Newport County 1-1 Bradford City: In England, a bizarre situation in League Two has been viewed with disbelief. During the duel with Newport County, Bradford City goalkeeper Harry Lewis made a huge mistake. The keeper escaped a red card.
As if it were a fit of mental derangement, Lewis stoically grabbed the ball in his hands after twenty minutes. The goalie got a simple action to process and did it well.
Rugby lines were also depicted on the Newport field. One of those lines ran parallel to the sixteen-meter area. Lewis defended the wrong line and was therefore a few meters too far from his target. Without any awareness of the situation, he grabbed the ball in his hands.
The protests from the home team were enormous. Lewis prevented an opportunity while committing the foul. The opponent’s club channel reacted with surprise via Twitter. “How can this not be a red card?”
The understanding referee gave a yellow card and the match continued with eleven against eleven. In the end, both teams scored once to end the game in a draw. A grateful point for the guests in the battle for a ticket for the play-offs.
Dropping further down the tiers of English football, Adebayo Akinfenwa is making his comeback as a footballer. The 40-year-old striker retired last summer after a six-year stay at Wycombe Wanderers. Now the cult player returns to the depths of English football. Akinfenwa joined Faversham Town on Saturday and immediately made his debut for his new club.
Adebayo Akinfenwa joins Faversham Town
Akinfenwa earned his status as a cult player in part thanks to the football game FIFA, in which he was rated as the game’s strongest player several times. With its broad build, the attacker has a striking appearance. Akinfenwa is very popular with the youth. “Sometimes it’s baffling to me. EA Sports once did a survey with which player people preferred to play on FIFA. It was Lionel Messi or me. And then I beat him,” he once told The Guardian.
After a football career of more than twenty years, Akinfenwa thought it was nice last summer. The attacker retired at the age of 40 from Wycombe, the club he served for six seasons. Nevertheless, he now returns, in the Isthmian League South East Division. Together with the Southern League and the Northern Premier League, the league forms the seventh and eighth tiers of English football.
Faversham Town speaks of a ‘coup’ now that the club has succeeded in binding the popular ex-pro. Manager Sammy Moore persuaded Akinfenwa to put his boots back on. The striker also started immediately in the match against Lancing. The 171 spectators saw him in action for 45 minutes. Shola Ayoola took over at the start of the second half.
