It has been a day of "four seasons" today; well three. Cool and sunny early doors, hot and pouring rain later, windy and leaves falling off struggling trees later-no snow yet.
Penistone Church FC (chosen from the Toolstation Northern Counties East League) played Buckland Athletic chosen from the Toolstation Western League) in the Toolstation Charity Cup (bit like the FA Charity Shield). The place was full of blazered and stripey ties gents with their ladies and a few "ground hoppers". It were right grand.
£700 was raised on the day, including the officials fees, raffle, entrance etc which will go to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Penistone won 1-0 scoring just before half time having had the wind as an advantage. Both sides acquitted themselves well and Buckland from Newton Abbott, had a long journey home by coach after. It was a valuable pre-season warm up.
PCFC was founded in 1906, Buckland in 1977. Both clubs have made good progress through the Steps recently, Buckland having made remarkable strides starting as junior club, then becoming a seniors also club ten years later. They moved through Devon County League until 2007-8 when they were promoted to the South West Peninsula and now the Toolstation.
Penistone are comfortably set in their Premier League, coming 7th out of 22 last season and were League Cup winners in 2016-17. They looked in good fettle for the coming season having beaten Stocksbridge PS (Vardy's "alma mater") 2-0 midweek in the Purdie Cup, a local challenge.
Toolstation, centred at Bridgewater, Somerset, run over 300 stores nation wide and sponsor the WFL, NCEFL, Northampton Saints and the RNLI Flood Rescue team.
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