Tags
Dragons, Halton Stadium, Irlam, Jack Ashley, North West Counties League, Rugby League, Widnes Vikings
Saturday 4th January 2013 ko 15.00
North-West Counties League Division One
WIDNES VIKINGS 3 (Tollitt 49 McEvatt 85 87)
IRLAM 1 (Mooney 11)
Att 71
Entry £5
Programme £1.50
When the rain is this bad it’s no bad thing to have a guarantee that the game will be on! That said, it was notable that as soon as I reached Stoke, the rain stopped and the North-West Counties League was one of very few leagues that saw the majority of its scheduled games take place. However the fact that Halton Stadium has a 3G artificial pitch took the worry out of travelling. In any case I do have a soft spot for the NWCL, not least after Atherton Colleries helped us at GroundhopUK by coping with over 100 hoppers at short notice when we had a postponement on a hop we were organising. Continue reading