Saturday 26th October 2013@3pm
Hellenic League Premier Division
NEWBURY 0-2 BRIMSCOMBE & THRUPP
Faraday Road, Newbury
Admission: £5 including programme
Attendance: 60
Food: Hot Dog, £1.50
Drink: Guinness, £3.50
I had hoped to take in either Cirencester or Swindon
Supermarine, but due to the car park that is the M25, regular delays at Cobham
Jct 10 and Clacketts Jct 5 meant it took 2 hours to reach the M4, so calculated
I could get to Newbury in time for kick off, which I arrived at 2.50.
The ground is off London Road in the industrial and retail
estate but there were parking spaces available outside the ground. The
turnstiles are not in use and entrance is gained through the clubhouse entrance
on the right. 3 sides of the railed pitch are hard standing areas and the Main
stand located in front of the club building and changing rooms. The tea hut is only open for the half time
interval, serving hot dogs, chips and hot drinks. The stand is large for Step 5 with over 250
seats and a standing area at the back of the stand, where I located myself.
This was a scrappy game, but humour by the travelling
officials and supporters kept the mood light hearted. Newbury are struggling this season and play simple
football with hard graft as opposed to the more attacking tendencies of
B&T, who were without several first team regulars. Despite this, they took the lead on 10
minutes when Brimscombe were awarded a penalty when Wilkins took striker Deakins
legs from him just as he was about to shoot.
The penalty was converted by Joe Tustain. The game was made safe just before half time
as a through ball found Karl Nash who drew the keeper into committing himself
and drove the ball beyond him into the net.
As I expected, the second half was not much of a contest, as
Newbury’s frustration appeared in barracking the officials and the referees’
continual stoppages. Brimscombe should have added to their tally if they were
not so wasteful in the final third.
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