My 1st game of the new season was this pre season friendly game at the edge of Sherwood Forest, unfortunately i encountered the Sheriff of Nottingham relieving me of 30 of the finest English pounds for parking on a Pavement. Anyway a nice tidy little sum entered the coffers of Mansfield County Council on this sunny Saturday with Parking tickets been thrown about with a certain gay abandon like confetti at a wedding! Plenty going off today at this complex, cricket, rugby, beer drinking and off course the most important thing the football! it seemed like months since my last game which it probably was and it was nice to get a nice cool pint and watch a game of football in the sunshine and top up the tan.
Sherwood have quite a good set up here, a nice and tidy 5G pitch with both seating and standing around the sides, bar area serving food as well and the usual nice friendly welcome.A nice crowd started to assemble for this friendly season starter and both teams started off a bit cagey which is to be expected with having the best part of 3 months off so a few legs were slowing picking up game pace as the game went along, both sides knocking the ball around with more of a feel for the ball and the pitch rather then making the game competitive. both sides going close a couple of times in the 1st half with both keepers looking very safe with their saves. half time and its 0-0
The 2nd half starts with a few changes and its pretty much more of the same, both teams just getting back into taking the game at a leisurely pace after all its a warm mid 20s day and one or two legs are now showing signs of tiredness, its heading towards a 0-0 draw with the game just slightly off walking pace. full time and its evens, a fair runout for both teams with both teams looking confident on and off the ball, im itching and yes ive been bit on the leg a couple of times, those pesky Sherwood flies strike again and again with the big yellow sticker placed across my windscreen!
