HOPE VALLEY LGE CLIFF ELLIS TROPHY 1/4 FINAL AT TIBSHELF COMMUNITY
29 MAY 2021 --- 2PM
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| GROUND WITH A VIEW |
Pilsley Community goalkeeper Thomas Mourbey pulled off the only save in a tense penalty shoot out when he dove to his left to claw away the fifth spot kick for Calver allowing Pilsley to fire home theirs for the narrowest of victories, the milkman by trade certainly kept his bottle to pull of a crate save [I know there are more puns in there].
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| EARLY MATCH ACTION |
A day that started off overcast and a touch cool guided me into a coat although of course ten minutes into what would be a 12.5 miles round walk the sun was out blazing away and an attire error had clearly been made, something I would suffer for on the return journey. Forty five minutes in just shy of half way the sports ground at Pilsley was passed today though the ground is used by the cricket club and the football side have moved three miles up the road to Tibshelf. Since finishing last summer at some of the red ball matches here the adjoining fields are being developed for more 5 bedroom executive houses I guess, where the people purchasing these are coming from I know not. The last time the extension was undertaken to 'tibby' it was an afternoon of torrential rain but today it was fine and the aim was for the top end of the village for the old school site which has no school buildings left accept for the pitches and changing rooms.
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| NO PROBLEM WITH TIME KEEPING |
The delights of Tibshelf were covered in the blog of the villages MRA team so I wont go into detail again accept to say it was the site of the first inland oil well in the country and of course had runner Tom Hulatt who finished just behind Roger Bannister in his sub four minute mile race and today it was observed the changing rooms are named in his memory. The village is like many in the former mining areas one of new and old including some sites needing renovation but there is an very interesting collection of historical buildings all around. The King Edward V11 is offering rooms at £20 for a single although there is a concern about the sloping and stained net curtains that steer me back towards a same day return.
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| LEWIS OWEN OPENS THE SCORING |
On arrival referee Dr Mike Douglass is just exiting his car for the walk to pitch side today he will see his head adorned with a swung round baseball cap I thought to 'keep down with the young uns', but it could have had something to do with the sun and appeared wise as by the time I returned home my face had gone into semi burn mode. The site consists of some former school pitches, old concrete based cricket training pitches and a couple of Astroturf caged MUGA's one of which has most of the plastic bottles from the village and who knows what rubbish left within it. Its not a good look and with the pitch probably needing a little attention its not showing the facility off in a great light. It would have to be a fear that again very shortly this will become prime '5 bedroom executive housing' in the very near future.
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| CALVER BREAK AWAY FROM THE ATTENTIONS OF THE HOME SIDE |
As the Hope Valley League season continues apace with their cup competition this one stood out with Pilsley bottom and visitors Calver sat mid table but not many points ahead it should be competitive but you would have assumed with an upper hand for Calver in the favourite stakes. It was though Pilsley who started with some determination and had Calver on the back foot however the visitors took the lead on 27 minutes when hesitancy in the home defence allowed Lewis Owen to nip in and slot past the approaching Mourbey. The home side would deservedly equalised on the stroke of half time when Chris Bluff fired home from the penalty spot after a Pilsley player was upended on the right hand side of the box.
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| CAPATAIN SHANE MARRIOTT TAKES THE PLAUDITS FOR HIS GOAL |
Within ten minutes of the second half restarting Pilsley would be in the lead when tremendous work chasing down the visiting defence and keeper saw the ball find its way back to their man of the match captain Shane Marriot who promptly fired the ball back into the net from 25 yards out. The question was could Community hang on now against a Calver side who were wounded and searching for an equaliser and but gradually they forced their way out as the encounter became an end to end affair.
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| SOON TO BE PILSLEY HERO THOMAS MOURBEY IN GOAL KICKING ACTION |
With just over ten minutes to go home keeper Mourbey rushed out to clear an attack the ball cruelly struck a back tracking defender and fell into the path of Owen who swept home for his second of the game. Pilsley would have to find resolve to get to the final whistle now and this they did and when referee Douglass signaled full time we were onto the lottery of penalty kicks for a place in the semi-finals.
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| LEWIS OWEN MAKES IT 2-2 |
A successful shoot out had seem both teams opening four penalties converted but then it was the time for Mourbey to turn to hero with the saving of the fifth Calver penalty and when moments later Pilsley converted their penalty for a 100% return and the celebrations could begin.
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| REFEREE MIKE DOUGLASS DIRECTS A CAR INTO THE LAST PARKING SPOT |
A fantastic effort from both sides it was nice to see the home side who have not had a great season on the pitch taste some success from this afternoons game and they can now look forward to a home 'semi' versus Tideswell who will visit what is probably the most easterly ground the league has utilised.
The return journey would take in an hour and a boundary walk at Pilsley for some cricket they were not having a great afternoon against Heanor though. The last few miles were a struggle in the weather and the 28 tog duvet had proven to be a little to warm for the conditions. But once again a fixture under the Hope Valley League's guidance had proved a good afternoons entertainment.
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| HOW MANY PLAYERS CAN YOU CAPTURE IN ONE PICTURE |
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