West Allotment Celtic FC

Last Thursday at West Allotment Social Club we held our football talk in with Justin Lockwood acting as host looking after our invited Speaker's, Bob Moncur and John Beresford. The night was attended by just over 100 people who enjoyed the banter and some of whom went home with some nice auction items. Special thanks must go to J. F Potts and Sons and Thomas Potter who sponsored the evening. Also D&J Installations who used the event as their xmas party and brought along about 31 people . West Allotment could not survive if these businesses did not support our events. Look out for information regarding a sportsman dinner next year .

On Wednesday West Allotment travelled to Crook and took part in an entertaining match which either side could have won but ended up a 2-2 draw. Crook started the match well and it was not surprise that they took the lead and had Allotment pinned in their own half. However the goal seemed to wake West Allotment up and they then started to play and after a headed equaliser from S. Little from a corner they took control of the game and where unlucky not to be ahead at the break.

The second half started well for Allotment until the ball broke down the right and the cross was chested pass his own keeper by S.Little, so a goal at each end . West Allotment then battled to get back in the game which became a real end to end match as neither side could retian possesson . Gary Day then went on a good run into Crooks box and was brought down.  Up stepped P.Swithenbank to smash the ball home.  The match could have gone either way with Allotments goal keeper pulling off a great save to block a certain goal, the referee's watch seemed to have broken as about seven minutes of injury time was played.

The result left Allotment joint third with some interesting games coming up where we will need to take points if we are serious about a promotion push.

As the festive period approaches the fixture machine at the Northern League has decided to make it a busy time for Allotment.  The Christmas period always is a tough one and is important if Allotment want to stay in touch at the top of the league.  In the last two league games Allotment have taken four points with a home win over Darlington and an away draw against Washington although Washington finished with nine men. During December Allotment will be playing seven games with twenty one points up for the taking.

Off the field its also busy as the Talk in is taking place on the 8th of December at West Allotment Social Club and features Bob Moncur and John Beresford as the guests and Real Radio's Justin Lockwood comparing. The tickets are almost all gone win only about ten remaining,  which considering the time of year and the current financial crisis is fantasic. A big thank you must go to D&J Installations who are taking 40 of their staff and to J.F.Potts and Sons for sponsoring the event. Our Club sponsor has also stepped in to help so a big thank you to Thomas Potter.

There will be some fun on the night with heads and tails and some really good auction prizes up for grabs.

West Allotment are also in the early stages of planning a dinner next year which will be held jointly witha charity fun raiser  so watch this space. We are also looking for new letter draw sales people, generous rates are paid to all those who sell our letter draw,  so why not get involved.

The teams recent form has been good and with Allotment also progressing in the league cup beating Jarrow on penalties on a very windy night things are looking good. A away draw at Thornaby on the 22nd of October was followed by a good 3-0 home win over Washington. Part of West Allotments problem in the early part of the season was putting the ball in the net. Well with D.Lee scoring four goals in his last five games and other like Tony Lancaster finding the net the goals are flying in.

We must apolize for the lack of match reports on this site but the Steven Allott who used to do such a great job has had to leave the club due to work commitments. If anyone out there follows West Allotment and fancies a go at writing the reports please get in touch

On a different note the talk in tickets are almost sold out for the 8th of December so get in quick if you want to come along and have a great night.