We were running short of players and just prior to the game we had another one out. With only 11 players against a title challenging side it was going to be hard work. The hard work started just before 9 with the set up and finished just before kick off, and then started after the match until 12.30. We will be PRAYING FOR HELP AT THE NEXT HOME GAME as it was just too much this week. The Banbury team turned up at 9.30am and started practising and Jamie provided some help with us marking up the pitches, thank you.
We started well making challenges and closing down and Banbury did not get time to settle but we could not keep this up over the whole game and gradually we gave more and more space and the superior passing of the Banbury team took its toll. Their first goal after 10 minutes was not pretty but they all count and at HT we were 5-0 down. Some good quality forward passing put our defense under pressure as the midfield could not keep that level of running up. We did however have a two or three half chances they had maybe seven or eight but they converted them.
At HT we took stock of the game and prepared ourselves for the second half. In particular we prepared ourself for the colourful language of Jamie the away manager. When I say colourful I dont mean in a swearing way although I understand some of their parents had a few things to say. Apparently he normally enjoys the finer things in life, philosophy and flower arranging were his main priorities. He uses comments like lackadaisical and langourous instead of words normally used, like 'pass and move'. These are redundant in his modern under 11 football world.
After going 6-0 down in the 2nd half a goal from Cam at 45 gave us a sliver of hope! We finally rounded off the 2nd half at 2-2 to retain some dignity. FT 7-2. A good overall spirit and the most important thing was it never changed, we all tried until the final whistle and for that I applaud all the boys. A hard game with players missing but we kept trying.
Man of the match for his effort, commitment and determination plus some useful tackling was Mason (well done). Sponsored by the philosopher Confucious 'Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it' We use this a lot watching U11 football.
Congratulation to Banbury Town Youth . In all seriousness they played well and consistently as a team and the passing was enjoyable, If not the result to us! Wait till we play them next time.
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