Friday 13th Sunday 15th October 2006
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At
last we had everyone available and 18 players rolled into Saltford (although
some forgot their away kit!)
Game
1 - The line up was:
Joby
Jack Callum
Josh Joel
Dan
Joe
Rolling Subs: Tom & Luke
We attacked down the
right from the kick off and gained a corner.
Joe whipped in a great cross which Jack came in on, but unfortunately
his header went over the bar. They had a
corner and we broke out through Joe. He
played a great one two with Dan and got into the box where he was tackled. It came back to the halfway line where Callum
hit it and it flew just wide. We had
another corner which came in and Dan on the back post put it back into the
middle. Jack, almost on the line tried
to bundle it in and we sort of cheer thinking it’s in, but it wasn’t until Josh steamed in and whacked it high
across to the other side of the net 0-1. We attacked again and Joe controlled it to Dan
who returned the compliment.
Joe under pressure passed
it wide to Dan again who found Joe and his cross was put out for a corner. It was great link up however between Joe and
Dan. We attacked down the left and they
managed to clear it across the pitch to where Callum was waiting 20 yards
out. He had a shot and the ‘keeper made
an excellent save to push it out for a corner.
Joby then had a goal kick from the floor which evaded everyone right
through to Dan. He controlled it but
took it slightly wide and as the ‘keeper came out, he flicked it past him, but
the wrong side of the net. We
pressurised their goal-kick and Josh
took the ball wide on the right to cross it, and as it came in it hit one of
their defenders and went in 0-2. We pushed forward and left ourselves open to
a counter attack. They were through, but
Jack raced back and put the ball out for a corner. Their ‘keeper then had the ball and launched
it as hard as he could. The bounce
evaded our defence and their striker was through, and he went around Joby and
rolled it into the back of the net as both Jack and Callum tried their best to
cut it out 1-2.
We
attacked down the right to win a throw and Dan threw the ball over both Josh
and Tom’s head to where Jack was
steaming in and his power got him in on goal where he beat the ‘keeper at the
near post 1-3. Joe then attacked down the left and crossed
it where it missed everyone except Luke
on the back post and his first time shot found the back of the net 1-4.
They attacked and we broke out with Tom.
He reached the halfway line and played a lovely ball for Joe to run
through on. The ‘keeper came out to
narrow the angle and Joe’s clip over the ‘keeper rolled just the wrong side of
the post. From their throw near our
right back position we broke out with a cross-field ball to Tom halfway. He played an inch perfect ball through for Josh to chase and he calmly passed it
past the ‘keeper 1-5.
We
attacked down the right where Joe won it and crossed it to Tom. Tom shot straight at the ‘keeper but Josh was right in their and just took a
little touch to deflect it past and into the net 1-6. Josh and Tom then ran
almost the length of the pitch passing it together until Tom leathered it but
their ‘keeper made a great save. Joel
won it in defence and attacked down the right before cutting inside. He took one touch too many however and they
gained possession and counter attacked. Joby
however made an excellent save. The ball
went forward via our left where Dan won it and played it back to Tom. Tom played it down the line to Joe who put a
lovely cross in, but we hadn’t managed to get in there, that’s how quick the
break had been. We won the ball on the
halfway line with Tom and Joe going for it.
Joe got it and powered past
the defenders before placing past the ‘keeper for his first goal of the season 1-7.
We attacked down the left and Joe put a great cross in to where Dan was left alone at the back
post. He hit it first time past the
advancing ‘keeper 1-8.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Andy for
excellent play and continuous effort
– Josh
Game
2 - The line up was:
Sam
B
Spike Mark
Josef Jim
Max
Chilly
Rolling Subs: Sam K & Jamie
From the kick we got the
ball to Max and he attacked down the
left before unleashing a thunderbolt, which hit the left post, came back, hit
the ‘keeper on the head and went in 0-1. We attacked down the left again and Max had a
shot then Jim followed up before the ‘keeper got to it just ahead of
Chilly. Max won the ball in the middle
and passed wide to Chilly. Chilly
crossed it into the middle but the ‘keeper just got there first. Ethan took a great corner which was met by
Max at the back post with a header, but it was just wide. We had a throw on the right which was gotten
to Max. He had a shot, which the ‘keeper
got his hands to, but Sam K was
waiting and followed up to put it in the net 0-2. A big kick from Sam B
was headed on by Sam K and Chilly was through, but his touch was too hard and
the ‘keeper got it.
They hit us on the break
and two were through, but Sam B got there quick to gather it. Great battling by Josef got the ball to
Chilly and he got it wide to Sam K who put in a lovely cross but it just evaded
Max. There was a bouncing ball in the
middle which Josef knocked on at goal.
The ‘keeper would have gathered it but Chilly followed in and made him
panic into conceding a corner. Sam K
battled hard to win the ball and drove it in low and hard. Chilly got his toe to it deflecting it high,
but somehow their ‘keeper got his hands to it and tipped it over. A throw by Josef was chased by Sam K.
He held off a Saltford defender and buried it past the ‘keeper 0-3.
Sam K then battled back to win the ball, ran forward and played it
through to where Chilly was waiting but he tried to flick it past the ‘keeper
without really looking and it went well wide.
A ball forward was headed
on by Sam and Josef passed left to Jim and he shot, but it was wide. They attacked and we had four onto one, but
Sam B won it and ran right down the line with it, passed it inside to Chilly who battled to beat two players
before beating the ‘keeper with it 0-4. The Saltford attacker won the ball wide on
our right and ran forward across the field evading challenges as they came in
and then shot for the far corner 1-4. The ball on the halfway line was won by Sam
K. He passed the ball down the line to
Jim who beat his player and shot, but the ‘keeper made a great save to push it
out for a corner. A massive kick by
Jamie was brought down by Chilly on the edge of their area, but he was tackled
and they broke and Jamie made a great save on the line. They attacked into our area again and first
Spike slid in with an important challenge, then Sam K cleared it. Max won the ball and got it down the line to
Sam K who had a shot and the ‘keeper made an excellent save for a corner. Jim took it and it missed everyone except Josef at the back post and his shot was
deflected into the net 1-5. They then had a corner which we cleared and
chased after. It was hit back into our
area where Sam B faced three players and they gave him and Jamie no chance 2-5.
Man of the Match –