United Counties League Premier Division
DESBOROUGH TOWN 1-8 DEEPING RANGERS
Waterworks Field, Braybrooke Road, Desborough, Kettering
Admission:£5
Programme: £1
Attendance: 64
Food: Corned Beef Roll, £1.20
Drink: Bulmers no17: £2.80
Back in the hopmobile for the first time since early August. Waterworks Field is easy to find, not far from the A14. After parking in the small club car park and receiving a friendly welcome by the gateman, who invited me to use the clubhouse outside the turnstiles while waiting for the start (50 mins), I read the programme and had a pre-match pint, accompanied with another friendly welcome from the barmaid.. Prices are very reasonable at under £3 for most pints on offer. Inside the turnstiles there is a covered terrace behind the nearside goal and the cover is low down and must make for an atmosphere if a group of vocal support visits. The open touchline has the dugouts situated either side of the halfway line, and a Watertank is the focal view point from the ground. The splendid ramshackle Main stand is on the opposite touchline, consisting of white uprights at the front, partially obscuring the view from within the stand. There is another section of covered terracing adjacent to the Main Stand with a dozen chairs along the back, presumably to make up the shortfall in the main stand. Each corner has a large floodlight pylon circa late 1960s with all manner of mobile signals attached presumably generated income foe the club at some point in time.
I was still walking around the perimeter towards the dugouts when Deeping took the lead in under a minute (48 seconds). Josh Moreman thumped the ball from 25 yards into the corner flying past the home keeper. With most of the attacking play being demonstrated by the visitors, inevitably a second goal arrived on 19 minutes when Griffiths found Alex Beck, who drove the ball low into the net from the edge of the area. Desborough seemed to be a mess at the back and the midfield playing far too forward leaving the space for Deeping to exploit. Within 5 minutes it was 0-3 as Beck was again put in by Griffiths who scored this time with his left foot. The centre backs were having a nightmare 1st hlaf and Deeping made it four after 35 minutes when Griffiths supplied his 3rd assist for Oliver in the box to slide past the aptly named keeper Flood. The same duo linked again within minutes to allow Oliver to score despite slipping over.
Whatever was said in the Desborough changing room at half time seemed to work as they started the 2nd half with more purpose, especially no7 who was non existent in the first half on the wing but was all over the midfield 2nd half. First they hit the crossbar by Redding and he finally scored just before the hour with an edge of area shot into the net. This seemingly woke up the away side who took just 2 minutes to return five in front when Griffiths crossed to Oliver to head in. Desborough didn't give up but couldn't prevent Beck from getting his Hat trick 10 minutes before the end as the through pass was dispatched quickly and with pace. The final goal soon after was a solo effort from Moreman who started the scoring, by beating 2 defenders on the left before blasting in from the 6 yard box. I picked out Josh Moreman, Alex Beck and Mitch Griffiths as they all played superbly and will keep an eye out during the season.
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