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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
« Reply #15 on: Thu 11 Aug 2022 21:15 »
Two unpleasantly hot buses took JCFC to

Wednesday 10th August 2022
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Albion Sports   2   v   2   Barnoldswick Town
James Gallagher (W. Riding FA); Haim Fiterman, Anonymous Steve Lynch lookalike.

The officials carried on with their warm-up for some time after the players had headed indoors and as a result, it was already 19.45 when the bell was rung and play was accordingly late starting - not something likely to endear Mr Gallagher to JCFC. Fortunately for the referee, the bright sun made viewing even trickier than usual, so Mr Gallagher passed largely unnoticed.

The match got off to a lively start, Albion going ahead on 2 minutes only for Barlick to draw level within a minute. Albion regained the lead on 17 minutes. There was a wonderfully quaint piece of barracking from the other end of the stand: "That was never a foul." (It was!!) "You blackguard, referee." Shortly after the break, Albion were penalised for a back-pass, but Barlick were wide with the free-kick. They did, however, equalise once more just before the break.

Again the teams seemed more eager to get started than the officials, both referee and managers with the usual late traipse across the pitch. Things gradually became untidy, though Mr Gallagher appeared to remain calm and in control, though it was not always wholly clear where his line was drawn. As is often their wont, Albion got under their opponents' skin and Barlick received a couple of yellow cards. The half was dominated by unwelcome thoughts of looming extra-time, a view shared, it seemed, by AR2 and the Farsley groundsman.The final ten minutes of the half brought three yellows for Albion - the first leading to an indignant delegation.

So, extra time it was to be - eventually, as the turn round was delayed rather longer than usual and there seemed to be a mass meeting of players and referee before it got under way. There were some decent saves at each end, but no further score. Three minutes into the second period Mr Fiterman flagged for a clear attack-stopper and the visiting left back received his second yellow and made his way slowly across the pitch. This produced the evening's highlight as he left the field in high dudgeon, uttering the odd oath - at which point a young girl piped up very loudly "Naughty boy!" JCFC had no wish to spend the night in Bradford Bus Station and had to leave a few minutes before the end - at 22.20
The visitors' Twitter reported that they had a man booked right at the end for kicking the ball away, and that Albion went through 4-3 on penalties.

Apart from his dilatoriness (perhaps Cornish time is more relaxed) Mr Gallagher did not appear to do much wrong, but JCFC will not be in a great hurry to see him again - not, at least, if bus times are tight.
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