Five To One Baby, One In Five
Sunday 30th September 2007
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The
three games that I felt were always going to be the hardest ended up being our
first three. They were out of the way,
and although we had lost all three of them, I felt that we had a chance over
the next eight games to put some points on the board in some way, starting with
St Nicks ‘A’
The
line up was:
Joby
Callum Tom
Jack Joel
Spike Sam K
Josh Max
Joe Chilly
Substitutes: Dan, Mark
& Sam B
They
attacked early and were through, however both Tom & Callum showed great
pace to get back and win it back before Joby completed the clearance. Joe threw to Tom and his first time
crossfield ball to the right was headed inwards by Sam K and Chilly raced in
only to see the defender get there marginally ahead of him and push it
out. Just under ten minutes gone and we
succumb to our usual as a corner comes in, we don’t clear it and a player on
the edge of the area hit it hard and high and it crept in just under the
crossbar to give Joby no chance 0-1. A big ball from Tom saw Joe head to Max and
Max head back. Joe went left and shot,
but it was into the ‘keeper’s arms.
Callum worked the line with two consecutive throws and then Sam K hit it
inwards on the second to Chilly. He was
in space and just outside of the area and elected to shoot rather than go a bit
closer and it was into the ‘keeper. The
ball came to Tom. He hit it to Chilly,
who crossed it right to Josh and he shot.
The ‘keeper made the save but could not hold it and Max had followed in to score 1-1. They forced a corner. It was swung inwards and Jack could only head
it on to where Callum and an attacker tried to get it. It hit both of them, but they were heading
goalwards and so the ball did as well 1-2. They were through and Jack’s attempted block
just serve to deflect it away from Joby towards the corner of the net, however
he made a magnificent dive to his right and with one hand pushed it away. Tom played the ball forward and Sam K got
it. His momentum took him past one, then
two then three players and as he ran out of space he knocked it to Chilly. Chilly instantly played it back in front of
Sam, but in that split second they had pushed up and he was caught offside,
otherwise he was in on goal.
From
their throw, Tom headed it outwards and Sam K got it and ran. He went past two players and was through on
his left foot and shot at the near post, but the ‘keeper saved for a
corner. The ball came into our box and
it was the same old story. We made four
or five blocks but no one really took control to clear it and eventually it
came to the edge of the box where one of their players hit it hard and no one
was on the line to stop it 1-3. We were breaking forward when we lost the
ball and they hit it over the top to chase.
Callum sprinted back and as they were about to shoot, Callum slid in
with a great tackle to knock it away from them and Joby got it. Josh played a great one-two with Chilly and
was away down the right. He crossed it
in and the ‘keeper got his fingers to it to push it towards Max and his
toe-poke rolled agonisingly the wrong side of the post. Another ball into our area and we again had
three or four chances to clear it away but didn’t and it was in the net. It’s a good thing this isn’t typed word for
word as by now the narrator was swearing rather angrily to himself! 1-4.
They attacked down the left with some good play and the cross to the
back post was met by two unmarked attackers 1-5.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Andy for excellent play
and effort – Callum & Chilly