Lots of people said they were going for the weekend, but I didn't see any of them. Whitby was supposed to be pretty full due to a 60s weekend. On looking round this was unclear whether this was music from that era or was the age of most of the people there. Well I made it and stayed and I am definitely not 60!! How did I do it. Well despite it being the start of October (Well it was on Sunday) see below for my luxury home for the weekend.
I'm not sure if the owner of the campsite thought I had taken leave of my senses when shortly before 9pm on Friday night I arrived in a very dark field asking for room for two nights. Despite the appearance in the picture, there were other insane people in the field, but not too many.Once waking up on Saturday, it looked a decent decision as the weather certainly wasn't what one expected for the last day in September. So a stroll to Robin Hoods Bay was on the menu.
Anyway on to the middle of the afternoon where a football match actually happened and it was certainly the most entertaining game I have seen this season. Mossley finally looked like a Unibond Premier side and they really pressured Whitby early on. Whitby were struggling to cope with the pace of the Mossley attack as Bingham, Shaw and Wright with capable support from Cooke attacked the hosts. Many of the Whitby fans were livid as they constantly appealed for offside and while some calls could have gone either way, many times it was due to the pace of the Mossley attack and a rather slow Whitby backline. It came as no surprise when Mossley took the lead with a well taken goal from Joe Shaw. Whitby weren’t about to let Mossley have the game their own way and netted an equalizer through Tom Claisse. Peter Wright almost gave Mossley the lead straight after this but shot narrowly wide. Whitby got away with this one but two minutes later Joe Shaw netted his second of the game to give Mossley the lead again.
The second half saw Whitby turn the heat up and it was no surprise when they equalized again with Tom Raw (fish joke coming….. No I’ll leave it out!!!) firing past Trueman. Recently Mossley would have collapsed but the opposite happened and Mossley took the game to the hosts with some of the best passing football and movement I have seen from the current side. In fact it was more like the side that dominated proceedings back at the start of last season. Chance after chance went begging and great defending from Danny Farthing and some fine saves from David Campbell kept Whitby in the game.
It appeared like the moment had finally come though when an excellent weaving run from Peter Wright resulted in Campbell bringing him down in the penalty area but he redeemed himself with a great save from Wright’s penalty. You just knew it would happen when Farthing scored in stoppage time to give Whitby a rather undeserved victory which some of their own fans even admitted, although we did mug Burscough in a similar fashion at the end of August.
Many positives can be taken from this game, but in particular the pace of the attack and the midfield combination of Bowker and Knight looked formidable with Melford having possibly one of his best games in a Lilywhite shirt. Well it’s Whitby again on Tuesday and if the game is tackled with the same gusto and spirit then a three point haul could be ours, but this is football so anything could happen.
Well back to the weekend as I braved another night in my tent.
Not a wise decision as it rained nearly all night and I woke in a rather wet field, but as the fog and mist lifted a fairly pleasant day was had with a hike across the cliffs at Robin Hoods Bay. It rained again late on Sunday afternoon but I was on the way home by then.
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