Spelthorpe Sports

[Grassroots]

im going with the team in form prediction 1-3  to the gees att 61,096  do this one for Bill lads .

[1956bourbonvilla]

SSFC in a slump since the new year......1-2 win for the G's

[godalmingtownfc]

Spelthorne Sports tomorrow and we are back to predictions to see who knows their onions.


For me tight 0-1 win for G's

[tg]

0-2 to gees

[hendo]

Big victory for the Gs 3-0

[ballboy2]

Spelthorne Sports 1-2Godalming

[Shottermiller]

Not a very nice afternoon for football so let's brighten it up with Spelthorne Sports 2 Godalming Town 3

[Grassroots]

Didn’t see the game but a brilliant result, well done everyone. Well predicted shorts. And out of the bottom 2 fabulous. Looking forward to reading about the game .

[Shottermiller]

A great win on the road especially for Bill but also for all the Gees followers. May there be more to come.

Well done to the "whole team".

[greygraham]

Attached below is an excellent report from Dave Ewing. I asked Dave to do a report as I would not be able to make it. Far more entertaining than mine. Many thanks to  Dave and Michael of course for his superb work in maintaining the stats.

 Spellthorne Sports report



Visiting other grounds is all part of the fun of following the Gees. Sometimes you are blown away by 3 G pitches, plush corporate buildings, towering stands… and come away thinking “if only…” Other times you visit grounds and realise just how lucky we are at Wey Court to have what we have. Such was the case at Spellthorne. There were two short sections of seating two rows deep housed in a wooden bus shelter, the hospitality room was a garden shed and the covered terrace (of sorts) was little more than a timber frame with plywood roof – no sides. First impressions were not helped by the miserable afternoon – even Dave was wearing his thermal shorts in the driving rain. On the positive side the local fans were friendly, the Bovril flowed freely (see note below) and the game was ON unlike many others in the league.

So out came the Gees dressed in pristine white to face the might of Spellthorne who had started the season briskly but were struggling with form since New Year. Piers and Isy made a welcome return to the starting line up alongside Pat Kinsella in goal and Chad Goulter at no.8. The game started brightly enough for Godalming with several good passing moves switching side and releasing Isy and Hakim to create half chances in front of goal. However Spellthorne had pace and 4 times in the first half hour turned the Godalming defence on the break and created clear chances. The second of these, after 19 minutes, saw John Roberts through on the left wing and release a cracking shot to put the home side deservedly 1-0 up.

It is at this point that seasoned Gees watchers start to hunker down and fear the worst but what followed was 15 minutes of sheer Godalming magic. It started with Piers floating a beautifully struck shot into the top right hand corner of the Spellthorne net. The ball seemed to curve into the wind and left the keeper stunned – “ragoaliesastookie” I said to young Michael. 1-1 and cheered on by rejuvenated fans the Gees went one better – this time a deliciously flighted ball from Piers headed home by Lee Boon. 2-1 and more cheering. On the 40th minute Piers did it again and we were 3-1 up…

Capitulation is not a word widely used in Sunbury and Spellthrorne started the second half intent on clawing back a point at least. Godalming held firm through the dangerous first ten minutes then made it to 20 on what was rapidly becoming a mudbath of a pitch. Jack Howard was ferocious as ever, Isy ran miles and we were gripped by the battle. On the 71st minute the inevitable happened and Lewis Flatman- their noted danger man- scored. 3-2 with time a plenty. The remaining 19 minutes of normal time saw Spellthorne pile it on – one header into an open goal went wide, keeper Kinsella stopped another clear chance and several times the ball bounced dangerously around the box with players sliding in the mud around it. But no goal and no daft penalty… Ross predicted at least 5 minutes extra time would be added but Spellthoorne were spent and Godalming had weatheed the storm. 3-2 and a deserved 3 points!

The fans cheered the team off the pitch. Keeper Kinsella, realising that there was no cash bonus for a win, decided to take his reward for sterling service in the form of topsoil leaving the pitch with 36 kilos of grade A Sunbury loam attached to every part of his strip and body. And next time you look at Wey Court and criticise the brutalist stand seating or the Dharavi chic inspired covered terraces behind goal spare a thought for Spellthorne. Not every club is as lucky as we are!



Spellthorne    Godalming

Attempts 15       14

On target 9          6

Corners   4          5

Fouls 12 (3 o/s)  10 (1 O/S)

Poss 1 50           50

Poss 2 68           32

Cards 2               2



Bovril status: Bovril cubes! Yes- small cubes of beefy magic all served with a wooden twizzle stick to make sure you got the cube fully dissolved. Who would have thought you could get Bovril in a cube. Proof indeed that travel does broaden your horizons.

[hendo]

Brilliant win and an even more brilliant report. Well done Dave!