10am 31 October 2020
Sheffield and District Fair Play League, Division One
Valley Eagles 4 Beerhouse 3 (att 11)
With a new lockdown already briefed to our Government's favoured newspapers it was clear this would be my final football for a while, so despite an unfavourable weather forecast I set out to find two matches.
First up was only my second experience of Sheffield's Saturday morning league. The Fair Play League began as a church league, but these days it's membership is wider and there's enough clubs for three divisions.
Valley Eagles are based in Stocksbridge, and although the league's website suggests they share Stocksbridge Park Steels' ground they actually play on an open pitch across the road. There's an adequate car park and space for a couple of pitches, one of which had rope along part of a touchline, and hosted this fixture.
Wind and rain made playing and watching a challenge, but the teams made light of it to provide a hugely entertaining start to the day. Valley Eagles were 3-2 up after a goal-laden first half, and kept their advantage after a second period in which both sides netted once.
I hope to see a lot more football in the Sheffield and District Fair Play League, but I guess it'll be at least a month before I get the opportunity.
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