Day 62

The Reserves faced North Ferriby in a friendly today. It wasn't easy picking a team from the dregs of the first-team and Under 18 squad. We only selected eight substitutes out of a possible twelve.

Pacquette opened the scoring with a vicious strike into the roof of the net when he had way too much time in the box in the 4th minute.

It was a terrible game. Both teams struggled to do anything decent, giving the ball away, squandering possession, and wasting goal-scoring opportunities. And Camaño, the only player whose performance I cared about, looked awful.

Platt blasted a penalty over the bar in the 39th minute. Rather than react with disappointment, I shrugged my shoulders. It's that kind of day.

North Ferribly equalised on 47 minutes, when a lovely through ball made our central defenders look awful and Brown converted his chance. That was probably the highlight of the match, from an impartial viewpoint. No, wait, make that any viewpoint. I struggle to recall a worse game, qualitatively speaking.

North Ferriby striker Richard Brown earned a well-deserved man of the match. He was the only player to impress for either side. We drew 1-1.

I don't know when I'll schedule the next Reserves friendly—probably next month. The first team next plays in six days.

Mansfield won their game in hand, so they're three points clear of us—with a five goal advantage. Wrexham still have to play their catch-up match.