Hangleton attacked the BBOB goal straight from the kick off, their shot on goal was cleared and Dan Buchanan attacked the Hangleton defence down the left wing but the attack came to nothing. In the 3rd minute Seb Stall, in his first game this season, broke down the right wing and crossed the ball into H in their box , his shot went wide. Hangleton counter attacked from the goal kick, their shot on goal was collected by Mike who miss-kicked the clearance to a Hangleton player who shot over the bar. In the 6th minute Dan B attacked down the left again his shot on goal was pushed over the bar by their goalie, Ryan took the corner and H and Dan B both had shots on goal the latter being cleared for another corner, this time taken by Luke, his ball into the box was headed over by Dan B. In the 17th minute Seb was fouled on the right but the free kick came to nothing.
Dan B seemed to be attack at will down the left side, in the 19th minute his shot on goal was saved by the Hangleton goalie, a minute later he crossed the ball to the far side of their goal to H who missed the chance to score. Seb was fouled a minute later on the right side, the free kick went to H how passed it to Dan B who’s shot went out for a corner, the corner kick fell to Joe Marshall who hit the ball over the bar. In the 25th minute Ryan attacked through the middle, he passed to Joe Marshall who hit the ball over the bar once again. Hangleton counter attacked from the goal kick, their shot on our goal was cleared by Joe Howard and the two corners resulting from this were adequately dealt with by the BBOB defence.
Finally in the 31st minute BBOB got the goal they deserved, a cross from H on the right was tapped in by Joe Marshall, 1-0 to BBOB. Two minutes later in a Hangleton break down their left Dan Edwards was adjudged to have fouled on of their players and received a yellow card, the free kick was saved by Mike.
Hangleton got the equaliser in the 35th minute, with a break down the middle. Two minutes before half time Dan B attacked their defence down the left, he crossed the ball into the box but the chance was missed by Luke. Just before half time a Hangleton ball went over Dan Edwards head and allowed them to break through the middle, their shot on goal was saved by Mike.
BBOB had totally dominated the first half, but the chances created had been squandered and it remained 1-1 at half time.
BBOB started the second half much like they had finished the first, Dan b attacking their defence two minutes after kick off, his cross into the box was met by H who headed it onto Joe Marshall, his shot went wide of the right post.
In the 54th minute Paul Barton was replaced by Seb Woolf. Two minutes later Ryan took a quick throw-in on the left to Dan B who ran at their defence, the ball eventually being taken off him by a defender just outside their penalty area. Titch collected the ball from a throw-in but his shot from just outside the penalty area went wide of the left hand post. Seb Stall’s shot on goal from Joe Marshalls pass in the 66 minute went wide of the goal. BBOB were creating the chances but nt converting them.
In the 68th minute Joe Marshall was replaced by Ben Middleditch, his first appearance this season. Ryan was coming into the game more down the left and linking well with Dan B, Seb Stall hit a shot wide from one of Ryan’s quick throw-ins. Another throw-in by Ryan in the 73 minute resulted in a bit of a goal mouth scramble with several shots being fired by the BBOB forwards, but each shot was somehow stopped by the Hangleton defence. Against the run of play Hangleton scored in the 77th minute, they won a throw-in on their left; the player collected the ball from the throw-in, turned and hit a shot towards the goal that just flew into the back of the net from the outstretched hand of Mike, 2-1 to Hangleton. Would the ball had gone in if the goals had been the right height? The BBOB heads did not drop and they continued to attack the Hangleton goal. Dan Edwards took a free kick in the 85th minute just inside the BBOB half, assisted by the wind, it just went over the cross bar.
The game ended 2-1 to Hangleton; BBOB had dominated the send half much as they had the first, although they didn’t play as well. The chances squandered cost us the game. Although we have been playing well and creating chances in all games we are not converting those chances. With five games played and only a draw and four losses we quickly need to turn this around.
