Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Hendon 3rd with 88 points, Needham Market 19th with 49, 39 apart. On recent form Needham Market sat only 28th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 19th overall. Per game in the league, Needham Market were scoring 1.41 and conceding 1.83, Hendon 2.15 and 1.28, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Needham Market had lost three in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The venue was Bloomfields, with room for 4,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 6 more goals closed it at 3-3.


