Saturday, 9 September 2017

Match report: Weatherfield County vs South Wigan Rovers

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Sports journalist Nathan Spafford gives us a very special report from today's Weatherfield County game.  

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 Weatherfield County’s inconsistent start to the season continued with a credible 1-1 draw at the home of South Wigan Rovers.

 Despite star player Tommy Orpington opening the scoring in County’s first away game of the season after just six minutes, most of the action took place off the pitch as Weatherfield’s new mascot Buzzy Bee settled himself into his new surroundings pitch side.

With Buzzy’s predecessor having run off in his eight foot rooster costumer following last week’s disappointing 3-1 home defeat, the new character, portrayed by lifelong fan Kirk Sutherland, was graciously welcomed to the fold by the travelling 26 County supporters.

 Their cheers however would not last the full 90 minutes as after Orpington’s early opener – which sparked a full team celebration between the players, manager and oversized bee – was not a sign of things to come.

 The rest of the first half was played at a pace akin to Norris Cole ‘leaving’ the site of some juicy gossip while brushing up outside The Kabin.

What the match lacked in entertainment was being made up for by Buzzy, who was leading chants alongside a particularly boisterous and bubbly blonde woman who screamed at the top of her voice and urged fellow supporters to take pictures of Buzzy ‘stinging’ her whenever the ball was out of play.


 With the game nearing its conclusion and Weatherfield looking good for a second win of the campaign, South Wigan had other ideas as Rodrigo Estario – not a local lad – struck a stinging volley from the edge of the area as usually hapless goal keeper Tom Hastings saw a rare deserved clean sheet cruelly snatched away as the two sides had to settle for a point apiece.

Nathan Spafford


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