Retford 1-3 Barton Town
FA Vase 1st Round Qualifying
Saturday 31st August 2019

Retford FC are a relatively new club, formed in 2015. The Choughs
joined the Central Midlands League and were North Division champions
last season, winning promotion to the Northern Counties East League.
The Rail
Babworth Road,
Retford,
DN22 7NJ.
NCEL Grounds visited 29/40
The club moved to The Rail in 2017 after ground
sharing with Retford United. The ground has been developed over a short period
of time with hard standing all around and floodlights for the necessary Step 6
requirements.
There are three stands, an uncovered bank of seats and
a small row of seats behind the far goal, with a similar shallow stand behind
the goal at the entrance end. The changing rooms are behind the far goal at the
back of the neighbouring bowls club. The ground has an interesting entrance
through a subway underneath Babworth Road which bridges the East Coast Main
Line. I've been to quite a few grounds where you can view the passing trains on
this line, but this must be the closest, just a few yards from the team dugouts
on the east side of the pitch.

Retford 1(Evans-Booth 70)
Barton Town 3(Hinchcliffe 23 Cooper 73 Dislay 80)
FA Vase 1st Round
3pm ko
Att.103
Admission £5
Programme £1
Pin badge £3
Coffee £1
Barton took the lead midway through the first half
when a left wing ball was side footed home by Ben Hinchcliffe. As the match
progressed it looked like that goal would be the decider until the Choughs were
awarded a penalty with twenty minutes left, which was converted by Shay
Evans-Booth. The visitors quickly responded regaining the lead three minutes
later when Waudby's shot was saved only for Marc Cooper to be on hand to net
the rebound. The Swans booked their place in the next round of the Vase when
Goddard laid the ball onto Craig Dislay to curl into the bottom corner of the
net to make it 3-1 ten minutes from time.
#HeedHopper
128 miles door-to-door
0841(13 minutes late) Cross Country train to Newcastle
to York, still caught LNER connection to Retford on time at 1004, arriving at
1045. Same route home with 25 minute delays on the East Coast line, returned
back in Newcastle just after 7pm.

I revisited the Dominie Cross for breakfast then onto
BeerHeadZ, White Lion, Ship Inn, Idle Valley and my favourite of the day - The
Brew Shed, where I supped a few of the Harrison ales, brewed just a stone's
throw away from the pub.
I had a very enjoyable day in
Retford and look forward to returning in the not too distant future to do a
similar day trip when I tick off Retford United.
2 comments:
Hi Shaun,
I’m Paul, the QPR supporter who shared the journey from Darlington to York in your company.
Looks like an enjoyable day in Retford, must try out The Brew Shed next time I visit my sister.
Great account of the match and pub activity. I had a great day at Hillsborough with QPR winning, despite the referee!
The train arrived into Sheffield at 11:56 exactly 1 hour late (held at Meadowhall for 40 min) due to breakdown ahead.
Cheers Paul! I had an eye on the QPR game and pleased you saw an away win. All the best!
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