Phoenix FC 0 Kiveton Park 0
Abacus Lighting Central Midlands League Black Dragon Premier Division
At: Phoenix Sports and Social Club, Pavilion Lane, Brinsworth
Kick-off: 10-15 am
Admission: hop ticket or £3; Programme: £1 (24 pages)
Weather: cloudy, dry, cold wind
Attendance: 227
Duration: first-half: 47:39; second-half: 49:29
An early start (out of the house just after 8am) to make sure I got to the outskirts of Rotherham in time for the first leg of today’s four-match Central Midlands League Bonanza, a 10-15am kick-off in the Premier Division at Phoenix FC. The annual event – this year it is the eighth – got underway last night when Kinsley Boys narrowly defeated Harworth CI 1-0 in the Supreme Division. As planned, my travelling companion for the first three games, Mike Greaves, met me at the ground after catching the train from Birmingham and walking from Meadowhall. In a bitterly cold wind, neither side found the net and visitors Kiveton Park finished with ten men after Daniel McPherson was shown a second yellow card. Phoenix FC (blue and maroon stripes / blue / blue): 1. Matt Herschell-Smith, 2. Liam O’Brien (capt), 3. Carl McNally, 4. Chris Lund, 5. Reece Wesley, 6. Steve Spence, 7. Aaron Cross, 8. Tom Colclough, 9. Liam Colclough, 10. Ryan Moorcroft, 11. Carl Garlick. Subs: 14. Simon Cookson (for Liam Colclough, 42), 15. Lee Dexter (for Sepnce, 74), 16. Andy Garlick (for Tom Colclough, 62).
Kiveton Park (red/red/red): 1. Jonathan Parker, 2. Matthew Preece, 3. Jake Lee, 4. Daniel McPherson, 5. Daniel Harrison, 6. Jamie Taylor (capt), 7. Matthew Thompson, 8. Lee Brooks, 9. Carl Longmore, 10. Robert Gorman, 11. Jordan Cocks. Subs: 12. Shane White (for Cocks, 87), 14. Liam Hopkinson (not used), 15. Tom Perrie (not used).
Referee: Roger Evans (Dronfield)
Assistants: Gareth Moffitt (Retford) and Danielle Miller (Retford)
Goals:
None
Cards:
Phoenix: none
Kiveton Park: Daniel McPherson (YC, 64), Lee Brooks (YC, 66), Daniel McPherson (YC/RC, 74)
