Belper 1 Nottingham 2

A Belper side without Jeff Longdon is a welcome sight; a Nottingham side with a Cursham, Wills, Anderson midfield and Young sweeper is equally welcome. Except Cursham was playing an unfamiliar role of right back and Young was umpiring.

Nottingham looked unsure as Belper dominated the first 15 minutes, but gradually settled and created a few forays into the oppo D. Whilst taking the lead was probably against the run of play, it was a well taken chance - a crisp strike from mid D from Llewelyn (playing for Nottm).

The second half was competitively fought, and the Osin / Anderson duel probably equal. Belper equalised from a short, but Nottm (with Young back on to strike) regained the lead from a deflected short with 15 minutes to go.

Retiring to the Rifleman Arms, the team settled to watch the end of the Spurs / Blackburn game. Not much interest normally, except Jim A needed a Spurs win to complete his seven predictions & a £50 jackpot - result.

Report by D Llewelyn; side run by Jim Anderson

Nottingham: Thompson, Kaye, Johnson, Hulme, Cursham, Anderson, Young, Wills, Gregory, Quinn, Hillier, Nettleton, Llewelyn D.