Graham Street Prims 0, Borrowash Victoria 0 (17/04/2017 12:00) - The real Spondon derby

In January I watched Belper United play Prims on Vics' pitch at the Asterdale complex in Spondon. As Belper are temporary users of Vics' Anderson Electrical Arena such a match can't really be considered as a proper derby clash. The real Spondon derby is Vic's versus Prims; both teams have grounds at the Asterdale and both compete against each other in the East Midlands Counties League (Step 6 / Tier 10), and have done for a number of seasons now.

Today I was at the Baytree Cars Arena, with my father, to see Prims (third from bottom) host Vics (mid-table) in a league derby.

Both teams had plenty of chances to claim the Spondon bagging rights but both teams lacked a bit of composure or quality in the opponents' box. Vics, as the league table would suggest, had a touch more about them but not enough to challenge the record keeper.

The 50 or so spectators were reasonably entertained on this cold spring lunchtime, but I hope they get to see some goals if they go on to see a teatime or evening game today.