Arrived at the ground in good time and cut across the back of a rugby pitch (there was a game on at the time) to get to the football pitch, remembering that the part behind the posts is a bit more important in Rugby. Paid £4 to get in - this was nominally for a programme as they can't charge for admission.
Fawley started the game strongly and the ball was mainly in the Verwood half for the first 15 minutes. Both teams weren't keeping possession with balls being hit first time back to the opposition. Verwood started to put some pressure on Fawley with some good counter-attacking football. Both of Fawley's centre backs should have been booked for fouls but they were punished by one of the freekicks they gave away. Verwood took it quickly and found one of their strikers in space. He ran forward through the left of the box and hit a shot past the keeper.
Verwood were unlucky a few minutes later when a cross-cum-shot beat the Fawley keeper but came back off the crossbar to be cleared away. The bright sunshine was making it difficult for the players to see the ball and there were a couple of occasions where high balls were missed as a result.
The second half was dominated by Verwood but they were unable to add to their first half goal due to a lack of clinical finishing. When they were able to create good chances, shots were either hit wide or straight at the keeper. There was one glorious chance where a striker took the ball round the keeper only to hit the ball straight at the covering defender when a bit of composure would have put his team 2.0 up. At other times, good runs weren't spotted and the Verwood bench weren't too happy about this.
Toward the end of the game the wind direction changed and the acrid smell of the refinery wafted over the ground. Perhaps this inspired the former Esso team as they created a couple of chances late on, hitting the crossbar with one header in injury time.
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