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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
« on: Mon 08 Aug 2022 09:28 »

Contrary to previous expectations, it will be possible to take in another tie today.

As things turned out, it was possible - though "nobbut just." The route allowed for a connection time of 32 minutes at both Leeds and Derby, so missed connections should not have been a problem. At Leeds, however, it was announced that the CrossCountry train was delayed by 29 minutes, though the company's website's revised schedule showed an arrival in Derby in time for the next train. The delay grew by a few minutes and both before and after Wakefield the train trundled rather slowly. By the time we should have reached Derby, we were still North of Rotherham, and approaching Chesterfield as the next train left Derby. The only solution was to take a taxi - with a driver who wanted me to choose which route to take. In the end there was time to grab a cheeseburger and a tea on arrival at

Sunday 7th August 2022
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Belper United   0   v   3   Lichfield City
Robert Pealing (Nottinghamshire); David Henfrey, Jack Simpson.

Mr Pealing did not turn out to be the imagined wiry young hopeful. It should not, however, be inferred from this that he was old and hopeless. On the field his age would have been guessed as about 40; at close quarters, though, he appeared rather younger.

The first minute produced an almighty collision between two players: JCFC was inclined to give it as a foul by the defender, but as usual he was wrong. Mr Pealing promptly gave the free-kick the other way and nobody was unhappy (except the two men groaning on the ground - fortunately both recovered.) On 7 minutes JCFC was surprised at the award of a free-kick for what seemed a perfectly executed tackle by a home defender, and this time his view was supported by several Belper players. Lichfield were well on top and the Belper keeper was kept busy, making a couple of miraculous saves. On 26 minutes a couple of players found themselves gently wrestling on the gound, Mr Pealing having a quick word, but rightly deeming no further action necessary. The half ended with another brilliant save by the keeper after his defenders had given the ball to the opposition striker. There was a sense of disbelief at the break that the visitors were  not already several goals clear.

Belper actually started the second half quite well, but Lichfield finally took the lead on 53 minutes. The home side did create a couple of decent chances, but blasted the ball over the bar. Mr Pealing called a Lichfield defender for a lecture after he had chirruped too persistently. There was a strange moment at a substitution, with Mr Pealing being called from the other side of the pitch for the briefest of words with Mr Henfrey, before making his way back across to his position. Reason unknown. Lichfield added two goals in the closing minutes as even the home keeper ran out of saves.

Despite a slightly greater degree of noise on the pitch - notably from the Lichfield keeper, who was not always too careful in his choice of language - Mr Pealing had coped very comfortably. The suspicion remained, however, that this was perhaps his right level. Given JCFC's lack of judgement in such matters, wise gamblers (if that is not a contradiction in terms) would be advised to invest a few bob on promotion in forthcoming windows. The two assistants were both different from those named in the programme, but did well and had no reason to use those names as aliases.

The train from Belper to Derby was on time, but CrossCountry again were running late, leading to the connection in Leeds being missed. Brighouse had disappeared from the "Next train for" board as the 21.30 was cancelled. Ironically it was northern who solved the problem, with a train to Bradford, from where a bus enabled JCFC to reach home at 21.58.

The good(!) news is that rail strikes are planned for the next two Saturdays, so there is no risk of such journeys then.
« Last Edit: Thu 13 Jul 2023 09:39 by JCFC »
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