The most recent stop on my FA cup journey took me to the village of South Elmsall to see a battle between two of the three bottom sides in the Unibond premier division.The two sides had drawn 1-1 on Sunday in the first game hence the need for tonight's match.
Just to recap, this is in effect the third of six rounds teams have to get through to make the 1st round proper.three more rounds must be won(not counting replays) before the non-league sides join and beat the likes of Lincoln city etc in the first round proper,then two more to get to the "Holy grail" of the third round when the likes of Liverpool,Chelsea etc etc join the fun,and more than likely where my journey in the cup will end.Although we are still in the early rounds of the cup the prize money is starting to build up which will help clubs out no end.
We arrived at the ground with plenty of time to kill normally this isn't to much of a problem,however South Elmsall isn't exactly the kind of place you can kill an hour or so.The pub that was near to the ground has been bulldozed down and the place doesn't feel exactly welcoming,South Elmsall is still feeling the pain of the last Conservative government's policy's.How anybody can want to vote this Muppet's back in next May is beyond me.It is even worse when you are wearing a black and gold woolly Pittsburgh Steelers hat (also Worksop Towns colours)
After a little stroll around the area we return to the stadium just as the gates were opening,we paid our 8 pound entrance fee and after a quick chat to the gateman about my Lincoln City fleece we headed for the club bar.Carling was a very reasonable £2.20 a pint and tasted quite fresh as well. The club isn't the biggest in the world but it is nice enough and has a real football feel to it plus there were one or two WAGS in there to brighten the place up.
As we strolled out into the ground which artists recent smash hit was belting out? none other than Sophie,s Heartbreak make me a dancer!! good times!!
The game was a bit,well crap.Worksop didn't seem as if they were bothered. Frickley were 1 nil up at half time but had a stonewall penalty turned down.Worksop were lucky to have eleven men on the field plus Frickley had missed a few good chances.In spite of all this the Worksop manager thought it right to have a go at the ref as the players trudged of at half time.I sometimes wonder what goes off in managers heads.One or two Worksop fans let the manager know there feelings about his managing ability as he stormed back to the dressing room.We had a ferret about in the club shop at half time then we went behind the goal Worksop were attacking to view the second half.
The game didn't get any better.The home side added a second half way through the second half.Worksop didn't seem to have a plan A let alone a plan B The voice,s for the manager to step down became louder as the night wore on.
The last 5 minutes were the best of the night. firstly Worksop scored from a header which came from a freekick(the Worksop player was booked for taking the free kick early-twice!)Frickley had a good chance at the other end then there keeper pulled of a great save to keep the score 2-1.which was to be the final score as Worksop followed Retford United(who lost there replay 2-1 at Lincoln United the night before) out of the FA cup at an all to early stage.
Admission £8
Programme £1.50-Quite good 7/10
Badge £3.50(!)
Food had a cheeseburger and chips £2.80 burger was ok,chips were a bit greasy but you can't moan for the price
Ground 8/10 nice main stand and plenty of covering
Match 4/10
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