WHAT HAPPENED THERE

GEDLING MW 3 HEANOR TOWN 3
EMCL @ PLAINS ROAD
28 DECEMBER 2019 --- 3PM

HEANOR TOWN JUMPING FOR JOY BY HALF TIME ANYWAY AS JORDAN BALL IS MADE TO CELEBRATE

The half time whistle had been blown by referee Meng, the game was over Heanor led by three goals and the gap between the two sides was so large in the action that there was no way back, however by the time the same whistle shrilled for full time Gedling had flipped the coin on its head and put Heanor too the side with a triple set of net busters that left the Derbyshire visitors looking forlorn.
The mid season of festivities would once again see a local game being taking in around the
Nottingham area thanks to my new love obsession the X1 and after going all the way, this time, a brief move to an adjacent stop from The Victoria Bus Station would soon see the Nottingham City Transport service whisk me away to Mapperley.  City transport seems to be funded, generally, a lot better with Nottingham being a fine example new double decker's across priority routes, ten minute frequencies and the only down side being no contactless and the archaic correct fare system.  Having secured the £4.20 day ticket fare in advance we were ready and I did want to say this was a sh*t service purely for comedic value. Because the new fleet on this route are all bio fuel conversant vehicles which having read the colourful blurb that advices passengers that they area traveling thanks to farm waste and sewage, now where is the bell I want to get off.

REFEREE MENG DISCUSS A WARDROBE MALFUNCTION FOR JORDAN BALL

Arriving early allowed for an amble to the ground, which has been covered before, so only to say its a ground that's tight to the pitch, offers lots of cover and on the Plains Road side a lofted viewing position.  The posh pepper and ginseng soap is still in the loos or at least the bottles are refilled but its a clean set up and the café serves up a nice chip cob alongside a pleasant greeting by the ladies too,
Before the game there was time to catch up with a few people including Mr O of the Burnley Parish alongside a few other visitors.  It was also a pleasure to catch up again, this time with a chat, with Referee Fanran Meng and time allowed for a brief conversation about footy of course.  No problems obtaining team sheets which are readily available from the snack bar in a club that's clearly organised.
A top of the table clash awaited with the prospects of a feisty well fought encounter but I have to say it never really hit those heights although I guess if you are a Gedling fan it was just the game for you.
Heanor took the lead on nineteen minutes and never looked back for the remainder of the half Dean Gent put his arms around the waist of Tristan Mathews who felt the contact and went down Jamie Sleigh struck his penalty well but Keaton Sharpe pulled off an excellent stop only for the ball to fall back to the striker who slotted away.  The goal of the first half fell to Jordan Ball when he smashed home a thirty yard half volley the like of which he may never do again it was looking ominous for the home side and when two minutes before the break Mathews fed Kyle Daley who coolly lifted the ball over Sharpe to make it three nil, it looked 'game over'.  Before the break the home sides Kieran Harrison showed what was to come when his 25 yard free kick struck the bar.

HOPITALITY BOOTHS WATCH OVER THE MATCH

The second period had been rather mundane for its opening exchanges and then Harrison hit the game, a long range effort saved by White and then just shy of the hour mark he hit a low free kick that drifted in and off the inside of the far post with White glued to his spot.  As Gedling started to hope Curtis Millward saw his back post header pushed over and from hope to belief on 77 minutes when the goal of the second half saw Harrison convert an absolute screamer from 25 yards into the top of the Heanor net.  The ultimate game of two halves was secured with four minutes of the ninety left when Paolo Pilero turned the ball in to send the home fans into a festive frenzy.

CLEARLY MY CURRENT LOVE INTEREST

Return was fairly simple except for the 47 driver outside the ground missing my proffered arm out for him to stop luckily retracting it in time before losing it he saw me and stopped 100 yards down the road as I frantically turned off the about to activate loud curse button.