My first non-league (semi-pro) game of the season was very pleasant,if a little one sided.Staveley had a decent season last time around finishing 4Th in the NECL division one and winning what must be the best looking trophy ever, the wilkinson sword trophy (which is literal a 3 foot long sword)
Worksop for all there own problems had survived in the Unibond premier division thus setting up the north nottinghamshire derby later this season with newly promoted Retford united(theres about 8 miles between the two towns)
A very reasonable entrance fee of two pounds was charged and a programme was only 50pence for 22 pages (take note lincoln theres 6 leagues between lincoln and staveley and they could be bothered to issue one) they even gave us a ticket receipt aswell nice touch!
one of the only bad points was the fact that staveleys club house doesn't sell any beer! managed to get a pin badge for 3 quid in there though. i didn't have any food as i had stuffed down fish and chips before i left but i heard good reports of the pie quality.
The two division gap between the two sides was apparent throughout the game as worksop(with ex-imp danny Bacon) more or less ran the game from start to finish. for the first time in a game that i can remember going to, Worksop were given 4 penalties (only scoring two!). one of them looked a bit soft but the worse thing was that the ref decided for the third one to book the staveley player,of which there is little point in a friendly.even the worksop fans thought this was a little pointless.
all in all a very good day out and also an early contender for WAG of the season!it wouldn't take much to get the ground ready for a higher level of football.
admission -£2
programme - 50p 7/10
badge- £3
food-didnt have any but heard good reports
WAG factor 8/10 quality not quantity here.
game 5/10 bit one sided
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