Vs Bridgwater B

The Men's 3s were up next at home and faced a Bridgwater B team having made the long journey up. Bridgwater were top of the league and we were aware of how variable our performances had been of late, so were wary of the league leaders. North had a decent warm up and initial team talk from Jon Venn as Captain Phil Toomey was umpiring the previous game. We started the game and were surprised to find ourselves putting all the pressure on the Bridgwater D in front of a number of the Men's 1s team who had come to see how the game should be played. Our pressure worked well and the front two of Colin Ainsworth and Steve Puttergill seemed to have the run of their defence as they couldn't follow the runs made and the midfield found them well. Bridgwater's keeper was in fine form, making about 5 saves within the first 15 minutes, including when Shaun Huxham rounded him and shot from a tight angle. Unfortunately that was as good as it got, because the floodlights failed to work properly and the match had to be abandoned due to bad light. We will be looking forward to the replay more than we were for this fixture.