his work efficient, but added that "he did not radiate good cheer." This had been attributed to the rain on that occasion, rather than finding a fellow misery guts. Now in his fourth season at this Level, Mr Storey again proved efficient, in an undemonstrative way and handled the game well. He did acknowledge a loud shout from one spectator that if he had been sitting in the stand he would have spotted some holding, with a nod - but an unsmiling one. So, less gloomy in his manner than before, perhaps, but radiating good cheer would definitely still be overstretching things.

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« Reply #28 on: Tue 27 Aug 2019 14:30 »
Recalling last season's fiasco, when just before setting off it emerged that the game had been brought forward and was already well under way, JCFC decided to avoid Brighouse's visit to Ossett (pity, as they won.) Buses were on Sunday timetable, trains running normally (if anything about northern rail is normal) so JCFC took a lucky dip at a ground within easy walking distance of a railway station and settled on

Monday 26th August 2019
NWCFL Division 1 North
Daisy Hill   4   v   1   Darwen
Lucy Anne Briggs; Joe Hinds, Anthony Parr Robinson.

As Miss Briggs had previously been seen as assistant to Rob Denton at Carlisle, the guess would be that she hails from the Lancaster area, but a guess is all it is.

Daisy Hill had made a reasonable start to the season, suggesting that they might be able to avoid their habitual table-propping act; Darwen, though, had done even better, despite having played all their matches away from home. It was the visitors then who unsurprisingly dominated the first quarter. Miss Briggs spoke to the home number 8 after a foul on 8 minutes and converted it to a caution following another foul on 15 minutes - possibly a trifle harsh, but it had the desired effect. Things turned around when against the run of the play they took the lead  following a free-kick. Just two minutes later the Darwen keeper palmed the ball away acrobatically, but Daisy Hill fired in the rebound. This was the cue for a drinks break, AR2 unusually, but sociably, crossing the field to join his colleagues. Three minutes into the resulting added time Darwen were playing about in defence when they were robbed to gift Daisy Hill their third.

Miss Briggs saw to the half-time substitution herself, as she was to do with two further substitutions at corners. While waiting for another corner on 53 minutes, Miss Briggs summoned the home number 10 and the visiting number 4 for a lecture. This proved a curious affair, as twice in the course of it the number 4 bent down to grab the 10's ankle, Miss Briggs carrying on unconcernedly, it seemed. As they went back to their positions there was a further little spat between them, though without further intervention. Another drinks break came on 70 minutes, following which Daisy Hill twice shot wide of the far post from an acute angle, a Darwen header clipped the bar with the keeper beaten and Daisy Hill tried an acute shot from the other side and found the net this time. Darwen responded immediately with a consolation goal, and threatened again in the closing minutes. There was a justified caution for a Darwen substitute four minutes into added time.

Miss Briggs is possibly not the swiftest of sprinters, but in the heat neither were most of the players, so she was never too far from the action, though she did maintain a fairly central path. A decent, efficient - if unspectacular - job in what was a pleasant game to watch.

And Miss Briggs would appear to come from Garstang.
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« Reply #29 on: Fri 30 Aug 2019 11:03 »
It's a fine though breezy day,
The train's well on its way
(For you know that I am not a fan of cars.)
I have planned a one night stay
Since I'm very pleased to say
Tonight's the start of this year's FA Vase.

I'm a dithery so and so
And with several games on show
The options really put me to the test
But you'll very shortly know
Just where I plan to go -
Unless, of course, you have already guessed!
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