Saturday was the first outing to a match in ages. Well, several weeks at least. Abbey Hey FC v New Mills AFC was the first of a few friendlies lined up in the next few weeks. And it didn't disappoint.
Abbey Hey have a nice ground and a very pleasant clubhouse. The pies were particularly popular. The match began with a minutes silence for Abbey Hey’s kit manager who had tragically died a few days earlier. What should have been a poignant moment was reduced to farce as the announcement was made in a spectacularly dreadful fashion through the club’s terrible PA system which rendered it undecipherable.
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However, what followed was an entertaining, fast moving game, with both sets of players eager to display their talents, presumably with the hope of securing a place in the first team at the start of the new season. The crowd was quite interesting too with a disturbing number of spectators enthusiastically snapping away at the action. There were more cameras on display than in a Jessop’s shop window. Some of these photos can be seen on the Abbey Hey website if you are at all interested.
The mystery of the day was trying to figure out why Abbey Hey’s ‘Killer’ was so named. A club official told us it was because of his surname. Not quite sure how you get 'Killer' from Martin Pilkington. The mystery continues.
Rushing home to catch the start of the England v France game in the Women’s World Cup (shouldn’t have bothered), I missed the end of the match but later learnt that newly promoted New Mills had beat Abbey Hey in a five goals to three scoreline. I would have been looking forward to see Curzon Ashton playing against New Mills this season. Unfortunately, New Mills have been placed in the Evostik Division One South League. Obviously.
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