Teversal 0-0 Staveley Miners Welfare.

Staveley win 5-3 on penalties.

Eyes on the prize

We here we go, the start of my 2012/13 season. How many games i will take in this year is uncertain, i don't and never really have had a set target amount of games i would like to attend in a season. One thing that i am pretty sure on though, I will witness far better games than i saw here tonight.

Tonight's match wasn't technically a friendly. It was the first semi final of the Teversal tournament which is Nottinghamshire footballs answer to the Emirates Cup. This prestigious event attracts sides  from all over Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and Yorkshire all desperate to get their hands on the trophy.

Teversal are really pulling out all the stops to try and get punters through the gate this season. A season ticket is a snip at a mere £55 which includes all first team league and cup matches plus under 19 fixtures (and a programme at all matches) Entrance prices for these pre season games were £2 with a programme covering the whole of the tournament costing £1. It was a decent enough effort to start the season off with and had plenty of information on the seven sides that were contesting the cup. We arrived in good time so we headed straight to the bar for a swift pint.
The weather is still being a bit of a bitch but we got lucky tonight and thankfully the rain stayed away. It was so nice in fact that we were able to sit outside and sup our pints as the sides warmed up.

The match report will be one of the briefest that i write this year due to the fact that hardly anything happened one or two half chances but that was pretty much it. Sutton play their football a step below Staveley and matched them for much of the game. After the match had finished 0-0 the game (thankfully) went straight to a penalty shoot out which saw Staveley triumph 5-3.

Teversal's ground is decent enough for this level but the standout feature has to be the "Tesco End" at the far end of the ground. One of the strangest stands you will see but very effective.

I am a tad behind on blogging this week but Staveley went on to win the tournament beating Parkgate 2-0 in the final so congratulations to them.

On Thursday night I took in my second game of the season at Rossington Main who hosted Harworth C.I. The game was much better than Monday night's fare and finished 1-1. No big write up for this one and just a couple of pictures.

Free footie. youve got to love it

Not much to say about this. Its a stand, errr that's it really