6.30pm 14 August 2024
Cheshire League, League Two
Halton Farnworth Hornets 5 Haydock 4 (att 47)
For a second consecutive evening I returned to a venue to see a game on a different pitch.
I was last at the Wilmere Lane Playing Fields in Widnes in 2000. My memory is of a bleak municipal sports field, but it's now the thriving home of amateur rugby league club Halton Farnworth Hornets.
The main rugby ground has small a stand. Beyond that, and some distance from the pitch where I watched a game 24 years ago, are a pair of football pitches, home to the club's association football team.
During the summer Avon Villa moved the short distance from their former ground and changed their name to Halton Farnworth Hornets. The first team pitch has dugouts and barriers along the far side, while the near side was roped off. A youth team game was on the adjacent pitch.
The senior match was remarkable. Hornets struck first, against the run of play, but Haydock soon hit back, including scoring a penalty to go 2-1 up. Then the game swung back in the home side's favour, as two goals put them 3-2 in front, only for the visitors to level before half time.
The goals continued after the break, with Haydock going back in front, only for the home side to score twice more for a memorable win.
Great entertainment, and Haydock were unfortunate not to get a point for their efforts.
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