Saturday 6th December 2008FA Vase 3rd Round
Stanway Rovers 1-0 Shoreham
Attendance: 100
As I was en-route to visiting friends in Essex, I took the opportunity to take in a Vase game at The Hawthorns, the home of Stanway Rovers. Stanway is on the outskirts of Colchester and it's most famous son is Damon Albarn of Blur/Gorillaz fame.
Rovers, of the Eastern Counties League, were taking on Shoreham, of the Sussex County League. After a very even first half, with both teams more or less cancelling each other out, Stanway went through with virtually the last header of the game when extra time seemed inevitable. It was no more than they deserved after their second half performance in which they stepped up the tempo and virtually dominated proceedings.
They created half a dozen great chances but failed to take any of them. It was one of these chances that hit the post and was cleared out for a corner. It was from this resulting corner that Callendar rose majestically to head the rovers into the next round.
Throughly enjoyable visit to the Hawthorns and the welcome was incredibly friendly, even got an invite to join the officials for some half-time refreshment in the boardroom. Its the little things like this that re-affirm why I love this groundhopping lark so much!
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