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Wyre Villa 0 Stoneclough 2

Proper football weather blowing a gale and decidedly not warm, but after 6 months without a game, it was a gentle stroll to the local ground to watch the local side play locally.
Visitors were Bolton based Stoneclough, as is the want apparently these days had names taken incase there was an outbreak of the dreaded disease.
Wyre had the wind at their backs in the first half but the early skirmishes mainly favoured the visitors.
I made an early intervention attempting to play the ball back from a seated position managed to toe end the ball over my head into a massive pile of brambles not an epic life success.



Wyre had the first effort on goal from the number 11 well saved by the keeper, he did even better from a Hunter free kick which curled on the wide from 35 yards out to tip it onto the bar. The visitors started to get on top looked more likely to score and from a free kick they did, the home keeper parried the ball and a Claret shirted forward scored from the rebound. They could have had another couple shots going narrowly wide both times.
Another Hunter free kick produced an easy save just before half time.



The second half was one way towards the visitors goal, as is the case sides often play better when playing against the wind, playing tyhe ball on the ground they began to look dangerous sadly for them though never really tested the visitors keeper, there were some thunderous proper tackles which eventually led to a bit of a skirmish which led to the referee flashing cards in all directions two at Stoneclough's number 5 the second being a red, he also issued a yellow to the visitors No 8 and also decided to send him to the sin bin for 10 minutes(Used at this level of the game)
One effort from the home side went oh so close before a poor header across the area by a home defender led to the visitors getting a decisive 2nd goal even though they only had 9 men.
Attendence about 40, 2 dogs and three prams.
Hopefully the first of many games this season.