Norman (Home), 11 March 2007
Wymondham -v- Norman
Result: 2-5 Loss
1-3 Halftime
Goalscorers: Matthew Plater
Wymondham Player of the Match: Louis Hyett
Our first ‘home’ match to be played at Wymondham High School was after a long absence thanks to the recent weather issues. It couldn’t have been more different today with a bright and warm spring day to the extent that my face caught the sun, it seems.
Despite some rustiness in our team play, everyone played really well today and the result doesn’t really reflect the effort in what was at times a slightly physical match.
The game was marred, though, by a couple of incidents post-match. In the first, one of the Norman players deliberately scratched the hand of one of our players when the teams were shaking hands in what should have been a display of sportsmanlike behaviour. So I had a word with the Norman Coach and left the matter at that.
When it was just Alex, me, Joseph and Jack left, we then started collecting the corner flags at which point a small group of the Norman players, who were kicking some balls about in one of the goals, started verbally abusing one of the Wymondham players within my earshot. It’s not acceptable to me to have our players do this and likewise I don’t expect that behaviour from visiting players. I shall therefore be taking this up officially with the League.
