Dagger03 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Saturday 04-August-2012 MAIDSTONE 2 HORNCHURCH 2 MU – Deren Ibrahim – Ryan Cooper – Tom Mills – Nicky Humphrey – Steve Ward – Tim Olorunda – Ben Davisson – Sam Bewick – Kaiyne Woolery – Paul Booth – Alex Flisher SH subs – Tamer Tuna for Flisher at half time Tommy Osborne for Cooper 51 Danny Lye for Woolery 59 Lewis Mingle for Ward 68 Alfie Paey for Booth 78 HFC – Joe Woolley – Alex Bentley – Elliot Styles © - Reiss Noel – Paul Goodacre –Andy Tomlinson – Sam Cutler – Frankie Curley – Martin Tuohy – Aaron Gayle – Jon Hunt Sh subs – Joe Anderson for Styles 52 Lewis Smith for Gayle 62 Fola Orilonishe for Hunt 72 Joey May for Tomlinson 78 Aaron Gayle for Tuohy 86 Scorers – Davisson 10 (MU) – Tuohy 29 IH) – Tuohy 34p (H) – Booth 40 (MU) Bookings – Curley 54 (H) OFF – Bewick 54 (MU (OFF) Attendance 1033 Officials – K Welsh with T Burman and R Adams Weather – sunny with showers, 22 degrees, wind speed 8 mph Maidstone returned to Maidstone after 24 years of wandering around various grounds, mainly Dartford, Ashford and Sittingbourne. And the local public is at the moment right behind the new set up – hopefully it will continue. An artificial pitch, which looked very good, although at times the ball would slow up dramatically when passed along the ground. A large main stand seats 500 and towers above the rest of the ground, which has no cover along the other side, and no terracing. There is a small stand with a few rows of terracing behind each goal. Food was over-priced and there appeared to be few takers. An excellent social set up, an excellent tannoy, and very friendly and helpful stewards made this a pleasant ground to visit. Apart from the parking - there is a large car park alongside but this is restricted to players and officials only. There is a small pay and display area alongside, but this was completely full by the time we arrived. There is ample parking about a half mile away, alongside the prison (£1.40) or in the station car park (£4.50) or in a number of other car parks a short distance further out. So there is plenty of parking – at a price. But to get to the ground, you have to cross the extremely fast and busy A229, and although there are traffic lights, the phasing means that you can have a lengthy wait until they change, which may encourage people to dart across – how long will it be before there is a serious accident? The match began in bright sunshine, though a shower sent many of the 1033 crowd scurrying for what little cover was available in the standing areas. Hornchurch had some difficulty in judging the passing along the ground and this almost caught them out when Elliot Styles and Joe Woolley both failed to reach a though ball, which then ran out to Sam Bewick, who stoked it goalwards. Reiss Noel reacted quickly and ran back to calmly play the ball off the line. It was then Frankie Curley’s turn to mis-time a pass, and the ball went instead to BEN DAVISSON, who found himself unmarked, and who immediately crashed in a left footed drive which went in via the far post to give the home side the lead. Maidstone pressed hard and Joe Woolley made an excellent diving save to keep out a goal bound shot from Paul Booth. With Jon Hunt leading by example Hornchurch settled down and drew level when Hunt worked the ball along the right wing, and his centre found MARTIN TUOHY whose header eluded Deren Ibrahim and went into the net. Maidstone were now struggling and conceded a penalty when Aaron Gayle was pulled back as he was about to shoot. MARTIN TUOHY slotted home the penalty. Tuohy had the ball in the net a few minutes later but the whistle went for a somewhat contentious offside. Hornchurch continued to dominate but allowed Maidstone to draw level shortly before half time. The ball was worked down the left, and was then played into the middle, where it slowed dramatically, and PAUL BOOTH, unmarked, prodded it into the net. Almost on half time Kaiyne Woolery got in a diving header from a Bewick centre, but directed the ball narrowly over the bar. The second half was as expected punctuated by numerous substitutions, but the general pattern of play was much the same, with Hornchurch having he better of the exchanges. This all changed on 54 minutes when a very bad tackle by a Maidstone player started off an incident on the half way line, in which the majority of the home team decided to join in. Frankie Curley, in trying to act as peacemaker, pushed a home player, and the incredibly biased home crowd immediately started chanting for the red card. The referee had appeared to wave Curley away, but then called him back, and to loud cheers from the home crowd, the red card was waved. Their delight then turned to anger when the referee correctly showed a red card to Sam Bewick, though any one of a number of home players could have received cards of either colour. Lewis Smith thought he had scored from a Tuohy cross, but the flag went up for offside, and when Joe Anderson slotted a through ball to Smith, this time Lewis hit the side netting with his shot. With Hornchurch very much on top, Ibrahim saved well from Joey May, whilst Aaron Gayle, back on for the limping Martin Tuohy, fired over from Anderson’s cross. In the last minute of stoppage time, it was keeper Ibrahim again to the rescue, diving to save an excellent shot from Aaron Gayle. And then it was back over the dangerous A229, turn right at the prison and into the £4.50 car park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 lol,have yet to find a home crowd that isnt incredibly biased lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornchurch "O" Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Good crowd for a friendly. Lets see how long it lasts. Wasn't going to go Wednesday against Orient, but have