Easton Monday 95 vs Nailsea Vets 50s

Match Reports

Last game of the season for Nailsea and a point was needed to secure the league title. Mondays pitch at Clifton College is the best grass surface around and deserved the football to be kept on the ground. Both sides played neat passing football but it was Mondays who struck first, taking advantage of a Nailsea error on the left allowing a low cross into the box to be met with an unstoppable diving header. Within a couple of minutes Nelly equalised for Nailsea with a superb strike from 25 yards out into the top right hand corner. On the stroke of half time Jerry met a through ball on the edge of the area and delicately chipped Mondays advancing keeper to make it 1-2 Nailsea.

Mondays packed their midfield in the second half and for 20 minutes dominated but Nailsea defended resolutely. Nailsea switched to 5 across the middle to stem Mondays flow and rely on a break away with one up top. The plan worked and on 70 minutes Darren Pool squared to Dave Luckhurst who’d ran the length of the pitch to arrive in the 6 yard box to tap home for 1-3. Shortly after another spell of Mondays pressure Darren Pool received the ball just into Mondays half. With no options Darren saw the Mondays keeper off his line and lobbed the ball into the net from 35 yards out. Dave L notched another with 10 minutes remaining to make it a resounding 5-1 victory. In fairness, the score flattered us slightly. Mondays are the best team we’ve played this season and if they’d taken some early chances it would have been a closer contest. Nevertheless I’m proud of our team for a great performance today and  throughout the season to take the title.