Last night's excursion to Penistone
Church FC started with a pint of Barnsley bitter in the freshly
redecorated club house at the Memorial Ground and ended with a Chom
Chom in the Cinnamon Spice-we looked as though we may have been their
first customers on the evening, but maybe the staff were getting
ready for an onslaught, once the Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA
Junior Cup Final finished and the ample crowd slipped into the darkness.
We stayed at the match till it was
clear that the Handsworth Parremore U21s became the first U21 side to
win the coveted, trophy beating holders and old stagers Sheffield FC
Over 35s. I note that the report of the game had not made the
Sheffield FC website by 9.30am, whereas Handsworth had their report signed and delivered early doors. Well done to them.
Penistone proved to be an excellent
venue for the game, I met Erica, a lovely lady, who lives by the
ground and helps with catering but also does for Hoylandswaine
CC,where I willowed a few times in the 1980s, when I could see the cricket ball and was able to run. She remembered me after all those years.
The pitch was in good nick although
drying out, it did have a few bobbles, but there was plenty of grass.
The referee and assistants had a number of issues to deal with,
including some remarkably gutteral expletives from the dug outs!
RESPECT!!
The game was frantic, the old 'uns ran
out of steam in the last 15 minutes and the U21s deserved their victory, swayed in their
favour by the inclusion of Sheldon, a tall centre forward, who had a
hand in both goals.
All went well, although one of the
Parremore supporters, a very tall man, insisted
on standing by the rail in front of the only seated area on the ground, by a sign
that said "Please Do Not Stand in Front of the Seated Area". He was
too big to be asked to move politely! Indeed a Sheffield Official, in a
blazer with a nice badge, did rock up and stand with the group half
through the second half but said nothing and being wide, he blocked
our view too!
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