Tuesday 11th November 2014 - kick off 8:16pm
Venue: The Town Ground, Mayfield Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire
Competition: Derbyshire F.A. Senior Cup Round 2
Referee: Nick Hopton
Scorers:
Lions - Sam Jones ( 54 pen), Kieran Debrouwer (75)
Vics - Lee Stevenson (24, 74)
Line-ups
What a night! As we drove towards the ground, we were struck by how dark it was - no street lights, no lights in the houses on Mundy Street, and no floodlights! Parked up and walked to the ground which was in total darkness! Not a great start to the evening! Then it rained - and rained - and rained! Great!
The power was restored fairly quickly, but with the players having to warm up, the kick off was delayed until 8:15pm. The players were lead onto the pitch by current and ex-servicemen to great applause. The Last Post sounded, and a minutes silence in honour of the fallen was observed.
48 pages - excellent publication - well done Mr. Squires!
The football wasn't great, but our good friend Chris Dent made the evening for us when he handed me an envelope that contained a letter from his good lady and a sizeable contribution to the "maggie's" fund. Lumps in throats all round. SHARON DENT on behalf of "maggie's" I'd like to say a big THANK YOU!
Not so small, Sharon - very many thanks
The first half of the game was instantly forgettable - apart from the 22 yard bullet from LEE STEVENSON that almost took out the back of the Town net, that is! Great strike from the former Lion. H-T 0-1
The second half was a slight improvement on the first - SAM JONES levelled things from the spot after Marc Strzyzewski had flown through the air when challenged for the ball with Vics' keeper Gary Young. The keeper never made contact - but the dive over the keeper by the centreback was impressive - and it certainly impressed Referee Hopton. Didn't send the keeper off for the "foul" though - Strzyzewski was through on goal, with no covering defenders, so the red card was surely warranted.
Borrowash were awarded a free-kick some 25 yards from goal in the 74th minute. STEVENSON hit the ball well enough, and Ian Deakin seemed to have it covered - but it bounced out of the keeper's grasp and flew over his shoulder and into the back of the net.
Seconds later another free-kick was awarded, this time to the home team, and KIERAN DEBROUWER curled the ball in at the near post, giving Young no chance. No more goals, so into extra-time we went. Plenty of chances were created, but none were converted - and not many of the ensuing penalties were either! Heanor eventually triumphing 3-1 thanks in no small part to a couple of great saves from Deakin.
We arrived back in Hucknall at 11:15pm - I reckon it may be a good idea to give Cup games a wide berth in the future!
Admission: £5.00
Programme: £1.00
Attendance: 146
Charity: £3.00 +
MOM: give over!!
