Unusual instance to finish off this week’s edition... skip to around 1:05 in that video and you’ll see Jago Godden of Bedford Town scoring an own goal – glancing a free kick off his head and past his own keeper – in a 2-0 loss against Zac Jones and AFC Fylde. An own goal within a Flying Kiwis Derby. Not really what we wanted but it happened, there ya go.
In fairness to Godden, he hasn’t stopped scoring ever since he linked up with Bedford Town from Christchurch United so at least this way he was able to put the ball in the net without spoiling the clean sheet of a compatriot. He scored in four of his first six National League appearances, described by the Bedford Independent (in the context of scoring this own goal) as having been “nothing short of superb in blue thus far”. That’s not including cup stuff because he scored in a regional cup fixture too. They’ve played him in midfield (his main position), on the wing, and even up front. Massive impact already.
As for Jonesy, the former Wellington Phoenix and Haverfordwest County man, this was an eighth clean sheet from 25 matches as Fylde continue to march onwards in their promotion quest. They’re second as it stands, two points behind South Shields with an equal number of matches played. He’s been great all season having played every single minute.
In that interview, Jones is asked about a brilliant save he made late in the 3-3 draw against Radcliffe that preceded the Bedford Town game. It was actually a double stop, the first coming off a touch from his own defender. Here’s a peek at that stunner...
An incredible double save to keep us level at the death.👏
But he did concede three that day and one of those was scored, wouldn’t you know it, by a former Wellington Phoenix buddy. Yup, old mate David Ball popped up off the bench for Radcliffe to score his fourth goal of the campaign. That’s as many as he scored in his last three full seasons with the Nix. Jones never made an A-League appearance for the Phoenix but he did sit on the bench seven times, backing up Stefan Marinovic at the end of the 2019-20 season (during the covid bubble portion after Oli Sail got suspended for his golf cart escapade). No obvious link between Jones and Godden, as the latter was too young to have come up against Jones in any National League exploits back in the day.
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Niche Cache. Jones, Jago Godden & David Ball - all in 6th tier UK.
Unusual instance to finish off this week’s edition... skip to around 1:05 in that video and you’ll see Jago Godden of Bedford Town scoring an own goal – glancing a free kick off his head and past his own keeper – in a 2-0 loss against Zac Jones and AFC Fylde. An own goal within a Flying Kiwis Derby. Not really what we wanted but it happened, there ya go.
In fairness to Godden, he hasn’t stopped scoring ever since he linked up with Bedford Town from Christchurch United so at least this way he was able to put the ball in the net without spoiling the clean sheet of a compatriot. He scored in four of his first six National League appearances, described by the Bedford Independent (in the context of scoring this own goal) as having been “nothing short of superb in blue thus far”. That’s not including cup stuff because he scored in a regional cup fixture too. They’ve played him in midfield (his main position), on the wing, and even up front. Massive impact already.
As for Jonesy, the former Wellington Phoenix and Haverfordwest County man, this was an eighth clean sheet from 25 matches as Fylde continue to march onwards in their promotion quest. They’re second as it stands, two points behind South Shields with an equal number of matches played. He’s been great all season having played every single minute.
In that interview, Jones is asked about a brilliant save he made late in the 3-3 draw against Radcliffe that preceded the Bedford Town game. It was actually a double stop, the first coming off a touch from his own defender. Here’s a peek at that stunner...
An incredible double save to keep us level at the death.👏
But he did concede three that day and one of those was scored, wouldn’t you know it, by a former Wellington Phoenix buddy. Yup, old mate David Ball popped up off the bench for Radcliffe to score his fourth goal of the campaign. That’s as many as he scored in his last three full seasons with the Nix. Jones never made an A-League appearance for the Phoenix but he did sit on the bench seven times, backing up Stefan Marinovic at the end of the 2019-20 season (during the covid bubble portion after Oli Sail got suspended for his golf cart escapade). No obvious link between Jones and Godden, as the latter was too young to have come up against Jones in any National League exploits back in the day.