Dösjöbro

Ground: Dösjöbro Idrottsplats

Visits: 1

Date: 27th August 2016

Match: Dösjöbro - Nosaby 2-2 (Division 3 Södra Götaland)

Attendance: 120

Having visited IFK Trelleborg last weekend I only had one ground, Dösjöbro IP, left to complete Division 3 Södra Götaland. In Sweden Division 3 is level 5 and there are 12 teams in 12 different Division 3-leagues. Division 3 Södra Götaland is the most southern of those leagues and with the weather being glorious I was looking forward to my visit. Kick-off was at 15.00 and 70 minutes before kick-off I parked my car outside Dösjöbro IP. Dösjöbro IF was, via the play-offs, promoted from Division 4 at the end of last season and I didn´t expect much from the ground. There are no proper stands at Dösjöbro IP but there are plenty of benches to sit on in the west side of the ground. No running tracks and a natural grass pitch still makes this an ok ground for this level. The most famous player coming from Dösjöbro is without a doubt Jörgen Pettersson who played several season for Malmö FF, Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Copenhagen before returning to Sweden.

Nosaby are fourth in the table and only have their pride to play for in their remaining games. Dösjöbro on the other hand are four points from the relegation play-offs and need to pick up points. In the first half a Dösjöbro player was free with the keeper five times but the home team failed to score from any of those chances. Instead it was Nosaby who scored the first goal towards the end of the first half, 0-1 at half-time. Hardly a fair score but you don´t earn goals, you score goals. Nosaby doubled their lead in the second half but Dösjöbro refused to give up. They missed a couple of other great chances before eventually scoring in the 75th minute. With five minutes to go a Nosaby played used his hand to clear the ball and from the resulting penalty-kick Dösjöbro made it 2-2. The last 10 minutes were really end to end stuff but despite both teams trying their best to get the winner the game ended 2-2. An entertaining game for me as I completed Divsion 3 Södra Götaland!