REVIEW OF LAST NSL HOP 2016?

Precision Nottinghamshire Senior League Groundhop 2016

End of a era, Hoppers asked me, Is this really the last one Rob? Maybe but never say never I always reply. Maybe every couple of years have a reunion day hop including the new clubs that enter the Notts Senior League, maybe a January Hop using the clubs that play on 4g pitches, it maybe worth chancing as there are more and more 4/5g pitches now and the weather is usually not too good in January, but at east none of them games would be off.

Its the morning after the weekend and how do I feel, well I thought all 10 clubs involved respected themselves and league in a excellent light, they all made a few quid and gainned a lot of friends along the way and put themselves on the footballing map, not only in the Nottinghamshire area but all over the UK and also to our hopper from Sweden.

All the clubs did their best and were polite, caring and had time for the hoppers and Ive received email after email and facebook messages galore that only have favourable things to say.

I must thank all the hoppers who have become good friends over the years for supporting not only me, but of course who does a lot of hard work usually behind the scenes and also Shawn of course, I think most of you laughed at his joke when he eventually got hold of the microphone on the coach.

I must thank all the clubs and hoppers and officials who donated to the blogs charity through donations, raffles or buying at the stall as we raised a amaziing £451, a massive thankyou to you all.

The matches were different with a great game on the Friday Night where Attenborough beat Awsworth Villa 5-1 in front of 218 people. The Saturday morning saw a early start with a 0-0 draw in front of a crowd of 291 between Beeston v Underwood Villa, we then travelled to Bilborough United where 239 people saw a early goal for Bilborough United to take the points against Ashland Rovers, on we went to Nottinghamshire FC where visiting club Gedling Southbank supplied the boy and girl balls for the game and boosted the crowd to 301 where the visitors took the points home after a 3-0 victory, a lot of tired legs were then beginning to show and we headed to Real United v Unity, where sadly the jerk chicken man didnt turn up, the pie warmer didnt work, so all the pies had to be microwaved, so it put them behind on things, but on the pitch inbetwween a heavy shower and a nice rainbow, the players played their part in a evenly matched 1-1 draw.

I have also had a lot of comments about all 15 match officials saying how good they were, not one bad comment about the whole hop, so am I pleased the way it went, if it is my last one as organiser then the answer would be yes, but remember..never say never.