Wickham Market 28th February 2009

This one goes down as a bad day at the office!!

The line up was - Ollie S in goal, Sam in defence, Jack, Curtis, Will in midfield, Dash & Freddie up front. Keiran and Curtis on the bench.

We started off playing at a snails pace across the middle of the pitch and paid the price for it. From the kick off Wickhams midfielders were all over ours winning every ball and looking like they wanted it. Within a few minutes we had a lucky escape when they hit the post and Ollie caught the rebound. Unfortunately this wasn't enough to wake us up and they drove forward again. Sam was left exposed when Wickham were allowed to cross unhindered, Ollie got his hand to the ball but it dropped kindly to their striker who had an easy tap in to an empty net.

A very disappointing start. It took us another 10 minutes before we actually started to look like we wanted to play a game. When we finally started to get the ball through to the strikers we looked dangerous. Freddie and Dash linked well. Freddie was able to get the ball across to Dash several times but each time the shot was narrowly wide or the keeper made a good save. at the end of the half Dash collided with the keeper and was unable to play in the second half.

From the kick off we stormed forward and spent the rest of the game camped in their third of the pitch. Freddie and Curtis carried on from where Dash left off and came very close to scoring but not quite getting there. Freddie hit the post and had a shot cleared off the line after blasting it from the edge of the box through the keepers legs.

Wickham defended very well and had all of their players in their box for the whole of the half. Their keeper played out of his skin and through pure determination hung on to their 1-0 victory. Their manager was understandably ecstatic and couldn't beleive they had hung on for the win.

Man of the match was Sam Bilton. He defended well and was a one man team in the first 15 minutes.

B Game

We lined up- Alex in goal, Kyle in defence, Dan, Cammy, Ollie M in midfield, Nat and Jake up front. Connor R & Charlie W on the bench.

Still reeling from the first game it didn't take long for the B's to put a smile on my face as they started the game looking like they wanted it. (and possibly to avoid receiving the same rocket I gave the A's :-) ) We used the width of the pitch well and passed the ball around with style. We were rewarded after 6 minutes when Nat played a good pass through to Ollie Mac who finished well to make it 1-0.

A few minutes later the ball was cleared out of their box Cammy met it and smacked it first time into the top corner. An absolute stunner!! 2-0.

Wickham kicked off, we won the ball straight away and the next thing I saw was Nat cooly rounding the keeper to make it 3-0. Three goals in 4 minutes.

Within two minutes Ollie returned the favour and set Nat up for his second goal. 4-0.

Again we won the ball straight from kick off and Jake finished well to make it 5-0!

Jake finished off the half with his second to make it 6-0 at half time. A brilliant half of football. Alex was strong and confident in goal and his kicking from the ground and from his hands was excellent. Dan Cammy and Ollie worked hard in midfield and provided plenty of ammunition for the strikers to work on. Any thing that got past them was met by Kyle who was having his best game of the season.

Wickham didn't give up and pulled one back after half time. Charlie W finished well to restore our 6 goal cushion. 7-1.

We continued to dominate but again Wickham fought well and scored a second. 7-2.

We pushed forward at every opportunity. Wickham were much better in this half making it a more even game. We finished it off when Dan shot past the keeper to make the final score 8-2.

A great game and a well deserved win.

Man of the Match went to Kyle Smith. Despite the goals flying in he kept us safe at the back allowing the rest of the team to storm forward.