TERRIFIC TUPTON HIT SEVEN

NEW TUPTON IVANHOE 7 BLAZING RAG 0

HOPE VALLEY LEAGUE A DIVISION AT STATION NEW ROAD

11 SEPTEMBER 2021 --- 2PM

BEN NORMAN GETS A HEADER IN FOR NEW TUPTON IVANHOE V BLAZING RAG

Tupton Ivanhoe have started home life in the A Division of The Hope Valley League with a storming display scoring seven goals without reply against Blazing Rag.  Newly promoted they had commenced the season last week with a 5-1 victory at JBM Sports who had beaten them to the B Division title last season and now the marker has been set down following this performance.

EARLY SIDELINE CAUTION FROM DAVE MARTIN

Last October we caught up with Tupton in a superb game against JBM at their 'outbase' of Langer Lane in the Chesterfield Borough Council area of Birdholme and about three miles away from the village.  Since then the club that has a collection of all age groups have developed their own ground on North Side in the village with changing rooms, barrier fenced touchline and smart dug outs, again this can be viewed in a blog from November 2020.  For some obscure reason the senior side appear not to be using their home ground and are once again 'out based' although this time within the village.  Most clubs would delight at their successful recently promoted senior side strutting their stuff on the main pitch and surely that's what its for to encourage the juniors of a progression through their football.  It looks a bit like Manchester United playing at Congleton while their under 18's use Old Trafford.

Geographically it remains a little obscure with the village listed on road signs as Tupton but postal address wise New Tupton and Old Tupton are the order of the day and although most of the area around the ground is of the New variety the Tupton Hall Academy is squeezed into Old Tupton, so I guess technically they may still not be quite home.  Most locals though refer to the village as Tupton.  

A BIT MORE BEN NORMAN ACTION

The blog has looked at the village before in Rugby, Sunday League and Ivanhoe previous posts but this area of the village to the south end features an old Quaker House, Egstow Hall, the famous former Clay Cross Station which was in Tupton due to the tunnelling required to get through Clay Cross and of course the proudly standing former Royal Oak public house, now The Tupton Tap on the A61 round a bout.  The Academy itself was built on the site of the previous school which had previously built itself up around the former Hall bearing the name of Tupton which in its early development had become a grammar school before comprehensive education became the order of the day.  The Hall was built in 1650 for Thomas and Hellen Gladwin and their surname became one of the house names in later years.  It was purchased in 1929 by Derbyshire Education committee but has long since gone especially after a fire severely damaged it in 1938

DO I NEED TO MENTION ITS BEN NORMAN

The school moved eastwards in its recent re build and aimed itself as a sports academy and the former school site left room for two pitches the further of which todays game would take place and for those of local interest its over the site of Hunloke and the edge of the first year blocks.  

The Buxton based visitors come from a London Road public house which my local correspondent Mr R tells me used to be called The Manchester Arms but was renamed after a local workman in the 1960/70's came in with his lamp for a beverage after work and left his rag by the lamp and the inevitable happened hence the name change.  Their ground is conveniently to the rear of the pub in Cote Heath Park.

The recent long walks to games have needed some good planning and todays would be slightly different as it comes in at one third of a mile and a seven minute hike what a change this would be to do a grassroots game close to base.

SLIDING TACKLE TO DENY TUPTON

On arrival Dr Mike Douglass was the first person to be greeted and as we walked onwards to the pitch both sides were already out warming up ready for the eagerly awaited encounter being the first senior league fixture for a side from Tupton played in the village since the 2002/3 season.

Thanks to assistant manager Martin Cantrill for a look at the team sheet for the report with apologies to the visitors I didn't get to theirs.

FOUR FOR TUPTON AS NORMAN STRETCHES TO GUIDE HOME

Tupton got off to a quick start with an immediate shot that fell just wide before Joe Holmes got away two edge of the box shots on the five minute mark the first was the superior effort which the visiting keeper did well to turn away.  But the home side were not to be denied just two minutes later when Ben Norman cut through the right hand side of the penalty box and his shot beat the keeper at his near post.  The frantic pace of the Ivanhoe attack was not allowing the visitors a foot hold in the game and it was a slight surprise they didn't score again until just two minutes before the break although they had been denied five minutes earlier when Andrew Gillott saw his cross come back off the bar.  But that advantage was doubled following some nice free flowing football that saw Joe Holmes finish with a sharp strike.

JACK FOULDS RACES DOWN THE RIGHT

Half time saw a complete failure to get a picture of joint manager Dave Martin throwing a wobbler at his team, mainly because he could not thanks to his sides performance although he is not that sort of manager anyway.  There was though a concern that Blazing Rag could come back into the game and the Tupton may not have forced home their advantage.

ANOTHER WAVE OF ATTACKING FROM IVANHOE

A great chance fell the way of Tupton after 53 minutes when John McArdle fed Adam Fern who got his shot away only for the grounded defender to raise his arms and be struck by the ball after a moments thought referee Douglass awarded the spot kick only for Holmes to fire it straight down the middle which the visiting keeper saved with ease.  But Tupton could not be denied they were building up a unstoppable head of steam now the impressive Dan Stevenson was put through to fire into the top left hand corner of the goal to secure the third goal.  Like the London bus line the goals were coming along regularly and on 63 minutes a superb cross off the left from McArdle was met by the outstretched leg of Norman to make it four and get his brace.

JAMES CULF GRABS HIS GOAL

The goal post would play assist for the fifth with the initial strike coming back into play for Max Jackson to slot home after 75 minutes.  The final five minutes would see two further goals added firstly with five minutes to play a pin point cross off the right from Jack Foulds was met by James Culf whose header rippled the net.  Then on the stroke of time to send the home contingent away happy with a seventh it was Foulds with the assist again allowing Jackson to finish deftly in the middle for his second..

A comprehensive win for New Tupton Ivanhoe who had not allowed the visitors settle for one minute of the game and a victory that sets up a superb start to the home sides season but of course that's all it is a start to the season so far but you've set the bar high now Tupton with your two opening performances.

Lets hope soon that these performances can be seen on the clubs newly developed home ground for more to witness what this side is capable of.

THIS TIME THROUGH THE MIDDLE WITH A RELAXED BENCH LOOKING ON