Corner Ball - Tuesday Night Football

I went to watch Arnold Town versus Staveley Miners Welfare on Tuesday night in the Northern Counties Eastern League

Details of the match are :

Arnold Town 3
Staveley Miners Welfare 2

Attendance 101

The floodlights are quite weak, so you could not get proper action shots with movement . This is shot from behind the goal as the players wait for a corner to be errrr 'crossed' into the box !

Arnold are in the maroon jerseys and Staveley in the 'Luton Town circa 1973/4/5' orange !!

Non League football is a breath of fresh air from the English Premier League especially when your team (Bolton Wanderers) is next to bottom of the EPL.

I like the vivid colours and the angle of the shot with the goal netting and crossbar and post.

Pity about the floodlight glare and a bit of flare too...but we are in Europe and flare's are quite common on European football pitches (a footie pun that ...not a vey good one though)

[ShadowDancer]

Awesome shot, Phil, great colors and light, and so clear!

[Cherrill]

LOL If Bolton cannot satisfy...try Arnold Town!! Flares on the pitch...hahah...in the 70's they were on the terraces too! :-)) I love all the different positions going on here and the atmosphere...nice shot Phil! Wonder what Saturday brings?

[andy c]

nice one.. Not looking too good for any Lancastrian teams at the moment is it...

[Kerri]

Awesome lighting

[Mags]

Very cool shot! Well done!

[Pat Knowles]

Great outdoor atmospheric photo of your boys night out !!! Like the way you have caught the action in the goal area & such a clear shot of the pitch through the net !! Did you note Leeds 0 Blackpool 5 !!! the other night !!

[Judith Greenwood]

Cool shot Phil - I think I might have to support Stavely Miners Welfare just because they have a great name. @andycoleborn However much the southern-centric government may suggest otherwise most Lancastrians consider Manchester and Liverpool to be in Lancashire instead of those new nonsense counties!!

[peter/zipp]

Great stuff phill -- i know Staverley quite well, got some mates from there in The Lakes..

[Jennifer C]

love the POV, you are so close to the action

[Juliette Packham]

love the shot Phil - great colours and pov

[Sue Wilde]

Great clear shot Phil. I like it.

[Pat Knowles]

@judithg Well said Judith !!!!

[Phil Howcroft]

@shadowdancer thank you shadow , i was pleased with this shot :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@Cherrill thanks cherrill, i'm glad you got my flare pun :) and a good reply from you about the terraces ....oxford bags were pretty popular on the terraces too......not good though for keeping you warm :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@andycoleborn thanks andy....it is pretty grim for us 'small time lancashire town clubs' :(

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens thanky you kerri :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat I did notice the Blackpool score.......despite being rivals of Bolton, I've always had a soft spot for Blackpool....I think it's the tangerine jerseys...I always like footie teams in vibrant oranges and yellows :)

[andy c]

@judithg HaHa... you know, as Iwrote that I wondered whether Manchester was Lancs or its own metropolitan area... Still... There's only one team in Hampshire.... :-)
@phil_howcroft early days yet mate... Norwich/Swansea punching above their weight at the moment...

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg glad you like my Arnold Town picture....as for names of football teams...there are some fantastic names in the NCEL divisions......see link below
http://www.barisncel.co.uk/tables/long/2011/


Lincoln Moorlands Railway, Parkgate and Worksop Parramore are some of my faves :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sleepdozer57 cheers peter a nice relief from the Prem League...no doubt it will be more tension and upset this weekend as we play host to Stoke City !!

[Phil Howcroft]

@jenrobcarr Jennifer, you stand really close to the action :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle juiette i really liked the colours when I saw it on the screen of my camera:)

[Phil Howcroft]

@swilde thanks Sue, glad you approve of my footie pic :)

[Allison Williams]

You are a true fan, being one of the 101! I like the sense of immediacy in this shot. You did a great job keeping both the net and the players in focus.

[peter/zipp]

@phil_howcroft very probably mate, very probably..

[Ken Lemieux]

That's a good angle for a shot!