Saturday 17th October 2009 -- NCEL Division 1
Arrived at the Grange in plenty of time and happily paid our £4.00 - and you have to hand it to the guys on the turnstile - they tried their best to sell me a badge. Then, when unsuccesful at that, they tried me with a bottle opener with a free bottle of Magners. They failed again with their attempt - not that I'm tight, but I don't collect badges and I hate cider!! D'oh!
I did buy a programme though - and we had a couple of quid on the 50-50 draw - although we have no idea if we won or not -- maybe someone from Tevie could enlighten us? (TeversalFC on Twitter has reported that it was claimed)!!
As it turned out the £4 admission fee was well worth it - both teams put on a great display of football - a fantastic advert for the Northern Counties East League, (step 6 in the non-league pyramid) and also for the semi-pro game as a whole.
Staveley went into the game unbeaten in the league and having scored 23 goals in 6 games. Teversal have struggled in the league a little, but for the first 20 minutes or so they more than held their own. If they continue playing the attractive football just witnessed, then they won't struggle for long.
Pleasant afternoon in very pleasant surroundings - and as the game progressed, the home team saw a Michael Lyall free-kick deflected over the bar on 8, then a free kick from the left was flicked on to Marc Rathbone who volleyed home, but was in an offside position when the ball was played to him.
Lyall's free-kick was deflected over the bar
Rathbone ( on the floor and hiddden) was offside when he put the ball into the net!
Staveley were awarded a free-kick after 12 minutes after a poor challenge by Jamie Goodacre, but Andrew Fox hammered the ball just wide of the goal. The visitors went ahead on 22 when JOEL BIRKS made a mazy run and played a great one-two with Scott Bates before firing past Tevie keeper Danny Herring.
Joel Birks ( hidden) fires past Herring
Seconds later Birks again had the ball in the net, but was given offside by the lino. Looked a tight decision, and when we had a chat to Herring later, he said it was a perfectly good goal, and Tevie should have been 2-0 down.
It maybe should have been 2-0, but a few minutes later it was 1-1.... MICHAEL LYALL volleying home after Rathbone had played the ball into his path. H-T 1-1
Michael Lyall calmly steers the ball past Dinnigan
Wherever we go on our limited travels, we always like a bit of banter and if a player wants a chat we will always oblige. As mentioned earlier, we had a bit of a chat to Tevie keeper Danny Herring before the second half started - very polite man. He knew how good Staveley have been so far this season and he hoped that his defence would be able to cope for the next 45 minutes....as it turned out they coped very well and it was a wonder strike that eventually gave the visitors the points.
Arrived at the Grange in plenty of time and happily paid our £4.00 - and you have to hand it to the guys on the turnstile - they tried their best to sell me a badge. Then, when unsuccesful at that, they tried me with a bottle opener with a free bottle of Magners. They failed again with their attempt - not that I'm tight, but I don't collect badges and I hate cider!! D'oh!
I did buy a programme though - and we had a couple of quid on the 50-50 draw - although we have no idea if we won or not -- maybe someone from Tevie could enlighten us? (TeversalFC on Twitter has reported that it was claimed)!!
As it turned out the £4 admission fee was well worth it - both teams put on a great display of football - a fantastic advert for the Northern Counties East League, (step 6 in the non-league pyramid) and also for the semi-pro game as a whole.
Staveley went into the game unbeaten in the league and having scored 23 goals in 6 games. Teversal have struggled in the league a little, but for the first 20 minutes or so they more than held their own. If they continue playing the attractive football just witnessed, then they won't struggle for long.
Pleasant afternoon in very pleasant surroundings - and as the game progressed, the home team saw a Michael Lyall free-kick deflected over the bar on 8, then a free kick from the left was flicked on to Marc Rathbone who volleyed home, but was in an offside position when the ball was played to him.
Lyall's free-kick was deflected over the bar
Rathbone ( on the floor and hiddden) was offside when he put the ball into the net!
Staveley were awarded a free-kick after 12 minutes after a poor challenge by Jamie Goodacre, but Andrew Fox hammered the ball just wide of the goal. The visitors went ahead on 22 when JOEL BIRKS made a mazy run and played a great one-two with Scott Bates before firing past Tevie keeper Danny Herring.
Joel Birks ( hidden) fires past Herring
Seconds later Birks again had the ball in the net, but was given offside by the lino. Looked a tight decision, and when we had a chat to Herring later, he said it was a perfectly good goal, and Tevie should have been 2-0 down.
It maybe should have been 2-0, but a few minutes later it was 1-1.... MICHAEL LYALL volleying home after Rathbone had played the ball into his path. H-T 1-1
Michael Lyall calmly steers the ball past Dinnigan
Wherever we go on our limited travels, we always like a bit of banter and if a player wants a chat we will always oblige. As mentioned earlier, we had a bit of a chat to Tevie keeper Danny Herring before the second half started - very polite man. He knew how good Staveley have been so far this season and he hoped that his defence would be able to cope for the next 45 minutes....as it turned out they coped very well and it was a wonder strike that eventually gave the visitors the points.
The teams swapped corners and free-kicks early in the second half, and then Staveley had a decent penalty shout turned down on 64 by Referee James Douglas - Fox appeared to have been brought down ,but Mr. Douglas was in a better position to make the call. In the 68th minute, Bates fired in a superb cross from the right and looked amazed as both his strikers missed the ball completely. He was even more amazed when Teversal's skipper Colin Cockerill did connect at the far stick, but while we were all thinking "own goal", the ball fizzed past the post and out for a corner...
Cockerill was lucky not to have scored an own goal!
The winning goal came after 79 minutes had been played. Started with a throw in from the right from Scott Wharton - this was flicked across the area and JOEL BIRKS hammered the ball into the net from 15 yards giving Herring no chance. A great goal, and difficult to aportion blame on anyone - there was plenty of defensive cover ( see pic below) but when these goals are scored, whether defender or keeper, you just have to applaud the finish.
The winning goal came after 79 minutes had been played. Started with a throw in from the right from Scott Wharton - this was flicked across the area and JOEL BIRKS hammered the ball into the net from 15 yards giving Herring no chance. A great goal, and difficult to aportion blame on anyone - there was plenty of defensive cover ( see pic below) but when these goals are scored, whether defender or keeper, you just have to applaud the finish.
Joel Birks (in yellow) had just blasted the ball into the net...
The home team never gave up and in the 5 extra minutes added by Mr. Douglas, they had a couple of decent chances - and Andy Woodcock (no. 14) maybe should have scored after he ran onto a flicked header from Cockerill's corner, but headed just wide. F-T 1-2
Headed on - but no. 14 Woodcock ran on to head just wide
Kev reckoned that Jamie Goodacre was the Teversal MOM, and who am I to disagree? The left back had a solid game. For Staveley, Scott Bates takes the honour.
Admission £4
Attendance 84
First out of the car park and home just in time to see the Florist's beat the Geordies....
Great afternoon's entertainment.....a big thank you to all involved. Thanks to Kev for the pics ---- more available here
Tuesday - off to the Lido to see Clipstone take on Kinsley Boys in the CMLS
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