The plan was to finish the year with a cheeky double, but an early pitch inspection resulted in my 11am game at Tividale being called off due to waterlogging. So bang went the double.
Nonetheless I decided to press ahead with what would have been the second game and head down the M5 to South Gloucestershire for the Southern League Division One South & West clash between Yate Town and Bideford, at Lodge Road, and boy did that turn out to be a good call!
In a real end-to-end second half, Yate levelled the game at 2-2 when Hector Mackie fired home before a goalkeeping blunder allowed Biddy to restore their lead after 65 minutes, Downing claiming his second goal but he knew nothing about it as Josh Dempsey let a cross slip through his grasp. Yate refused to lie down and with ten minutes remaining Robin Nicholls drove home a second equaliser.
That was the end of the scoring and a draw was a fair result. What a great game on which to end 2011.
May I take this opportunity to wish all my readers a very happy and healthy new year.
Saturday 31st December 2011
Southern League Division One South & West
Yate Town 3-3 Bideford
Attendance: 178
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