[themaclad]

On a glorious late summer's day Bamber Bridge and Lancaster City served up a game of such utter dross that you really wished you were somewhere else as probably did the other 337 who were also at the game.
A pint of Hobgoblin before the game did not help combinged with the effects of the sun made your correspondent a bit drowsy, a first 20 minutes of absolutely nothing, led to a very brief outbreak of action at either end, with Dodd taking the ball around City keeper Hale however his effort hit the side netting, Westwood headed narrowly wide for City from a corner City shold probably been awarded a penalty when Mayers was dropped in the area, nothing given much to the disgust of the City massive.
Dodd meanwhile forced Hale into a save,he thought he should have scored, and City got a corner and that was about it for the first half.
The first Bridge attack of the second half ended up with a cross flying into the empty sponsors box, so you began to fear the worst and indeed it was no better.
Just after the hour mark Bridge took the lead from a corner, an inswinger was met by Lawlor whose header flew into the net. another corner almost led to a second but the header went wide. City had a Connerton effort blocked as well as an Akrigg shot but in rfeality neither side looked like adding to the goals tally, as the referee blew thankfully to end a miserable game.
If both sides are to achieve mediocrity they will need to improve.

Bamber Bridge 1 Lancaster City 0 Att 338


https://youtu.be/DDCH1L5DR04 A city corner in the first half