Friendly:
St. Andrew's 3-1 TESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
St. Andrew's
had a reputation for being one of the more 'committed' teams in division
one. This seemed fair enough as they hit the bar about 10 seconds after
kick off!! Testwood's experimental defence of; Sheps, The Billows Boys,
and Grant Angel coped fairly well after this, making a series of heroic
tackles and blocks.
At the other
end Frapwell dragged a one-on-one shot just wide. Rob Oag had a header
from a corner hacked off the line and Chris Hendley fired in a low shot
which went wide. However, during a heavy challenge, Hendley had to leave
the field with concussion and a visit to the hospital was on the cards.
St. Andrew's
proved to be a very good team and they took a well deserved lead after
a sliced clearance was deflected across the Testwood box, and the SA striker
was left with a simple chance.
Half Time:
St. Andrew's 1-0 Testwood
Again, St.
Andrew's started the better of the two sides and they extended their lead
early in the second half, after suicidal Testwood defending gave them another
soft goal.
Lack of
quality service from the Testwood flanks meant that goal mouth action was
in short supply at the other end. However, Graham McClaren ran half the
length of the pitch, then screwed his shot narrowly wide. Neil Tuck shot
high and wide from an impossible angle when a cross seemed the better option.
McClaren then put Oag through, but his low shot was well saved.
With about
15 minutes to go, Testwood were awarded a freekick about 20 yards from
goal. Up stepped CHRIS ALLCOCK to curl a magnificent effort into the top
right corner.
However,
St. A's restored their two goal advantage a short while later in controversial
style. Jof Billows cleared his lines for a throw-in, and retrieved the
ball as it had gone into some trees. But the SA player took a quick throw,
while Jof was emerging from the undergrowth, to a striker who was now completely
unmarked, who ran on to score. This was doubly bitter for Jof, as the referee
had insisted that he re-take an earlier throw-in as an SA player was off
the pitch.
Final score:
St. Andrew's 3-1 Testwood
The squad:
Cheyne, M Billows, Shepherd, J Billows, Angel, Allcock, Oag, N Tuck, Hendley
(J Murray 45), Frapwell (McClaren 45), Prince.
