Hosts Come Close Again - Chinnor vs. Penn And Tylers Green

Rural feel at Station Road

Recently I've been trying to get around to visiting clubs who tweeted me back on bad weather days but I ended up elsewhere. Latest on this list were Chinnor who today were hosting Penn and Tylers Green in The Hellenic League Division One East. A couple of weeks back I saw Chinnor just lose 4-3 at Wallingford and they would need another big effort to claim anything against mid table Penn and Tyler Green. Today's visitors have been forced to play at Amersham this season after their clown local council rejected their application for floodlights on some pathetic grounds. Which is a real shame as French School Meadows and the village itself is a really great place to visit.

Kick off in the spring sun

Chinnor come to taking an early lead as a low, hard shot is well saved by the Penn keeper. It doesn't take long for Penn to take the lead though when a ball across goal is tapped in from close range. The visitors get the second as the attacker is able to lash the ball in at the near post. Penn look they are going to run away with it, this time the forward is left to tap the ball in from close range after the Chinnor keeper loses the ball. Just the like the other week at Wallingford, Chinnor don't give up and they get back into the game when a free kick isn't fully cleared allowing the forward to score with a smart finish. They get their second just before half time setting things up nicely for the second half.

One nil Penn and Tylers Green

Sadly the second half doesn't match the first. Both teams have chances to add to their tallies and Chinnor send the keeper up for a couple of late free kicks that sadly come to nothing. So both times I'd seen them, Chinnor had shown a lot of fight and were unlucky on both occasions to not win a point.

Chinnor looking to get back into the game

To get to rural Oxfordshire you first need to get a train to Wycombe and then take the 40 bus from the bus station to Chinnor which takes around half an hour. If you get off the bus just after entering the village you can visit The Wheatsheaf  which was welcoming and had a good beer garden which was welcome on the first proper Spring afternoon. A bit closer to the ground (and next to the bus stop for home) is The Red Lion which had a choice of ales as well as the sports channels. The ground had a real rural feel to it and there were a lot of red kites soaring over the pitch including one that saw something on the near touchline. The clubhouse at the ground had the usual selection of drinks and while there were sadly no programmes it was still more than a worthwhile trip out.

Pair of stands at Station Road