Droylsden v Belper Town (FA Cup 4th Qual)

Well that was some game .. the Droylsden fans bemoaning their poor performance whilst failing to acknowledge a belting second 45 minutes from the Nailers - ironic in a way that the two MOMs in the club afterwards went to the two keepers !!!

It was good that the visitors from Derbyshire were welcomed with some typical Manc weather (!) - the first half has to been seen as Droylsden's - there was one moment when the Belper keeper Paul Pettinger (fondly remembered up here as a Stalybridge keeper who "leaked a few") was throwing himself from one side of the goal to another. Not that Belper were fazed by the opposition - they put some good stuff together - while Anthony Wilson had a "quiet" game (in my opinion anyway), both Lee Stevenson and Ben Walker "made themselves known" up front ....

If the Bloods shaded the first half - Belper came out after the break with all guns blazing - and made the team from two divisions above look really poor - OK it could have gone either way towards the end - but the Conf team certainly knew they'd been in a game (and in the club after it was good to see Unibond Curzon Ashton had snatched a draw at Conference Hinckley as well )

So .... the draw for the FA Cup 1st Round "Proper Like" is apparently on the telly tomorrow lunchtime - it will be interesting to see what comes out of the bag for all teams "still in it" - while Droylsden might fancy a local bash against Oldham or Rochdale, Belper might look to Leicester or Notts County....the Tuesday replay looks like a "goer" for me - we're on holibobs this week anyway - the car is "in dock" on Wednesday a.m. so .....

Plus today we had a "meeting of togs" - Droylsden snapper Carl, Belper snapper Tim - and the "neutral" (viz moi !) .... you now get the holy trinity of pix ... !!!!

Carl from Droylsden ...

http://www.bloods.fotopic.net/c1600943.html

Tim from Belper ...

http://www.timharrisonphotography.com/NailersAction/DrylsdnAFAC0809/album1.html

And ....

http://mossleysmiffy.jalbum.net/DroylsdenBelper/

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