Sunday 22 February 2006.
1st Match
1st Half
St Vallier
started well; pushing the ball straight into the Fry’s half with no reply from
Fry’s to win the ball back. St Vallier won a corner
that was knocked in high and fell to the boot of Fry’s defender Jonathan Shorland who couldn’t control the ball and mis-kicked into the back of the net for an own goal.
Fry’s got straight back to
work with some better passing in the middle of the park and out to the wings. A
good pass from Mitch Thornton to Kyle Morris saw him weave in and out of three
players to drive the ball home for 1-1.
St Vallier
continued to push the ball back into the Fry’s half and were unlucky not to
grab another goal.
2nd Half
Fry’s tried to get hold of the game but were unable to put any good passes together, giving the ball to the opposition with nearly every ball played forward.
Only good defending from Joel Rowbottom and Jonathan Shorland stopped the visitors scoring again but still the balls played forward were very poor.
A poor pass was then picked up by a St Vallier player and with Keeper Aaron Loughlin out of position in front of his goal gave the Saints player an almost open goal, 2-1.
Fry’s replied with a good run down the middle of the pitch and a late tackle by a St Vallier player on Mickey Parsons saw Mickey carried off with a bad injury to his ankle. With a free kick awarded to Fry’s, Jonathan Shorland powered a good ball into the penalty area that was helped into the net by the head of Kyle Morris to make it 2-2 with only seconds to the final whistle. A good fight back to draw a game that Fry’s were never really in.
Final score: Fry Club Juniors 2 St Vallier
2
Man of the match – Kyle Morris
2nd Match
1st Half
A good start by Fry’s saw the ball taken down the wing
and crossed straight in across the goal. As St Vallier
cleared the ball a Ben Clapp shot was stopped by the hand of a St Vallier player and a penalty was awarded to Fry’s that Ben
Clapp coolly slotted home,1-0.
Fry’s attacked
from the restart and winning the ball straight back they began passing it
around with ease.
With the
ball staying firmly in the St Vallier half, Fry’s
could have gone 2 or 3 up with shots from Ben Watt, Ben Harper & Mitchell
Thornton all coming close.
A good
run down the wing saw a Mitchell Thornton cross slotted home by Ben Clapp,2-0.
St Vallier make an attempt to break into the Fry’s half but
are stopped in their tracks by the solid tackles of Corey Reid who cleared the
ball with a 30 yard pass to the feet of Mitchell Thornton on the left wing.
Mitch then switched the play to the right where Ben Clapp collected his pass
and slotted home for his hat-trick.
Again Fry’s were straight
back at St Vallier with Ben Harper latching on to a
lose ball in the visitors penalty area to make it 4-0.
With
Saints now forced into constant defending Fry’s were not letting up with their
will to keep the ball with some of the best passing I have seen all season.
A Ben
Clapp pass to Mathew Holloway was passed on to Ben Harper to net his 2nd,
5-0.
2nd Half
Fry’s
continued the stronger team with a cross from Ben Clapp into the box finding
Ben Harper to get his hat-trick.
With
Saints unable to break through the Fry’s midfield the ball was won by Jordan
who passed out to Mitch, he then whipped in a low ball for Ben Harper to run on
to for his 4th, 7-0.
Again
Jordan Finch won the ball in midfield and passed out wide and this time running
on to receive the ball back to grab another goal for the home side, 8-0.
St Vallier came back at Fry’s and managed to get a shot at
goal but it was no trouble for Keeper Aaron Loughlin.
Fry’s
returned this with a thunderous shot from Ben Watt that was saved by the visitors keeper but was unable to hold and was slotted home
by Ben Clapp, 9-0.
Saints
still couldn’t find an answer to this as Mathew Holloway weaved around two or three players to notch
goal number 10.
With confidence at a high Fry’s passed the
ball brilliantly again to set up Ben Harper with his 5th goal and
Fry’s 11th.
Final score: Fry Club 11 St Vallier
0
Man of the match – Ben Harper
Joint score: Fry Club Juniors 13 St Vallier 2