Hanham Minor League
Broadwalk V Fry Club Juniors
Sunday 12th March 2006.
1st Match
1st Half
Broadwalk kicked off and chose to
shoot from the spot and gave Fry’s Keeper Charlie Goodwin an early scare and
his first touch of the ball with a safe catch from a powerful shot.
The early morning snowy conditions made things
difficult in the first half and both teams found it hard to get the ball under
control.
Fry’s applied the pressure for the first ten minutes
with some excellent passing that quickly created some goal scoring chances.
Broadwalk won a corner that came to
nothing from the initial cross but Fry’s failure to clear the ball gave Broadwalk the chance to take the lead with a goalmouth
scramble,1-0.
Fry’s replied with a good run from Jack Dancey who created a chance to shoot with a neat one-two
pass with Mickey Parsons but was kept out by the Broadwalk
defence.
The home side came back at Fry’s and forced several
good saves from Charlie who did well to keep the score down.
Kyle then came back strong for Fry’s and had several
chances denied by the Broadwalk keeper.
With 5 minutes until the end of the first half Perry
May beat his marker on the left wing to get a shot at goal that was deflected
into the net by a Broadwalk player to level the
score, 1-1.
With Fry’s now full of confidence the Broadwalk keeper had to work hard to stop the visitors
getting another goal.
2nd Half
Fry’s kicked off and Kyle went for goal but was off
target with his shot.
Fry’s start off strong, putting pressure on Broadwalk and putting some good passes together.
A good pass from defender Jonathan Shorland
to Kyle from a BW corner created a shooting chance for Kyle who rattled the
crossbar with his shot to keep the score level.
Another shot from Perry forced a good save from the
home keeper.
Kyle, Mickey and Mathew Holloway all came close for
Fry’s with a goalmouth scramble almost resulting in a goal for Fry’s.
Perry and Kyle were substituted for Mathew and Lee
Heath whose fresh legs put some zip in the Fry’s midfield.
Joel Rowbottom came up from
defence to create a shooting chance that came to nothing.
Broadwalk then won a free kick just
inside the Fry’s half. The shot hit the crossbar with the ball rebounding back
onto the keepers legs and into the net for 2-1.
With Kyle Morris back on and Fry’s now chasing the
game Mickey shot from a free kick put didn’t trouble the Broadwalk
keeper with the defensive wall doing it’s job.
Match
report by Sindy Staples
Final score: Broadwalk 2 – Fry Club Juniors 1
Man of the match – Mickey Parsons
2nd Match
1st Half
An even start to this game with the weather now
cleared saw Broadwalk with an early chance forcing a
save from Fry’s keeper Aaron Loughlin.
Broadwalk replied with some good
passing through the field that won them a corner.
An excellent corner forced a good save from keeper Aaron.Fry’s replied by also winning a corner that was saved
well by the home keeper.
Broadwalk raised their game with
some hard tackles going in and the home side were beginning to show who wants
to win the most. They were first to the ball on most occasions.
With Broadwalk still hungry
to win they were only stopped in defence with strong tackles from defenders
Corey Reid and Ben Watt.
Fry’s now taking charge of the game with some nifty
footwork from Jordan Finch. Midfielder
Both teams soaked up the pressure from each other with
Nathan Munford from Fry’s doing battle with the Broadwalk defenders to see out the half.
2nd Half
With the pressure still on Fry’s to at least get an
equaliser Broadwalk were growing in confidence and
began to show their strength. They seemed to find an extra gear and battle
through the Fry’s players with no answer from the visitors.
Fry’s were now forced to pull together. Ben Harper and
Nathan put some hard challenges in to win the ball and work in midfield with
They succeeded in this but Ben was shut down very fast
by Broadwalk who were determined to hang on to the
2-1 win from the first game.
Fry’s unable to find a goal Broadwalk
hung on to earn a hard fought 2-1 win.
Final score Broadwalk 0 V -
Fry Club 0
Man of the match –
Joint score Broadwalk 2- Fry Club Juniors 1
Match report by Dave Shorland