BARROWBY GAIN THE SPOILS IN DERBY MATCH JUST

Samba Nottinghamshire Senior League

Division Two

BARROWBY FC 2 ELSTON UNITED FC 1

Barrowby FC is possibly the furthest ground in the NSL, so on a bright sunny morning, a decision was made to visit to the Low Road Ground, as the only time Ive seen Barrowby since they joined the league, was in a League Cup fixture last season, whulst visitors today were newcomers to the NSL and local rivals Elston United.

Before kick off there was a minutes silence for England legend Gordon Banks and then the norm toss up for kick off and the game was soon on its way.

The First Half there was very little between the two sides with the wind blowing down the pitch, both sides were not really playing anywhere near their best football, so we went in for the half time cuppa goalless.

The Second Half saw the Greens of Barrowby with the wind behind their backs and they began brightly pressing forward, so it came as no surprise on 51 minutes, they took the lead when a cross from the left hand side was headed straight at the visiting keeper who only push the ball away and on to the head of MORGAN TAYLOR who guided the ball in to the net.

Barrowby pushed forward and looked more likely to add to their tally, but strong defending and good goalkeeping by Elston kept them at bay, until 69 minutes, when BRANDON LEE cut in from the right hand side and placed the ball past Marr in the visiting net to make it 2-0.

Elston then seemed have some belief and began to play their best football of the game and in the 84th minute fought their way back in to the game, when a long throw in the penalty area was met by the head of SAM JOHNSON.

Elston continued to press and as time was ticking down, they forced a corner, but before the corner was taken, two players clashed from each side and the referee cautioned both players and pointed to the penalty spot. Up stepped Dan Brown and his spot kick to the keepers left was pushed out for Oliver Ault first to respond and put the ball in to the net to the visitors delight, but this was short lived when the referee looked over at the Club Assistant Referee who had put his flag up for offside and the Referee cancelled out the equaliser to most peoples amazement. Whilst players were asking the referee what had gone on, he blew his whistle and the game ended with in a bit of chaos with Barrowby taking home the points.

138 Photos from the match can be seen on this LINK