Friendly:
Moorlands College 6 - 2 TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
We were determined
to beat Moorlands after previously losing 5-1 to them. Due to illness and
injury however, we were unable to play our strongest side - in fact we
just managed to scrape a team of eleven which meant we had no substitutes.
We had
a harrowing start as within the first 10 minutes Terry
and Roy
Walton clashed heads, failing to call for the ball, and both were carried
off the pitch! This meant that we were down to nine players, resulting
in the referee (ref-ing his first match!) joining our side for 10 minutes
before Roy
was able to return to the pitch. This meant we still had only 10 men, and
continued thus throughout the game, as Terry
was unable to return.
Moorlands
were strong and aggressive from the start and played the better football
throughout most of the first half, although we were unfortunate not to
clench a few goals during the first half. Jon
Buss had a mixed performance in goal, and despite several brave saves
he let in four unfortunate goals.
Half-time
score. Moorlands College 4 - 0 TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
In the second
half we adopted new tactics and a few alterations of positions on the field
were made. This resulted with Rich
Oag (The Boss!) trying his luck as goalkeeper, and Jon
Buss going centre forward, both determined to make this successful.
Throughout
the second half, we got our act together, passing the ball more effectively
and with sheer determination. This resulted in our having a penalty awarded
for handball inside the penalty box. PAUL
DRAKE stepped up to take the penalty, scoring a terrific goal - his
first of the season, sending the keeper the wrong way. This gave our team
morale a boost and determination persisted. This was followed shortly by
Nigel
Hill setting up ROGER
FRAPWELL by a long distance ball, which was controlled and placed past
the 'keeper with good control.
Throughout
the game our defence held up well, however several times the team was caught
out of position and punished by several long range shots.
Final score.
Moorlands College 6 - 2 TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH.
Man of the
match went to Roy
Walton for a sound game in defence.
Team.
Buss
, R
Walton , T
Walton , Hill
, Drake
, Rich
Oag , M
Knight ,
Frapwell , Rob
Oag , ????, ????.
