Page 3 - Bath City v Chelmsford City - Tuesday 15 December 2020 - FA Trophy

JERRY SPEAKS

Good evening everyone I trust you are all keeping well.
It’s another night of frustration by the looks of it in terms Todays front cover comes from
of you all being able to return to Twerton Park to watch a the 1991/92 season, a year in
live game. From our side as a team of staff and players it which City finished 9th in the GM
will affect us massively. We were all excited at the prospect Vauxhall Conference. Tony Ricketts
of being cheered on by some home support but BANES men exceeded all predictions to
have now blocked this. I really hope they rethink this as finish in the top half and had Paul
our Covid and safety measures are second to none in the Randall to thank with his 26 goals
Stadium, something that has taken a huge amount of time in all competitions. The average
and effort to put in place. attendance at Twerton Park
Back to the football - well what a week that was!! I have was 706.
to give a huge amount of credit to my players on the
effort, commitment and resilience they had to show.
The Dorking game was very impressive in terms of carrying
out a game plan and sticking to it. We deserved to win the
game because of this. Goals from Donavan and Tom Smith with some of the lads having to go straight to work. That’s
were very good moves with that added quality. Yes, we when non-league football becomes tough and where you
had to defend a lot especially from crosses against a very see real men and characters.
good side. We stood firm and the only disappointment was
Tom Mehew sent off for two yellows when the ref didn’t After training Thursday we then had another early start
have to make that decision for the handball. The three off to Chelmsford for our third away trip of the week.
points made for a very nice coach trip home. Thankfully the journey was smooth but we still got back to 3 Jerrys Notes
the west country for around 9.30pm.
Tuesday we left Bristol at 1.30pm for Concord, the players
of course having to take half days at their workplace. At The game itself was crazy. At halftime we went in 3-1 up 4 Commercial News
7.30pm we are still on the coach having been stuck on the deservedly dominating the half. Goals again form Donavan
M25 stationary because of a crash. When we did arrive, and Tommy plus an own goal as we looked very exciting 6 From the Boardroom
the warm up was minimal and preparation not ideal in going forward. The second half the fatigue really set in and
regards after the players being sat down for over 6 hours. the week took its toll on all the players physically. After 11 Chelmsford History
they had scored a poor goal from our point of view we
Ironically we started the game looking fresh and bright and again struck back through Donavan.
got a fantastic goal again through Tom Smith from one of 12 Getting to Know
our corner routines. The football we were playing was like In all honesty we should have then, at 4-2, scored a few
the Bath City team we have been for the last few seasons. more and put the game to bed but it made for a very Chelmsford
On conceding two goals to go 2-1 down was really unjust nervy last 20 minutes after they got back in the game at
especially as we felt their first goal was offside. 4-3. We for sure deserved the three points and to take 15 Last Time Out
6 points out of a possible 9 on the road all week was
Credit to the players they kept believing and got back in fantastic. Let’s hope we can now build on this and keep
the game second half with a deserved penalty and goal our performance levels high going into another busy 25 The Pledge
from Tommy Conway. We went on to dominate the whole period.
of the second half and should have really scored a few 29 Flashback - 1974
more goals after creating good chances. Tonight in the FA Trophy gives an opportunity to take a
break from the league and try to get some success in this
To concede in the 94th minute and lose the game was so competition. A home tie awaits the winners so all to play 30 Next Match Preview
disappointing. We just don’t seem to be getting the rug for tonight in another tough challenge but one we are Swindon Supermarine
of the green but in saying that we have to defend better looking forward to
in general and get back to clean sheets to give us a better 33 Right Side
chance in games. COYR Callum Evans
We all arrived home around 4am Wednesday morning JERRY
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