Hurst Green FC

Ground 57

 

Match 59

 

West lancs 2

 

Hurst Green 3-1 Todmorden Borough

 

Att 22  est

 

Distance Travelled 20 miles

 

Might have a split  personality disorder

 Hurst Green is a village almost bang centre between Longridge and Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley Lancashire . The football team have just started life in the West Lancs League Two .

 

 After i negotiated the long and winding road from Ribchester , Hurst Green appears lie a mirage in the desert . There is a more convenient way but it was 'sods law ' i d chosen the most stupid approach .

Once in the village i drove to what i assumed was the ground car park . The Toddy tranny van was there and even some goal posts but this wasn't the pitch . After spending ten minutes walking to the gates which were locked i went back to my car and parked up near a church graveyard off Smithy Row . I walked down the church path heading towards outbursts of ' oh & ah ,'  the pitch was there but no entrance . Next to the church is a woodland bog - it's like a Royal Marine assault course. . Not for me - one step and it was akin to sinking sand .

Decided to jump back in the car and headed up Smithy Row and finally there it was - the entrance gate and pitch !

 

As it happened both teams put on a decent display in an avalanche of rain .

 

 

 

Unusual Corner Kick Attacking Ploy

 

All Hurst Green attackers line up on the far goal line and advance towards the six yard box as the corner is taken - i believe you can't be offside at a corner - this is a move used in subbuteo table soccer - a player is flicked just off the pitch near the goal line at a corner and enables the attacking side a chance to get in behind the defence - an interesting tactic and caught my attention straight away .

 

 

Goal for Hurst Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

View towards ' The Graveyard Goal '

 

Battle of the Umbrellas

 

 

 

 

Pano View from inside the main entance gates

Toddy Tranny

 

Entrance Gates Half Way Up -  Will Greenwood England Rugby player was brought up here i believe .

 

 

Love the sand bags