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#Post#: 50540--------------------------------------------------
Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: JCFC
Date: July 31, 2022, 2:55 pm
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The season got under way this weekend, as did the latest
instalment of rail strikes, preventing a visit to Penistone, so
the choice fell upon
Saturday 30th July 2022
NCEFL Premier Division
Thackley 1 v 1 Golcar United
Christopher Rose (Sheffield); Josh James, Craig Smith.
The reasons were several: as Gary Chapman once said, Thackley is
one of the pleasantest clubs to visit (though not to leave after
dark on the unlit, unpavemented lane); Golcar is a club I have
grown to like in the past couple of years; both clubs are firmly
and commendably rooted in their local communities; Mr Rose had
not been seen in the middle before.The main one, however, was to
discover whether the assistant listed as Craig Smith
(Lancashire) was the young man from Cherry Tree, whom I
remembered from cricketing days. It wasn't - and on reflection,
he would be into his forties by now.
The game was always enjoyable and played in a very decent spirit
for the most part. Thackley went ahead after 20 minutes, a
cracking effort from the corner of the box into the opposite top
corner. There were appeals for a Golcar penalty on 23 minutes,
quickly waved away, without much in the way of protest. Two
minutes later a cross from near the right touchline was met with
a strong far-post header to give Golcar the equaliser.
The yellow card made its appearance on 61 minutes, a visiting
player stopping a not-particularly-promising attack - not wrong,
but maybe not strrictly necessary. It reappeared again on 65
minutes, something of a mystery, the guess being that it went to
the home number 10 for speaking out of turn after a Golcar
player had regained his feet after an injury pause, but maybe
for the visitor for an unnoticed foul. (Is the sin-bin
experiment still operating?) There was a long word with one of
the Golcar bosses on 73 minutes - Mr James may well have been
the instigator - and two routine cautions for Golcar players for
fouls to stop attacks. To avoid being caught the wrong side of
the players'exit JCFC headed towards the corner of the ground.
And so we reached 93 minutes, with Thackley officials calling on
Mr Rose to blow for time. Unfortunately, he didn't. A Thackley
forward then broke clear and ran into the penalty area, where a
challenge from behind saw him go to ground. Mr Rose had not had
time time to get a decent angle and was looking from more or
less straight behind and quickly waved play on. Thackley
supporters and JCFC reckoned that there had been a foul; one
Golcar player was quick to lean over the man on the ground, as
if to berate him for simulation. A Golcar supporter, coming from
close to the incident, declared that his side had been lucky as
it should have been a penalty. The final verdict rests
presumably with Mr Observer Haycock and his bodyguard. (She must
surely by now know as much about refereeing as most watchers.)
It shows, though, how one late decision can affect people's view
of an otherwise very satisfactory refereeing performance.
It had been a good afternoon, and cheap into the bargain: free
bus travel, £3 admission, £1.30 for coffee and £2 for a
programme represented excellent value. The programme, in
particular, was superb - not the glossy advertising rag that is
sometimes found, but well-researched and interesting, with a
fine assortment of funnies to boot. Even at Golcar's home
matches. JCFC had never discovered that the village owes its
name to Saint Guthlac - even Whistleblower's in depth knowledge
of saints might be stretched by that one.
Sadly, the coming week offers no accessible matches and next
weekend's FA Cup fixtures have not offered a chance to take in
more than one game.
#Post#: 50775--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 7, 2022, 1:58 am
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Well, it only took northern rail a week of the season to scupper
JCFC's plans. Engineering work meant that the only trains in or
out of Huddersfield were the Sheffield ones, so £23.20 was
invested in a ticket to Mansfield Woodhouse, to take in the
match between Sherwood Colliery and Long Eaton United. The train
left on time, but gradually fell behind schedule, with large
numbers of passengers boarding in South Yorkshire and the
connection to Worksop had departed by the time we reached
Sheffield. The service runs hourly, so would not reach Mansfield
Woodhouse until 15.07, so Will Murray was spared the distorting
lens. Fortunately there was an alternative, in the form of
Saturday 6th August 2022
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Handsworth 1 v 0 Sleaford Town
Scott Mason ("Mansfield way"); Tristan Churcher, Joseph Golland
It was the dullest of dull first halves - after 44 minutes
JCFC's notepad was blank. At this point the visitors presented a
Handsworth forward with a clear chance, but their keeper dived
to turn the shot round the post.
