Arlesey Town FC - Proper Football Awayday

On our travels today, we made the short trip to visit Arlesey Town FC for their Spartan Premier Midlands clash with Risborough Rangers.

With both sides sitting at the top end of the table, this should be a good encounter today, so before we start, we'd like to say a massive thank you to Phil Cavener for inviting us down for today’s fixture.

As the saying goes, on with the show:

So, let's have a wander around the ground and see what Arlesey has to offer:

Well, all in all, a nice little set-up, plenty of covered seating and standing, along with a great little open-air terrace behind the goal and a mention for the huge car park and a cracking clubhouse with reasonable prices, all in all, a great facility.

Before kick off we managed to have a chat with Arlesey's Phil and Chris and discussed their respective roles at the Club.

We caught up with Mark Eaton, who is the Director of Football at Risborough Rangers. He gave a fantastic insight into today's visitors, and we are now looking forward to making a trip down to the Kamtech Stadium in the very near future.

So, onto the game, both sides have started well this season and find themselves lying 3rd and 5th respectively in the league, so we were hoping for a cracking game, as usual, I am late to the party missing 2 goals in the first six minutes, so we join some of the action as Arlesey have a goal decision being debated with the referee and lino after Risborough had taken a 2nd minute lead:

Well, we anticipated a good game and we weren’t disappointed! In actual fact, it was a cracking game and five goals to boot, with some really good quality football on display from both sides. I would go as far as to say, what a great advert for Step Five of non-league football! Two goals within the first six minutes set the match up nicely, the first half was outstanding, and although the intensity dropped off a little in the second half, it was a thoroughly entertaining 90 minutes and a great spectacle from a neutral perspective. The result pushed Risborough Rangers up into 4th place, with Arlesey dropping to 5th, both on 23 points. I wish both clubs all the very best for the rest of the season and I’m sure they will be there or thereabouts come the end.

After the game, I took the opportunity to catch up with young Ben, who is 16 years old and volunteers at the club, followed by Arlesey Town manager, Tommy Cooney, who very kindly made time to give us his thoughts on today’s game.

FINAL THOUGHTS

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