For the final game of Easter Saturday I headed south to the famous brewing town of Tadcaster.
Tadcaster has long been associated with the brewing industry due to the accessibility of the local water as the town lies on the River Wharfe.
Three breweries are still in production today. The Tower Brewery (owned by Coors), John Smith's and Samuel Smith's Old Brewery, which is also the oldest brewery in Yorkshire and the only remaining independent brewery in Tadcaster.
Naturally it would have been remiss of me not to sample a wee drop of ale whilst in the town so I did that before tucking into some of the best fish and chips i've had in a long time.
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| A rather odd structure behind the goal |
They were founder members of the Northern Counties East League in 1982 and won the Division One title in 2010. They are having a good season this year and are on course for a top six finish.
Tonights opponents Barton Town Old Boys, from Humberside, are not far behind them in the table so a close game was expected. Ahem.
In fairness though, for the opening hour or so it was pretty close, sometimes it was borderline dull or maybe that was just me starting to wane a wee bit after such a long day.
After Tadcaster missed a penalty in the opening two minutes, Ashley Dexter (20) gave the visitors the lead before Terry Taylor (39) equalised to send the sides in level at the break.
The turning point occurred. Callum Ward was sent off after 61 minutes for violent conduct and it totally changed the game, but not in the way that was expected.
Assuming Barton would then take control with their man advantage, the opposite happened.
Taylor gave Tadcaster the lead after 67 minutes and the game was fizzling out until the last 10 minutes when the homesters went nap, with some sensational strikes to boot.
Goals from Stuart Rice (80) a Phil Winn own goal (85) and Chris Youldon (88) meant a convincing victory for Albion.
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