This was by all accounts a very poor game played in freezing conditions and rain at times. Aveley came into this one off the back of a 5-0 thumping of struggling Ilford so they would of expected an easier match against another of the league's strugglers in Harlow Town. Harlow to their credit more than matched their opponents and both teams huffed and puffed but couldn't find that killer instinct in front of goal. The referee did his best to be the centre of attention which didn't help the cause and the linesman on my side made some rather interesting decisions!!! That aside the game seemed destined to finish goalless....... that was until Aveley were awarded a rather dubious free kick about 20 yards out.....and second half substitute Petrit Elbi struck a cannon of a free kick into the bottom corner of the net giving the Harlow stopper no chance and sent the home fans and bench wild with delight as well as the BBC Essex commentator in the stand who sounded like he was on helium and was about to explode, was definitely a comical moment of the season!!!. That was virtually the last kick of the game and sent Aveley into second place. It was very harsh on Harlow it must be said but the goal was fitting to win any game of football such was the nature of the strike.
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