Thirsk Falcons draw against Bedale
On the last Saturday game before Christmas, amid lots of postponed matches, Thirsk Falcons team welcomed long rivals, Bedale, to their home ground at Sowerby Gateway, for their last football match of 2012.
Amid the increasing gloom of a misty and increasingly chilly mid winter afternoon, both teams played a fairly friendly game with a very rare three man official staffed soccer game.
The cold and mist made it a hard match to follow and play in for all concerned, and even more so after half time, when poor visibility made the game even more difficult to see the action, and harder for the officials to do their jobs well.
Thirsk Falcons once more struggled with player availability but made a good effort in an equally matched sparring session that gave little quarter, and was up and down the two ends throughout……
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