6.15pm 30 August 2022
Huddersfield and District League, Division Two
Kirkheaton Rovers 2 Diggle 0 (att 40)
The Huddersfield League was plan B once it became clear that motorway delays meant getting to my first choice game in Lancashire would be touch and go.
I settled on Kirkheaton purely because it looked the easiest to get to, but it proved a good option. It was an entertaining game and the venue, Bankfield Recreation Ground, is a nice place to watch a game on a summer evening.
It's high on a hill, with great views of the surrounding area, although I doubt it'd be so pleasant in the depths of winter. Like many Huddersfield League grounds it's effectively just a pitch, and players change elsewhere before arriving by car.
Both these sides had lost their opening matches last week. Two second half goals were enough to kick-start Kirkheaton's season, whereas Diggle are still waiting for their first point.
With light fading the referee sensibly reduced the game to a pair of 40 minute halves. A a goalless draw was beginning to look possible until 10 minutes into second period, when the home side's opener flew into the top corner from distance.
Rovers had been the better side, and not long after going in front they added a second, killing off any hopes Diggle had of heading home with a point.
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