An excellent team performance every week we seem to be making a step forward
With a full compliment of players we arrived at Barton on a cold blustery day and sat in the 1st Changing room we can remember being in. The pitch was small which led some good end to end football with the wind blowing largely from side to side.
It was effectively a game of two halves Barton had the better play in the 1st half although we were not far off the pace. They scored after a shoulder barge gave them a penalty at 20 mins. However, at 22 mins Harry had a free kick just outside the box on the left hand side, he put a lovely flighted ball into the six yard area for Shooting Boots to put his toe on a great goal. Adam kept us in the match with some terrific reaction saves and he came out well to close the attackers down. After the goal we seemed to largely control their attackers but at 30 mins they scored! HT 2-1
In the second half we had much the better of the play and always looked dangerous. At 42 mins a header from Cam made it 2-2. We also had a couple of additional gilt edged chances that got away and multiple chances.
Then we had two very controversial decisions which ultimately challenged us and took the game away. A tackle from behind in their box on Harry and the goal we scored that Cam tapped in when the ball was over the line that was deemed offside on Cam. As we saw both teams had lined up at the centre spot but the Barton linesman continued to protest and the referee changed his mind. One of a few strange decisions in our view.
So at 2-2 after many chances, looking the better side and holding the Barton attack at bay they scored on 50mins 3-2. You could have picked our jaws off the floor. But the boys jaws were square on their faces and they continued to rally with Flynn scoring from a looping shot at 55 mins.
Some rather odd comments were made during the match such as when one of our players was caught with a high kick, something like "Hes only two foot tall how can that be high" etc......
What was really pleasing was the amount of chances, the work rate, we were the harder side and we did on the whole close down very well. Some great passing football was played. The boys should be proud.
Full time 3 -3 a great game.
Man of the match BUT it could have been the whole team was Mehmet for a terrific performance sponsored by ................................Dick Tracey
Quote of the day whilst travelling back in the car Bomber was talking to Old Man and said "he did not like the ball they played with it seemed a bit strange" for old man to reply "yes it was strange it had air in it".
With a full compliment of players we arrived at Barton on a cold blustery day and sat in the 1st Changing room we can remember being in. The pitch was small which led some good end to end football with the wind blowing largely from side to side.
It was effectively a game of two halves Barton had the better play in the 1st half although we were not far off the pace. They scored after a shoulder barge gave them a penalty at 20 mins. However, at 22 mins Harry had a free kick just outside the box on the left hand side, he put a lovely flighted ball into the six yard area for Shooting Boots to put his toe on a great goal. Adam kept us in the match with some terrific reaction saves and he came out well to close the attackers down. After the goal we seemed to largely control their attackers but at 30 mins they scored! HT 2-1
In the second half we had much the better of the play and always looked dangerous. At 42 mins a header from Cam made it 2-2. We also had a couple of additional gilt edged chances that got away and multiple chances.
Then we had two very controversial decisions which ultimately challenged us and took the game away. A tackle from behind in their box on Harry and the goal we scored that Cam tapped in when the ball was over the line that was deemed offside on Cam. As we saw both teams had lined up at the centre spot but the Barton linesman continued to protest and the referee changed his mind. One of a few strange decisions in our view.
So at 2-2 after many chances, looking the better side and holding the Barton attack at bay they scored on 50mins 3-2. You could have picked our jaws off the floor. But the boys jaws were square on their faces and they continued to rally with Flynn scoring from a looping shot at 55 mins.
Some rather odd comments were made during the match such as when one of our players was caught with a high kick, something like "Hes only two foot tall how can that be high" etc......
What was really pleasing was the amount of chances, the work rate, we were the harder side and we did on the whole close down very well. Some great passing football was played. The boys should be proud.
Full time 3 -3 a great game.
Man of the match BUT it could have been the whole team was Mehmet for a terrific performance sponsored by ................................Dick Tracey
Quote of the day whilst travelling back in the car Bomber was talking to Old Man and said "he did not like the ball they played with it seemed a bit strange" for old man to reply "yes it was strange it had air in it".
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