TEVERSAL AND GRIMSBY BOROUGH ENTERTAIN ALL WITH 3-3 DRAW

TEVERSAL 3 V GRIMSBY BOROUGH 3
NCEL PREMIER @ CARNARVON ST 28 APRIL 2015 7.45PM

THE STANDS AT CARNARVON ST

This game could easily have finished 7-7 and either team with better finishing could have come away with all three points but in the end a share of the points was more than fair.  As ever at the end of the season there are always games with nothing to play for but this one provided a cracking 90 minutes of entertainment with at times a feisty element to the proceedings too.
The game in a moment but first the journey, I say journey Teversal is one of my closest clubs and I well remember a few years back that Carnarvon St would be the destination quite a few times during my season, well sadly this was my first visit of the 2014/15 season.  Since evening public transport back from Teversal has become impossible my visits have dropped off the scale and it was great to revisit tonight its always a club that I have enjoyed popping along too.  Tonights early arrival saw the blog pick up a little tea time eats from the COOP at Stanton Hill, scene tonight of an amazing accident were a Range Rover had careered through two gardens coming to rest in the front of a house. 

CHANGING ROOMS, CLUB HOUSE, HOSPITALITY AND PAY BOX ALL CLOSE TOGETHER

On arrival at the ground the surrounding area is now very open following the demolition of the 'Grange' country club now exposing the cricket pitch with new cabin changing rooms dropped on site. 

Following payment at the entrance pay cabin to the right is the main area at Teversal with in the immediate corner the hospitality cabin and latched onto this the bar, conservatory area and food bar.  Moving around is the players changing room block with a new addition at the far end being in building mode one would guess for a toilet block[?]


EVERY LITTLE HELPS

Moving around the ground which is completely of hard standing the far goal as the 'famous' Tesco trolly shelter stands.  These were of an old variety and in place at Carnarvon St much before Tesco became the power house of the last few years.  Coming around to the top side touchline we have the dug outs which are literally that dug out into the ground for the seated occupier.  Immediately behind is a two rowed stand with blue tip up seats and a bench seated section behind.  Moving further round is an attatched stand which is a little more substantial in the capacity stakes again made up of blue tip up seats.  Coming round behind the entrance goal at the far corner to where we came in is a new build which I assume is for the grounds mans use.


WOODEN BASED MAIN STAND

The bar area is small but homely and the same can be said for the snack bar, the little conservatory adds a nice touch too and it was great to meet a fair few hoppers tonight, quite a few too mention.



JOHN WITH PIE AND A BLOG CARD, IN THE COMPANY
 OF GEORDIE
 

Pie Man John Lawton was there eating ..........well pies, or to be fair a pie, along side him Geordie both sporting their Matlock Town attire and proud of the Gladiators victory in last nights Derbyshire Senior Cup [7-0 over Gresley].  Greetings were also exchanged with assistant referee Ian Cox who is always a courteous chap and an interesting guy to have a chat with.  The blog was also delighted to see its old friend Dave formerly 'flag man' and kit man at Glapwell FC, he was in attendance with former Glapwell secretary Malc too.  Great to catch up with Dave who is always an interesting guy to chat with and I certainly enjoyed many evening games in his company at Hall Corner and look forward to catching up with him again soon.
So there was a fair selection of visitors and non league fans in attendance tonight something that swelled the attendance to a respectable 44 tonight.

FORMER GLAPWELL KIT MAN [AND FLAG MAN] DAVE SPORTING THE BURNLEY CLARET AND BLUE

So to the game and having seen an impressive Grimsby performance last week at Dronfield I confidently predicted that probably the leagues form team, excluding that 8-0 loss to Shirebroook, would secure a victory.  But this was third bottom against bottom so who knew what to expect.  Needless to say the prediction didn't start well with Teversal taking an early lead when James McCann fired home from the penalty spot after 4 minutes.  Grimsby equalised after 13 minutes when a lose ball fell to Nathan Stanley who fired home from close range.  The visitors were now looking to get a grip of the game and on 21 minutes they stormed into the lead with a glorious goal.  Oliver Hamilton cut on off the right weaved his way past three Teversal defenders before firing past Neil West into the bottom right corner of the home goal. 

OLIVER HAMILTON CONGRATULATED AFTER MAKING IT 2-1 TO BOROUGH

Grimsby pushed on and really should have gone further clear but it was Teversal who equalised 10 minutes before half time when Richard Guest looped one in from the left hand side of the penalty box.
The second half was a tighter affair in the early stages but it was Teversal who took the lead again on 62 minutes with a cracking goal that matched Borough's second.  On the left Blake Vincent stormed down the wing whipped in a tantalising cross that the in running James McCann met with a superb header to beat James Swann in the visitors goal, for his second


ALL TOGETHER ...JUMP

ASSISTANT REFEREE IAN COX

Just as it looked like Teversal would push on it was of course the visitors who proved that theory wrong when they got their third and Oliver Hamilton secured his second with a curving corner off the left which beat West in the home goal to end up in the far corner of the net, 72 minutes.  Five minutes later keeper West was replaced by Thomas Bates with Blake Vincent donning the goalkeepers jersey.
Chances came and went with this time a belief in the draw being the inevitable and fair outcome for this highly entertaining game.

So the blog finally made a Teversal visit for the season 14/15 and thankfully I did get a game in at Carnarvon St before the end of the season and it was an enjoyable evening with a club who are always trying hard.

Well done to both teams it was an entertaining game for an end of season game well enjoyed by the blog.

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