now changed my mind after Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binsey Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 There are covered main stand/stands for just over a 1000 fans so plenty for a RYMAN SOUTH ground! and enough for everyone that attended Saturday. Have you been to Sittingbourne, Chatham, Whistable or most Ryman Grounds? Yes it is a new ground but we are not building a league ground stadium for a Ryman South team. There is planning permission for bigger stands etc so it comes as you progress. Yes there is plenty of pay carparks however, there is free parking within five minutes of the ground for about 40 cars also nearby Ringlestone ( a 10/15 minute walk ) plenty of free parking. Also plenty of parking in the town centre for £1.80 for up to 3/4hours. Food is normal price Its the indivduals choice to run across a main road so if him/her chooses to do that its at their own risk. Pitch, not use to a non bobbly pitch? Funny how Brighton, Dag & Red and Tonbridge never had any problem. But I guess Hornchurch play slicker football then those teams!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Daggsy,well done,you have claimed a massive bite.First of the new season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger03 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 >>>Daggsy,well done,you have claimed a massive bite.First of the new season. So it would appear. Leaving aside the high cost of food - and our impression was that the vast majority of the crowd were boycotting the food outlets - the main and extremely serious issue here is the A229. Let me make it quite clear - the actual phasing of the traffic lights is nothing to do with the football club, but sooner or later there is likely to be a very serious accident unless the phasing is altered. The traffic comes past at 50 mph or more and the slow phasing of the traffic lights will almost certainly encourage someone to dart across. It may well be individual choice if someone decides to dart across, but a simple re-phasing of the traffic lights can minimise that risk. Better still, an underpass would eliminate the risk completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveU Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Alternatively there is a pedestrian bridge that runs alongside the railway bridge over both the road and the river. As for the double sending off, probably both justified if it were a league game. It wasn't a bad tackle, the ref didn't award a free kick and only stopped play when his attention was drawn to the fracas going on behind him, which was initially a bit of wrestling as both players tried to get up, followed by a massive overeaction from the majority of players from both teams. The majority of fans calling for a red card were new supporters in the main stand and in my opinion showed a marked ignorance of non-league football. As for the ref, if he'd had an ounce of common sense he would have asked the benches to substitute both players and got on with the game, rather than land both teams with suspensions for the start of the season as well as spoiling what up to that point had been a pretty decent game of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Enjoyed the game thoroughly,good side you have there,you will be back in ryman prem next season and no doubt conf south within 5 years min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup of tea Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Alternatively there is a pedestrian bridge that runs alongside the railway bridge over both the road and the river. As for the double sending off, probably both justified if it were a league game. It wasn't a bad tackle, the ref didn't award a free kick and only stopped play when his attention was drawn to the fracas going on behind him, which was initially a bit of wrestling as both players tried to get up, followed by a massive overeaction from the majority of players from both teams. The majority of fans calling for a red card were new supporters in the main stand and in my opinion showed a marked ignorance of non-league football. As for the ref, if he'd had an ounce of common sense he would have asked the benches to substitute both players and got on with the game, rather than land both teams with suspensions for the start of the season as well as spoiling what up to that point had been a pretty decent game of football. Spot on with the ref- Totally agree. Common sense should have prevailed. Glad you've got your own ground, your away support is always decent as well. Jury is out for me on the pitch though, not made my mind up yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveU Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Jury is out for me on the pitch though, not made my mind up yet. Compared to what we've been playing on for the last decade or so, both Ashford and Sittingbourne, it's fantastic. Maybe not ideal and not as good as a good properly maintained grass surface, but far better than most grass pitches up to league one level. Beats me why the FA are happy for football to be played on patches of mud with hardly any grass at all but restrict the use of 3g to Ryman League and below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I think it is a big call for them,probably just need a bit of time to get used to it,they are all old dinosaurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrchinGooner Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Who are Maidstone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornchurch "O" Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm going on Wednesday to spot the difference. Mind you Orient have lost their last 3 friendlies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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