Shirebrook 5 Eccleshill 1

No game for Retford today, and as it turned out, we didn't need to play to strengthen our position at the top of the table. But with the onset of spring, and with Mrs Oops insisting on doing some decorating, I sought solace down at Langwith Road.

It was never going to be a classic. Shirebrook were second bottom of the NCEL. Eccleshill were third bottom. And truth be told the omens weren't good. The pre match "entertainment" consisted of piping Mansfield 103.2 FM thru t...
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