8pm 7 February 2020
Taunton Saturday League, West Somerset Rose Bowl Quarter-Final at Bridgwater College Academy
Bridgwater Sports 4 North Curry 0 (att 20)
The Taunton League isn't really on my groundhopping radar, not with four divisions of Somerset County League football above it, but it does have groundhopper-friendly arrangements for its cup ties.
They're mostly played on Friday nights at neutral venues, 3G pitches in Taunton and Bridgwater. Both venues were hosting matches tonight, but the game at Bridgwater College Academy was confirmed first and so I booked a hotel close by.
The ground is a standard 3G set up, with a spectator area running just beyond the halfway line of the near side. Stogursey FC, of the Taunton League's top division, use the facility for their home matches.
Division Two Bridgwater Sports usually play elsewhere in the town, but they looked at home as they comfortably beat Division One North Curry to earn a place in the last four of this cup. They looked the better, and keener, side from the off and deserved their 1-0 half time lead.
North Curry started the second half better, but once they went 2-0 behind the outcome was settled. A third goal soon followed before a fourth in stoppage time, by which point North Curry were down to 10 men after their keeper was red-carded for preventing a likely goal by handling the ball outside the penalty area.
Taunton Saturday League, West Somerset Rose Bowl Quarter-Final at Bridgwater College Academy
Bridgwater Sports 4 North Curry 0 (att 20)
The Taunton League isn't really on my groundhopping radar, not with four divisions of Somerset County League football above it, but it does have groundhopper-friendly arrangements for its cup ties.
They're mostly played on Friday nights at neutral venues, 3G pitches in Taunton and Bridgwater. Both venues were hosting matches tonight, but the game at Bridgwater College Academy was confirmed first and so I booked a hotel close by.
The ground is a standard 3G set up, with a spectator area running just beyond the halfway line of the near side. Stogursey FC, of the Taunton League's top division, use the facility for their home matches.
Division Two Bridgwater Sports usually play elsewhere in the town, but they looked at home as they comfortably beat Division One North Curry to earn a place in the last four of this cup. They looked the better, and keener, side from the off and deserved their 1-0 half time lead.
North Curry started the second half better, but once they went 2-0 behind the outcome was settled. A third goal soon followed before a fourth in stoppage time, by which point North Curry were down to 10 men after their keeper was red-carded for preventing a likely goal by handling the ball outside the penalty area.
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