I am heading to another local game today to see Evesham United. It's only a 45 minute bus ride for me and after having had a good lunch in a newly discovered cafe, I walk down to the Jubilee Stadium and arrive there after 25 minutes on a pleasant sunny day.
Evesham have drawn one and lost one game so far, which is par for the course for them as they are known for their slow starts to the season. Their visitors Wimborne Town from Dorset on the other hand have opened their campaign with 2 victories. United though are welcoming back skipper Matt Sysum and Linden Dovey to their defence and experienced striker Adam Mann.
When the teams come on to the pitch Evesham are in their red and white striped shirts but Wimborne are in their change strip of orange and white.
It's the battle of the birds, 'The Robins' of Evesham and 'The Magpies' of Wimborne, whose use usual colours are black & white striped shirts.
The first half is a pretty uneventful affair with not many clear cut chances being created. One of Wimborne's best efforts falls to Jamie Davidson after 19 minutes who has a lobbed shot turned over by the Evesham keeper following a corner (as shown below).
Evesham's best chance falls to Lance Smith whose close range header is kept out by the Magpies keeper, Pat Flaherty, (as shown below).
So it's been a pretty disappointing first 45 minutes and hopefully we will see more action after the interval. I don't win the £20 prize draw either (which isn't a surprise).
It's the home team who score the first goal when after 52 minutes, their industrious No.10 Paul Fahy cuts back the ball from the right of the goal for Lance Smith to hit home.
From then on it's Evesham in the ascendancy and it's no surprise when after several missed chances, substitute Adam Mann prods home from close range with just 9 minutes to go (shown below on the left celebrating with his team mates).
The Robins are triumphant today and both teams contributed to a much better second half. The players coming back in to the team for Evesham I think was a major factor for their win.
I'm glad I visited the Jubilee Stadium as I think Evesham are a friendly and well run club.
Match attendance: 233
Match entrance fee: £9
Match programme: £2
Match entertainment: 7/10
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