CALVO HIT SEVENTH HEAVEN

Notts Senior League

Division Two

CALVERTON MINERS WELFARE FC 7 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FC RESERVES 0

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Having not seen Calverton MW at home since their CMFL days, I had promised Tony Mullins that I would pay them a home visit before the end of the season. Calverton have a mixture of young and older players to balance their side, whilst Nottinghamshire were struggling for a side. The game was played on the main pitch and I checked out that it was a 6.30pm kick off as the ground has lights or should I say a lack of lights, Tony explained to me that they hire the pitch from the welfare and there are eight lights out and have been for about 14 months but at £200 a bulb the football club cant afford to get them replaced. Infact all credit to Calverton as tehy could well of folded if not for the hard work put in by Tony when the first team folded and left the reserves with nowhere to go and came as their first team into the Notts Senior League. Nottinghamshire FC Reserves entered the game as the whipping boys of the Division but all credit to them, they turn up week in week out and play for football.

 

The game kicked off and was one way traffic for Calverton and they should well have been out of sight except for good shot stopping by the Notts Keeper and poor finishing that the ball ended up in the wood behind the goal on numerous occasions. Nottinghamshire were forced to attack on the break. After 35 minutes, Calverton made the breakthrough when HARRY SIMPSON netted. Just before half time, the visitors had their best chance of the match with the home keeper pulling off a mid air save.

 

After a quick half time break, Calverton took control with two goals in two minutes, with HARRY SIMPSON scoring n the 46th minute and TYLER WHITE making 3-0 in the 48th minute. Nottinghamshire continue to play on the break, but Calverton were now in their stride and on 58 minutes STEVE BRETT made it 4-0 to the Welfare Boys. On 67 minutes, TYLER WHITE scored his second of the game to make it 5-0 and within 2 minutes it was 6-0 when TOM THREAVES scored.

 

Nottinghamshire then played their best football of the game without troubling the home defence and after 83 minutes HARRY SIMPSON completed his hat trick and made it 7-0.

 

Just to finish off, my 10 year old son Shawn who has autism was over the moon in the clubhouse afterwards as he won the football card.

 

PHOTOS from  the game can be seen HERE

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Hodgkinson Road, Kirkby in Ashfield

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kick off 7.30pm

 

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Bingham Town FC v Ruddington Village FC

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Kick off 10.10am

 

Netherfield Albion FC v Nottinghamshire FC

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Kick off 12.50pm

 

Burton Joyce FC v Attenborough FC

The Poplars.Burton Joyce

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Kick off 3.20pm

 

Sandhurst FC v Kirton Brickworks FC

Forest Lane, Walesby

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Kick off 6.15pm