As we continue to keep pressure on Syston, the Vets were a little bare bones calling upon players who don’t play regularly for us, however Eddy who has a lot of Jokers in his pack also always has a few Aces up his sleeve.

The lads were sporting a fetching yellow number, chants of here come the Daffodils and topical pre-match songs with Yellow Submarine and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road got the boys in the mood. We could be forgiven for thinking a young Paul McCartney had rocked up to give us a live rendition but it in fact was Wilsey who had a fetching resemblance to a young Beatle! We were also boosted by the unexpected arrival of postman Page who we thought had taken strike action against Eddy and the Vets but he opened the changing room door just minutes before kick.

A sloping pitch, windy conditions and players missing could be a leveller but the Bosworth lads really put the pressure on early doors and Serdar had little to do. Stephens got an early goal, a ball came into his path and he helped it past the keeper with a sweeping volley into the far corner, this was a great start for the Vets and gave us confidence.

Bosworth were getting joy when playing it into feet as high balls were just being taken by the high wind, the second goal was well worked when a ball into Stephens and a knock round the corner into Dans path as he dispatched past the oncoming keeper into the far corner.

Almost immediately though Dunton replied, a cross from the right was not dealt with and it eventually fell to the feet of a free player, a good finish from their wide man who had too much power on the half volley for Sid to keep out.

Bosworth scored a third when Scotty turned midfielder to meteorologist and judged wind speed and strength to curl a wind assisted free kick from distance straight into the far corner.

Defensively Bosworth looked good with a solid back three, a sun kissed Risdill playing out from the back calmly complimented by an aggressive display from Dicko and Griff, Dicko was first to every ball whilst Griff made some robust challenges trying to rescue his first touch.

Half time came and Bosworth were pleased to have a few goal advantage as again the weather could be a leveller in the second half.

In the second half Bosworth changed shape to try and tighten it up a little and the lads adapted well to the changes. Risdill was well protected after a lathering of Soltan and all subs were made.

A fourth goal came from Postman Page, some good work down the left hand side and Page was competing for a 50/50 ball with the goalkeeper and he got their first to finish well. Brave play to extend Bosworths lead.

Dunton pulled a goal back almost immediately, a long ball cleared bounced beyond Sid towards goal and the opposition striker used any means he could to get the ball into the back of the net much to the frustration on some of the Bosworth Players.

It was then Wilsey’s turn to add to the tally with a driven shot across the keeper into the far corner, this was undoubtedly the goal of the game to control a shot like that with the conditions as they were. What a goal from the young Beatle!

Page finished brilliantly for the sixth and final goal, a good move which he scored with aplomb into the roof of the net under pressure. What a return for Page!

There were a few fractious moments near the end as the opposition were getting a little frustrated with Page just as they were with Stephens in the first half but Bosworth remained calm and collected and were ready to celebrate in the bar with a post match Madri!

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