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Author Topic: Pyramid Patrol 2020/21  (Read 9223 times)

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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2020/21
« Reply #15 on: Thu 24 Sep 2020 09:10 »
It had not been the best of days: drizzle had limited the morning stroll around the town and though it relented in the afternoon, it had left the benches in the Jephson Gardens too damp for sitting. The day got worse, however, on arrival at

Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Midland League Division 1
Nuneaton Griff   1   v   0   Stapenhill
Zac Parris (late of Bury, exhumed to ?); Craig Ward, Dean Hellyar.

The home club had posted that the bar and canteen would open at 18.30. The word "canteen" suggested food, but there was only a bag of crisps to stave off JCFC'S hunger. Worse still, the stand was separated from the pitch by a running track and grassy area which included two run-ups. The trim Mr Parris, and his not quite so trim assistants, were distant figures. It was not the ideal place to send Mr Observer, who took up position a further two rows back. Fortunately, all Observers are blessed with superhero vision.

Griff took the lead on 6 minutes and seemed to have little ambition to extend it. There was a yellow card for the home number 5 on 36 minutes. Stapenhill netted from a rebound off the keeper, but were denied by the offside flag. The home keeper's legs came to the rescue a minute later.

The second half was largely one-way traffic as Stapenhill created and wasted numerous chances.There was a firm warning for a Griff player, possibly with captain, and a stoppage-time caution for their number 10, but they hung on to secure a win they barely deserved.

JCFC'S confusion about the regulations deepened still further when Mr Parris stopped play for a head injury, as a visiting player lifted a long clearance. There was a delay, but no treatment so the player stayed on the pitch. The confusion stemmed from the restart, as rather than drop the ball for the defender, as expected,  Mr Parris dropped it to a lone attacker, who fortunately must have agreed to pass the ball to the keeper. There were no problems, but it seemed a scenario that could go wrong.

Overall, though, Mr Parris did well, always looking comfortably in control. He treated challenges on their merits, rather than allowing himself to be influenced by occasional over-dramatic falls. The one possible quibble would be over the slow-motion approach to warnings and cautions, when he allowed offenders to walk 30 yards or so away, before making them walk back, on one occasion moving still further away himself. It may be a good ruse in certain situations, but this game did not seem to be one. He will probably have received a favourable verdict from Mr Observer, who will have been in a good mood, having been entertained by the chat of Andy Hendley, who also contributed a number of musical interludes. Country Gardens seemed to be a particular favourite.

West Midlands Railways had cancelled the expected train back - shortage of crew -and JCFC settled down to wait an hour and forty minutes, but after twenty minutes an angel appeared, to say that there was a replacement bus outside. A slower journey, but one for which JCFC was grateful.
« Last Edit: Thu 24 Sep 2020 13:57 by JCFC »
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