Sphinx Match Called Off

Last updated : 25 January 2014 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry Sphinx's Midland Alliance fixture at AFC Wulfrunians was postponed fifteen minutes before kick off.

Both teams were set to go as a downpour was followed by thunder and lightening as well as hailstones. erupted.

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The referee threw the ball into one of the numerous puddles on the pitch  and called the match off, although his two assistants were happy to start the game.

Sphinx: O'Neill, Galdins, Dyke, Wilks, Sullivan, Fletcher, Bannister, Moore, Downie, Fowler, Hill. Subs: Knight, Baxter, Williams, Dainty
 
AFC Wulfrunians: Tipton, Sedgemore, Burd, Palmer, Golding, Skeogel, Perks, Rose-Laing, Thompson, Stevenson, Howells. Subs Webb, Marsh, Jackson, Asbury, Thomas.