SLEIGH TRANSPORTS HEANOR TO THE TOP

HEANOR TOWN 3 GRAHAM ST PRIMS 1
EMCL @ THE TOWN GROUND
13 NOVEMBER 2019 --- 7.45PM
A clinical period of finishing from Heanor Town just past the half hour mark was enough to send The Lions to the top of The East Midlands Counties League but strangely for the rest of the game the Derby based visitors were far from out of this encounter.

A WELCOMING SIGHT

A strange night as I entered the once described comfortable armchair of  The Town Ground strange in the extent that I was on high infusion of Lemsip, other products etc, and the most bitterly cold night of the winter so far made this fell like Mr Clarence had turned the heating off in my welcoming seat.  Warm greetings from the gate to Mr Squires jnr, Mr S senior had made the wise choice of a meal at friends and a roaring fire I guess, the ladies Kim and Elaine and the pleasure of meeting Lesley the clubs photographer.

ELAINE AND KIM HAD SECURED ANOTHER ADDITION TO THEIR PLAYERS PANTS COLLECTION

Lesley it appears has left behind her Derby County season ticket now and jointly discovered non league football and the ability to put together some fantastic actions shots from The Lions games, you can view here work on the clubs official websites.  It was a pleasure to get to know her and with her long lens and camera her evening results would well surpass any effort I could make.
Having travelled in on a packed direct service to Heanor it would be nice to escape the noise of the double decker and by the time we were ready for kick off I had further supplemented my evening by a trip to the snack bar for the only reason for a visit to Heanor a chip pea cob of course.

CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER SENSIBLY WRAPPED UP

Game wise the visitors were more than holding their own until a mad spell of three quick goals on the half hour mark Sleigh set up Kyle Daley who finished unmarked at the back post. 
Four minutes had advance and Daley struck a lovely finish across the keeper to double the advantage and then more or less immediately the livewire that is Sleigh delivered the ultimate present a third that more or less wrapped the game up when he broke through and finished with confidence.

ADDITIONAL FLOODLIGHING BY MR MOON

A sloppy half littered with stoppages and an over fussy referee who pulled in the captain for talks alongside the bench and by the end of ninety minutes he had booked eight players in a performance that so clearly said 'observer in attendance', a good referee but different performance to normal.
Prims sub Perry McGrath pulled one back on 72 minutes with a semi overhead and much as the visitors had made the running in the second half it did seem to wake up a relaxing Heanor when Sleigh hit the top of the cross bar and Daley forced the visiting keeper into a sharp save.
On a night when connections as ever from Heanor needed to run Trent Barton were, as usual on this service, late meaning a missed connection allowed for a thirty minute wait for the next service to Alfreton were it would now be a taxi return which as ever was an excellent service form the local private hire company.  A brief blog for a somewhat local regular visit that has been made harder in these austere times of public transport and as age creeps on these cold nights are becoming less for me than ever.