A taste of the exotic

Saturday 6^th August – Curzon Ashton FC v Barton Rovers FC

Gosh, a visit from a team that plays in the first division of the Zamaretto League, the equivalent of the Evo-Stik League. How very exotic! A bit of a change from the usual teams Curzon get to play in friendlies. The reason for the visit soon became clear.  Before the teams had even exited the tunnel the PA announcer had made several references to the Barton Rovers players going to the Printworks in Manchester City Centre after the match. Apparently, they were on a stag do in the evening and the offer of a match with a Northern team tied in nicely.

They probably wished they hadn’t bothered. It wasn’t a great day for Barton Rovers. The team coach had broken down so they all had to come up in cars from Luton. Not a great start. And then they were barely competition for Curzon as they failed to put up a fight. Well not in terms of skill anyway. They were pretty proficient in fouling however, and the ref had to use his yellow card liberally. Not what you expect in a friendly. I hope they were a little more affable when they hit the dancefloor later that evening.

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At half time, the PA announcer took some time out from trying to pronounce the name of the sponsor to inform us it was Curzon’s physio’s birthday that day. On a gorgeous hot summer’s day, she had chosen to wear a woolly hat and a thick sweatshirt. Maybe they were presents that she felt obliged to wear.

It was a good game for Matty Purcell who got his first start in a first team match and looked good throughout the game. Steve Settle scored the final goal – he had tweeted that he was going to score so hopefully he’ll do more tweeting of predictions.

The highlight of the day had to be watching Ken Barlow’s actual dog exercising in the field opposite the ground having a run around. It just goes to show, you never know which celebrity you might see when you go to a match.

Final Score – Curzon Ashton 4 Barton Villa 0