A few minutes into the second period, JCFC's weary sigh drew
sympathetic agreement from nearby spectators, one commenting
that you could write what had happened to date on a postage
stamp, leaving JCFC thinking that the new code section would not
be needed. Just after the hour, it was the turn of the home
defence to gift Sleaford an unmissable scoring chance, which was
duly missed. As the soporific afternoon wore on, further
amusement in the stand was caused by a comment that even the
fouling had not been very good. Perhaps appropriately in a match
which prompted thoughts of Waiting for Godot, in which nothing
happens - twice, on 83 minutes Handsworth got Lucky, taking
advantage of a couple of rebounds to prod home the winner.
Mr Mason had an excellent reverse gear and made a couple of
splendid curving sprints, getting very wide, in a game which did
not really test him. He is lightly built, though with a slightly
lived-in appearance of someone already into his thirties, at a
guess. (There speaks the 74 year old!) His two assistants were
more sturdy in appearance, neither of them quite qualifying for
"Bright young thing" status, but all three officials performed
well.
The day's real stars, however, were the two ladies in the
clubhouse, who produced pie chips and gravy an hour before the
match.
Contrary to previous expectations, it will be possible to take
in another tie today.
#Post#: 50851--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 8, 2022, 3:28 am
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--- Quote from: JCFC link ---
>
>
> Contrary to previous expectations, it will be possible to take
in another tie today.
>
--- End Quote ---
As things turned out, it was possible - though "nobbut just."
The route allowed for a connection time of 32 minutes at both
Leeds and Derby, so missed connections should not have been a
problem. At Leeds, however, it was announced that the
CrossCountry train was delayed by 29 minutes, though the
company's website's revised schedule showed an arrival in Derby
in time for the next train. The delay grew by a few minutes and
both before and after Wakefield the train trundled rather
slowly. By the time we should have reached Derby, we were still
North of Rotherham, and approaching Chesterfield as the next
train left Derby. The only solution was to take a taxi - with a
driver who wanted me to choose which route to take. In the end
there was time to grab a cheeseburger and a tea on arrival at
Sunday 7th August 2022
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Belper United 0 v 3 Lichfield City
Robert Pealing (Nottinghamshire); David Henfrey, Jack Simpson.
Mr Pealing did not turn out to be the imagined wiry young
hopeful. It should not, however, be inferred from this that he
was old and hopeless. On the field his age would have been
guessed as about 40; at close quarters, though, he appeared
rather younger.
The first minute produced an almighty collision between two
players: JCFC was inclined to give it as a foul by the defender,
but as usual he was wrong. Mr Pealing promptly gave the
free-kick the other way and nobody was unhappy (except the two
men groaning on the ground - fortunately both recovered.) On 7
minutes JCFC was surprised at the award of a free-kick for what
seemed a perfectly executed tackle by a home defender, and this
time his view was supported by several Belper players. Lichfield
were well on top and the Belper keeper was kept busy, making a
couple of miraculous saves. On 26 minutes a couple of players
found themselves gently wrestling on the gound, Mr Pealing
having a quick word, but rightly deeming no further action
necessary. The half ended with another brilliant save by the
keeper after his defenders had given the ball to the opposition
striker. There was a sense of disbelief at the break that the
visitors were not already several goals clear.
Belper actually started the second half quite well, but
Lichfield finally took the lead on 53 minutes. The home side did
create a couple of decent chances, but blasted the ball over the
bar. Mr Pealing called a Lichfield defender for a lecture after
he had chirruped too persistently. There was a strange moment at
a substitution, with Mr Pealing being called from the other side
of the pitch for the briefest of words with Mr Henfrey, before
making his way back across to his position. Reason unknown.
Lichfield added two goals in the closing minutes as even the
home keeper ran out of saves.
Despite a slightly greater degree of noise on the pitch -
notably from the Lichfield keeper, who was not always too
careful in his choice of language - Mr Pealing had coped very
comfortably. The suspicion remained, however, that this was
perhaps his right level. Given JCFC's lack of judgement in such
matters, wise gamblers (if that is not a contradiction in terms)
would be advised to invest a few bob on promotion in forthcoming
windows. The two assistants were both different from those named
in the programme, but did well and had no reason to use those
names as aliases.
The train from Belper to Derby was on time, but CrossCountry
again were running late, leading to the connection in Leeds
being missed. Brighouse had disappeared from the "Next train
for" board as the 21.30 was cancelled. Ironically it was
northern who solved the problem, with a train to Bradford, from
where a bus enabled JCFC to reach home at 21.58.
The good(!) news is that rail strikes are planned for the next
two Saturdays, so there is no risk of such journeys then.
