Nailsea Vets 45’s vs Red Star 45s

All the previous meetings between Red Star and Nailsea are close affairs ,this was no exception .Red Star started better with some lovely passing football on the Clifton 3G pitch. Red Star took the lead from a great Gareth Corner to the back stick  ,Jon buoyed up from the perfect hattrick a week earlier in Dublin put the ball in the back of the net.
The Game ebbed and flowed and Nailsea got back into it and would have drawn level  and gone in front ,if it wasn’t for  three world class saves from  Ian the Red Star keeper .
Jon got a second goal for Red Star and it looked like they would cruise the second half but Nailsea had other ideas and  stuck at it and their constant pressure produced  a well deserved goal, a brilliant header from our own left back. I won’t name him but Andy ignoring shouts of keepers thought it was about time he got on the score sheet.  Nailsea definitely were the better team in the second half but Red Stars defence wasn’t going to make it easy for them. Red Star got another goal after a  scrum  in the box  where the Nailsea keeper seemed to fall over his own player. The Goal was given by the ref  and  all the Red Star players walked back to their own half and lined up for the restart  .Two minutes past as a non existent VAR decided to overturn the decision. The last nervous 10 minutes seemed like an hour from the touch line but injuries and tiredness were taking a  toll on Nailsea and Red Star saw the game out.
It was a tough game played in a reasonable spirit – Hands up- Red star were  definitely  responsible for the vast majority of the fouling  but Nailsea were definitely better at the moaning