A BIT ABOUT THE CHARITY BLOG


Each year, me and my wife Hazel have decided to help a Charity, by donating 25p every goal we see at the matches we attend. Over the years, people and clubs have also donated as we have visited the grounds and we have raised over £2,300 in the 3 seasons we have run the Blog.
During the 2014-15 season, we are supporting "Support Dogs" who train Dogs to transform lives of people with Autism and other disabilities. So if you would like to make a donation(no matter how small) and you see me at a match, please come up to me or Hazel, we would be very grateful. All Donators will get a mention on the blog.


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Wednesday 15 April 2015

CALVO HIT SEVENTH HEAVEN

Notts Senior League
Division Two
CALVERTON MINERS WELFARE FC 7 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FC RESERVES 0
att: 13

Having not seen Calverton MW at home since their CMFL days, I had promised Tony Mullins that I would pay them a home visit before the end of the season. Calverton have a mixture of young and older players to balance their side, whilst Nottinghamshire were struggling for a side. The game was played on the main pitch and I checked out that it was a 6.30pm kick off as the ground has lights or should I say a lack of lights, Tony explained to me that they hire the pitch from the welfare and there are eight lights out and have been for about 14 months but at £200 a bulb the football club cant afford to get them replaced. Infact all credit to Calverton as tehy could well of folded if not for the hard work put in by Tony when the first team folded and left the reserves with nowhere to go and came as their first team into the Notts Senior League. Nottinghamshire FC Reserves entered the game as the whipping boys of the Division but all credit to them, they turn up week in week out and play for football.
 
The game kicked off and was one way traffic for Calverton and they should well have been out of sight except for good shot stopping by the Notts Keeper and poor finishing that the ball ended up in the wood behind the goal on numerous occasions. Nottinghamshire were forced to attack on the break. After 35 minutes, Calverton made the breakthrough when HARRY SIMPSON netted. Just before half time, the visitors had their best chance of the match with the home keeper pulling off a mid air save.
 
After a quick half time break, Calverton took control with two goals in two minutes, with HARRY SIMPSON scoring n the 46th minute and TYLER WHITE making 3-0 in the 48th minute. Nottinghamshire continue to play on the break, but Calverton were now in their stride and on 58 minutes STEVE BRETT made it 4-0 to the Welfare Boys. On 67 minutes, TYLER WHITE scored his second of the game to make it 5-0 and within 2 minutes it was 6-0 when TOM THREAVES scored.
 
Nottinghamshire then played their best football of the game without troubling the home defence and after 83 minutes HARRY SIMPSON completed his hat trick and made it 7-0.
 
Just to finish off, my 10 year old son Shawn who has autism was over the moon in the clubhouse afterwards as he won the football card.
 
PHOTOS from  the game can be seen HERE

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Friday 24th April 2015
 
Ashland Rovers FC v Newark Flowserve FC
Kingsway Park
Hodgkinson Road, Kirkby in Ashfield
NG17 7DJ
kick off 7.30pm
 
Saturday 25th April 2015
 
Bingham Town FC v Ruddington Village FC
Butt Field, Bingham
NG13 8GG
Kick off 10.10am
 
Netherfield Albion FC v Nottinghamshire FC
Teal Close, Netherfield
NG4 2PE
Kick off 12.50pm
 
Burton Joyce FC v Attenborough FC
The Poplars.Burton Joyce
NG14 5AN
Kick off 3.20pm
 
Sandhurst FC v Kirton Brickworks FC
Forest Lane, Walesby
NG22 9PF
Kick off 6.15pm

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