3pm 24 October 2020
Essex and Suffolk Border League, Premier Division
Great Bentley 4 Dedham Old Boys 0 (att 53)
After a short drive from the earlier game at Boxted I arrived in Great Bentley in plenty of time for the start of their premier division fixture.
The immediately noticeable difference in the step up a division was that the pitch was roped off and a QR code was displayed for coronavirus scanning. There were even a few advertising boards.
It must take some work to create a football ground out of the village green, but this is no ordinary village green. It's huge, and apparently one of the contenders for the title of the largest in England.
It's an unusual football venue but also an exposed one. It was a windy afternoon which proved a challenge for the players, and when heavy rain started in the second half it became a challenge for spectators as well.
Great Bentley, perhaps more used to tricky conditions on such an open ground, won comfortably. They were 3-0 up by half time, and Dedham's increasing frustration was reflected in the number of yellow cards they accumulated.
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