Fry Cub Colts U13 (3) Brislington (1)

September 18, 2005

The Fry’s boys were really up for this game for several reasons. Last season the points were shared as both teams took 3 points from either game, and a number of players from Fry’s and Brislington attend the same school, so pride was at stake.

Fry’s started positively and passed the ball around well. They had many runs at the Brislington goal which paid off in the 10^th minute when a good shot from Dan Buley was well saved by the Brislington keeper, who was unfortunate to only push the ball away into the path of Ryan Davis who fired the ball into the net.

1 nil up and Fry’s were playing well but were unable to convert the chances that they made. Brislington started to look strong and their striker got on the end of a through pass, to toe poke the ball past the advancing Jack Baber in the Fry’s goal.

As seen in previous games this season, the Fry’s boys didn’t let their heads go down, and continued to attack. Excellent work from mid field (Skinner and Thomas) advanced the ball out to Ryan Ellett on the left wing, who passed the ball into the box to Dan Buley, who turned and fired a low shot, on the turn, low under the Brislington keeper to put Fry’s back into a deserved 2-1 lead.

The second half started off just as competitavley as the first with Fry’s on the attack. They were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty in the 40^th minute when the Bris defender was climbing all over Harry Pople when both went up for a header in the box.

Over the next 20 minutes Fry’s were reliant on Jack Baber in goal to stop the onslaught from the Brislington attack. One superb save awarded Bris with a corner, only to see the excellent in-swinging ball plucked out of the air by the leaping keeper.

In the 68^th minute, a through ball into the Bris area was chased down by Dan Buley and a Brislington defender in a 50 –50 tousle. Fry’s were lucky to be awarded a penalty by the referee. There was no doubt about the outcome when the ever reliant Danny Curtis stepped up to smash the spot kick into the roof of the net to make the score 3-1.

The second half seemed to go on forever, with Justin Skinner coming close in the 76^th minute from a free kick just outside the area.

It was a relief when the final whistle came, for both the Fry’s players and the crowd to this hard fought game, which if most chances had been profited on, would have been won in the first half by the Fry’s boys.