6.15pm 30 July 2012
Barkston Ash FA, Prostar Cup, Preliminary Round
Thorpe United 1 Sherburn White Rose B 1, 3-4 on penalties (att 40)
Having spent Sunday at Wimbledon's Centre Court it was back to more familar sporting surroundings this evening, Field Lane in Thorpe Willoughby, North Yorkshire, for the Prostar Cup (known as the Templenewsam Cup pre-sponsorship).
For a team in division two of the York League, Thorpe United's ground is a good one. The main pitch is railed off with dugouts facing each other on the halfway lane. Unfortunately for me tonight's game wasn't on the main pitch, but on a pitch marked on the outfield of the adjacent cricket ground, and closer to the clubhouse. By my rules that means I'll need to revisit before Thorpe United is properly "ticked", although I'll count each pitch as a separate ground.
Anyway, the main point of these trips to watch the football rather than fret about which pitch is used, and this game was a good one. The sides were evenly matched, and both goals were in the first half, Sherburn taking the lead.
Thorpe just shaded the second half, and twice hit the frame of the goal, but I thought Sherburn should have had a late penalty, the referee instead decided the foul was just outside the box.
Having been denied that penalty, shortly afterwards they had five of them, as the tie was decided by a shootout. Sherburn missed their first, but Thorpe soon missed as well, and when the home side's final kick was saved Sherburn were through.
Their reward for winning is a home tie in the ultimate local derby, as Sherburn White Rose B take on Sherburn White Rose A in next week's first round.
Barkston Ash FA, Prostar Cup, Preliminary Round
Thorpe United 1 Sherburn White Rose B 1, 3-4 on penalties (att 40)
Having spent Sunday at Wimbledon's Centre Court it was back to more familar sporting surroundings this evening, Field Lane in Thorpe Willoughby, North Yorkshire, for the Prostar Cup (known as the Templenewsam Cup pre-sponsorship).
For a team in division two of the York League, Thorpe United's ground is a good one. The main pitch is railed off with dugouts facing each other on the halfway lane. Unfortunately for me tonight's game wasn't on the main pitch, but on a pitch marked on the outfield of the adjacent cricket ground, and closer to the clubhouse. By my rules that means I'll need to revisit before Thorpe United is properly "ticked", although I'll count each pitch as a separate ground.
Anyway, the main point of these trips to watch the football rather than fret about which pitch is used, and this game was a good one. The sides were evenly matched, and both goals were in the first half, Sherburn taking the lead.
Thorpe just shaded the second half, and twice hit the frame of the goal, but I thought Sherburn should have had a late penalty, the referee instead decided the foul was just outside the box.
Having been denied that penalty, shortly afterwards they had five of them, as the tie was decided by a shootout. Sherburn missed their first, but Thorpe soon missed as well, and when the home side's final kick was saved Sherburn were through.
Their reward for winning is a home tie in the ultimate local derby, as Sherburn White Rose B take on Sherburn White Rose A in next week's first round.
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