7.30pm 18 July 2013
Pre-Season Friendly
Dronfield Town 2 Staveley Miners Welfare 3 (att 40) at Gosforth Fields
Awful rush hour journey from Manchester to the south of Sheffield, rewarded by an okay game that suffered from the blight of many friendlies, mass half time substitutions.
Staveley, from the Northern Counties East League's Premier Division, a division higher than league newcomers Dronfield, dominated the first half and should have scored more than the two goals they managed.
I'm not sure how many half time changes Staveley made, but it may well have been 11. The second half team may have looked better (their blue shirts were smarter than the white ones worn in the opening half) but their football wasn't as good.
Dronfield fought their way back into the match, eventually equalising, before a late Staveley winner gave the visitors a deserved win.
The main attraction for me (as always I guess) was the ground. The all-weather 3G surface at Gosforth Fields rarely stages first team football so this was a good opportunity to see a decent game here.
It's a typical enclosed 3G pitch, and most spectators watched from outside the fence. A two-storey clubhouse, behind the goal, provides a decent view from a first floor balcony.
Thankfully the journey home was better than the one going, with a spectacular sunset as I headed back towards the Snake Pass.
Pre-Season Friendly
Dronfield Town 2 Staveley Miners Welfare 3 (att 40) at Gosforth Fields
Awful rush hour journey from Manchester to the south of Sheffield, rewarded by an okay game that suffered from the blight of many friendlies, mass half time substitutions.
Staveley, from the Northern Counties East League's Premier Division, a division higher than league newcomers Dronfield, dominated the first half and should have scored more than the two goals they managed.
I'm not sure how many half time changes Staveley made, but it may well have been 11. The second half team may have looked better (their blue shirts were smarter than the white ones worn in the opening half) but their football wasn't as good.
Dronfield fought their way back into the match, eventually equalising, before a late Staveley winner gave the visitors a deserved win.
The main attraction for me (as always I guess) was the ground. The all-weather 3G surface at Gosforth Fields rarely stages first team football so this was a good opportunity to see a decent game here.
It's a typical enclosed 3G pitch, and most spectators watched from outside the fence. A two-storey clubhouse, behind the goal, provides a decent view from a first floor balcony.
Thankfully the journey home was better than the one going, with a spectacular sunset as I headed back towards the Snake Pass.
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