#Post#: 50925--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: cwh
Date: August 8, 2022, 11:12 pm
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Nice to see you back with your amusing reports - I particularly
enjoy reading about the journeys to and fro each match - they
would make good reading on Train websites!!! - it amazes me that
you bother sometimes with all the 'obstacles' you have to
overcome to actually get to a ground in the first place - I
wonder if any of the refs/assistants read your reports -I'm sure
they would benefit by so doing
#Post#: 50929--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: August 9, 2022, 1:34 am
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--- Quote from: cwh link ---
>
> Nice to see you back with your amusing reports - I
particularly enjoy reading about the journeys to and fro each
match - they would make good reading on Train websites!!! - it
amazes me that you bother sometimes with all the 'obstacles' you
have to overcome to actually get to a ground in the first place
- I wonder if any of the refs/assistants read your reports -I'm
sure they would benefit by so doing
>
--- End Quote ---
I echo the appreciation for JCFC's excellent accounts of his
travelling and footballing adventures. I have no direct
knowledge but I would be extremely surprised were not his match
reports a regular topic of conversation among the match
officials whose exploits appear in Pyramid Patrol.
#Post#: 50931--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: ell
Date: August 9, 2022, 4:36 am
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--- Quote from: cwh link ---
>
> Nice to see you back with your amusing reports - I
particularly enjoy reading about the journeys to and fro each
match - they would make good reading on Train websites!!! - it
amazes me that you bother sometimes with all the 'obstacles' you
have to overcome to actually get to a ground in the first place
- I wonder if any of the refs/assistants read your reports -I'm
sure they would benefit by so doing
>
--- End Quote ---
i can assure you there's plenty of refs in the area who do
i suspect many fear JCFCs review more than the observers!! if
only we knew where he was in advance...
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: Conkernut
Date: August 9, 2022, 11:00 am
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Mutn3 reported on a game that I was on last season and although
he/she didn't mention my performance it was nice to read about
it. I'm sure others feel the same way
Keep it up JCFC and Mutn3, it's much appreciated
#Post#: 50950--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: August 9, 2022, 1:39 pm
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--- Quote from: Conkernut link ---
>
>
> Mutn3 reported on a game that I was on last season and
although he/she didn't mention my performance it was nice to
read about it. I'm sure others feel the same way
>
> Keep it up JCFC and Mutn3, it's much appreciated
>
--- End Quote ---
Were you AR or 4th then Conkernut ? I presume so for it would be
strange for a site which provides input on match officials not
to comment on the performance of the referee.
#Post#: 50952--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: bmb
Date: August 9, 2022, 2:02 pm
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--- Quote from: Whistleblower link ---
>
> [quote author=Conkernut link=topic=3843.msg50945#msg50945
date=1660060854]
>
> Mutn3 reported on a game that I was on last season and
although he/she didn't mention my performance it was nice to
read about it. I'm sure others feel the same way
>
> Keep it up JCFC and Mutn3, it's much appreciated
>
--- End Quote ---
Were you AR or 4th then Conkernut ? I presume so for it would be
strange for a site which provides input on match officials not
to comment on the performance of the referee.
[/quote]
You may or may not have noticed the frequent diversion that
threads take on this forum - from a match report to poetry via
the state of the railways, obscure towns oop north, palm trees
protecting the southern softies from all the sun we get, the
price of bread, ring roads, hymns and whatever else can be
linked in along the way! There is always that one person who
attempts to get a thread back on topic, they normally fail
miserably though... [emoji23]
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2022/23
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: August 9, 2022, 5:34 pm
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--- Quote from: bmb link ---
>
> [quote author=Whistleblower link=topic=3843.msg50950#msg50950
date=1660070356]
> [quote author=Conkernut link=topic=3843.msg50945#msg50945
date=1660060854]
>
> Mutn3 reported on a game that I was on last season and
although he/she didn't mention my performance it was nice to
read about it. I'm sure others feel the same way
>
> Keep it up JCFC and Mutn3, it's much appreciated
>
--- End Quote ---
Were you AR or 4th then Conkernut ? I presume so for it would be
strange for a site which provides input on match officials not
to comment on the performance of the referee.
[/quote]
You may or may not have noticed the frequent diversion that
threads take on this forum - from a match report to poetry via
the state of the railways, obscure towns oop north, palm trees
protecting the southern softies from all the sun we get, the
price of bread, ring roads, hymns and whatever else can be
linked in along the way! There is always that one person who
attempts to get a thread back on topic, they normally fail
miserably though... [emoji23]
[/quote]
Noting that this post about attempting to get a thread back on
topic comes immediately after mine I sincerely hope I am not
regarded as the culprit. I pride myself on being one of this
forum's great diversionists and have always found journeying
down the byways far more rewarding that the direct routes. I
would be mortified were I to stand accused of relevance !
[emoji6]
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