Shane O’Connor’s goal (and VEC’c 2nd) in the 75th minute ensured a hectic ending to this game as we battled hard for an equaliser, Having gone 0-2 down in the first 20 minutes. Paddy Cook’s 10th goal of the season a minute later made it 1-2 only for the visitors to score their 3rd on the half-hour mark. Then a marvelous 2nd half VEC performance unfortunately just fell short at the end.

The visitors were somewhat fortuitous to be leading 4-0 at half time. Although they played some nice football, 3 of the goals came from rebounds in a 20-minute spell. A better performance from VEC in the 2nd half, even after sustaining 3 injuries, kept the score-line down, and although we missed some good chances (pic.), Harding added a fifth on the hour mark and fully deserved this victory.

The number seven shows up a lot in everyday life: 7 days in the week; 7 continents in the world; 7 primary colors in a rainbow ; 7 basic musical notes (‘do’, ‘re’, ‘me’ etc.); the 7 seas; and even 7 dwarves with Snow White; and then the 7 wonders of the ancient world.
Well, the number 7 turned up a lot in this match, but there were no wonders unfortunately.
The visitors scored in the 7^th, 21^st & 35^th minutes before Paddy Cook pulled one back for VEC in the 42^nd minute (note: all multiples of 7)! Paradoxically, they went further ahead in the 56^th minute (work it out) just before our no. 7 received a yellow card! Btw, it was pretty dark when the game ended at 7 minutes past 8.