Northern Counties East Premier Division – Westfield Stadium – 25th march 2023

📷 Young Frickley supporters looking forward to the game

Recap

A chastening & sobering afternoon at the Wezzie – or it could have turned you to drink depending on your frame of mind – the high spot was probably our U15s taking richly deserved applause for reaching a cup final at the Eco Power Stadium on 1st May

📷 Frickley U15’s parade around the pitch to a round of applause from the crowd after reaching the final of The Doncaster Cup to be played at The Eco Power Stadium, home of Doncaster Rovers, on 1st May

📷 Ken & Michael, part of the Frickley media team, in good spirits

6-1 actually flattered us – a mixture of Hallam profligacy & excellent stops by Golden Gloves HDH kept the score at half a dozen

📷 Frickley keeper Harrison Davison-Hale saves from close range

📷 Frickley players, and the U15’s gather for a minutes silence

📷 Charlie, today’s mascot, lines up with the team captains and officials

We only started playing football with the introduction of Wade Ripley & pretty much his first touch was to dance through the Hallam defence & cross for Josh Haigh to volley home

📷 Wade Ripley crosses the ball for Josh Haigh to volley home from close range

📷 The Frickley Athletic Physio gives a smile to the crowd

📷 Frickley Athletic’s Ben Hall on the ball

No point dwelling on it – if you saw it you know how horrible it was & if you didn’t see it, then count yourself lucky

📷 Hallam keeper Hugo John Warhurst takes a goal kick. The landscape being what once was Frickley Colliery

📷 Frickley Athletic’s Al Keita in midfield

So, collectively we can all either cry & moan & clutch our pearls or we can stick our chests out, lift our chins up & get ready to go in to battle next Saturday

📷 Hallam FC score to make it 0-3 shortly before the break

WEBMASTER POTM – despite the scoreline we can still see positives. Big Al ran his blood to water again. Binnsy gave it everything. Josh Haigh was lively & took his goal well & Wade Ripley stood out in his short cameo performance. But I’m giving the Glitterball to Jake Hemingway – he gave a very good account of himself on a torrid afternoon for defenders

📷 Frickley captain Richard Collier challenges for the ball

TWITTER POLL MOTM – Wade Ripley takes it narrowly from Josh Haigh – goal maker & goal taker – & that feels right. Big Al tucked in behind them & Jake Hemingway behind Al. Thank you to everyone who voted

248 through the gate – including a good number who were here for the first time, I hope you will all visit us again. Thank you to everyone who came to the game