WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL SAW US WELCOME TWO GATES TO THE CAMPUS FOR A EVENING LEAGUE FIXTURE, THEY CURRENTLY LIE 3RD IN THE TABLE WITH OURSELVES IN 5TH POSITION,A WIN WOULD SEE US CLIMB JOINT 3RD WITH OUR OPPONENTS AND WE WOULD ALSO HAVE 2 GAMES IN HAND ON THE 4TH TEAM WYRE FOREST SO AS WE AIM TO FINISH AS HIGHLY AS POSSIBLE THIS WAS POTENTIALLY A BIG GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS. THE FIRST HALF SAW US MAINLY BOSS THE OPENING 45MINS WITH OUR OPPOSITION ON THE BACK FOOT,THEY STARTED 4-4-2 BUT AFTER 10MINS SEEMED TO DROP A STRIKER IN TO MAKE IT A 4-5-1 AT TIMES TO TRY AND STEM OUR SUPPLY TO OUR STRIKERS,HOWETHER AFTER A GOOD TEAM MOVE FOR THE 1ST AND A CLEVERLY WORKED CORNER FOR THE SECOND WE WAS 2GOALS TO THE GOOD(LUKE MOULTON X2) ON THE HALF HOUR MARK WITH OUR DOMMINANCE PAYING OFF, THERE WAS THE ODD LACK IN CONCENTRATION THO AT TIMES AND A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS WE NEARLY CONCEDED WITH POOR CLEARENCES AND OVER PLAYING IN WRONG AREAS, WE SHOULD OF BEEN FURTHER IN FRONT GOING INTO THE BREAK AFTER A COUPLE OF GLORIOUS CHANCES FELL TO BOTH OUR FRONTMEN WITH G.FOWKES MISSING A GUILT EDGED 1ON1 LATE ON IN THE HALF,TWO GATES NEEDED HALF TIME QUICKLY BUT WE DID'NT AS WE WAS WELL ON TOP AS THE HALF CAME TO A CLOSE. HALF TIME 2-0, THE SECOND HALF STARTED EVENLY FOR THE OPENING 10MIS AND ALTHOUGH WE WAS'NT AS DOMINANT ONLY A TOP SAVE FROM THE TWO GATES KEEPER STOPPED OUR FRONTMAN L.MOULTON GRABBING HIS HAT-TRICK WITH A GOOD LOW SAVE TIPPING ROUND FOR A CORNER KICK, THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF SAW US STARTING TO TIRE LIKE I THOUGHT WE MIGHT AFTER A HECTIC FIXTURE LIST WHICH SUM LADS WERE PLAYING THERE 4TH GAME IN 5DAYS,WE STOPPED DOING THE SIMPLE THINGS AND ALLOWED THE OPPOSITION TO PUSH US BACK,WE BECAME WASTEFULL IN POSSESION UNLIKE THE 1ST HALF AND UNDERSTANDABLY THE WORKRATE DROPPED WITH LADS RUNNING ON EMPTY, THE CENTRE MIDFIELD WAS STARTING TO GET OVER-RUN WITH OUR RIVALS PUSHING US HIGH UP THE PITCH AND THEY STARTED TO HAVE A REAL GO AT US,THEY INTRODUCED 3SUBS WITH FRESH LEGS AND WE HAD NOTHING TO BRING ON AS WE HAVE A BADLY DEPLETED SQUAD DUE TO INJURIES AND ILLNESS SO WE NEEDED A MASSIVE EFFORT OFF THE LADS AND A BIT A LUCK TO SEE US THROUGH,TWO GATES GOT A GOAL BACK IN THE 65TH MIN WITH A TOUCH AND GO OFFSIDE DECISION GOING THERE WAY TO MAKE THE SCORE 2-1,THE GAME STARTED TO GET SCRAPPY AND SEEMED TO BE PETERING OUT UP UNTIL THE 80THMIN WHEN THE OPPOSITION WENT 4-3-3 AND HAD A RIGHT GO AT US WE RODE OUR LUCK AT TIMES BUT THE DEFENDING WAS TOP NOTCH AND THEY CAME ACROSS A UN-BEATABLE DANNY SEYMOUR WHO PULLED OFF 3 WONDER SAVES LATE ON TWO OF WHICH WERE POINT BLANK ONE ON ONES AND THE OTHER WELL ONLY GOD KNOW'S HOW HE GOT TO IT,THE GAME ENDED WITH US PICKING UP A MASSIVE 3PTS AFTER A 2-1 WIN. AFTER A SPELL RECENTLY WHERE HE(DANNY SEYMOUR) HAS BEEN LACKING IN CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT HIMSELF THAT HE HAS MADE SUM GAME CHANGING MISTAKES IT WAS WONDERFULL TO SEE HIM BACK TO HIS BEST AND I THOUGHT THE CHARACTER HE SHOWED TO BOUNCE BACK WAS TOP CLASS, I COULD'NT BE MORE PLEASED FOR HIM AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TEAM ITS GREATLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CONFIDENT DANIEL SEYMOUR PLAYING WELL. OVERALL A GREAT RESULT WHICH FIRMLY PUTS US IN WITH A SHOUT OF FINISHING 3RD BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY PUTS US IN A GREAT POSITION OF FINISHING HIGHER THAN OUR NOISY NEIGHBOURS BIRCH COPPICE AND DUDLEY WOOD. NEXT GAME SAT 21ST APRIL CASTLECROFT RANGERS AT HOME(LEAGUE).
