Southern League Division One Midlands
Woodford United 0-1 Romulus
Attendance: 58
A chance to "exorcise a ghost" after my last visit to Byfield Road was curtailed five minutes before kick off, thanks to the referee deeming a very small part of the pitch unplayable.
In all honesty it was a pretty drab affair for the 58 punters as Romulus muscled their way to win, thanks to a Craig Thomas goal five minutes from the end. Watching Romulus reminded me of the Wimbledon teams of the past as they relied on big strikers, pacy wingers and long balls.
Woodford simply couldn't cope, especially in the first half, and Romulus should've had a couple of more goals, their No9 being most culpable. The home side did drag themselves back into it for a short while in the second half but all hopes of a win/draw ended with the dismissal of their skipper for two yellow cards, both for dissent, both after numerous warnings from the referee. Don't these players ever learn? They did have a half chance to salvage a point in stoppage time but the shot was ballooned wide from 12 yards.
For the uninitiated, Woodford United play in the small Northamptonshire villiage of Woodford Halse, which is 12 miles from Banbury and 8 miles from Daventry.
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