SUN
30 SEPT 07
HENBURY
COLTS 6
FRY
CLUB COLTS 0
With a reduced squad, we
travelled
to Henbury still confident we could get a result, but
it was to prove a little different.
The opening 10 minutes were even with neither side
creating any good chances. However, from our first corner, a great cross in
from Mo Bouaziz across the goal just failed to
connect the head of Charlie Frampton, a good chance we were to regret as
Henbury's first shot at goal was just mis-handled
into the path of a striker to put them 1-0 up. Soon after it
was 2 as another mistake allowed the ball to fall at the feet of another
striker who made no mistake. With emotions running a little high, a rash
challenge brought Henbury a third goal from the
penalty spot. A fourth followed following a lucky shot which looped over the
head of Craig Francis who could do nothing to stop it. Our best spell of the
game came in the last part of the first half. James Boulton,
now moved forward, hit his volley straight at the keeper and Mo’s free kick grazed the bottom of the bar before coming
back out into play. Our pressure and movement began to show but we still could
not unlock the Henbury defence.
Some honest discussions were made at half time to
rally the dropped heads and this worked as we went a long way in the second
half without conceding. 2 further half chances were created, including another
driving free kick from James Boulton which just cleared the bar and a swivel
and turn shot which the keeper saved. We even had the luxury of giving away
another penalty which was missed by Henbury. However, a 5th and 6th
goal saw us lose to our heaviest defeat for some time. Two shining lights in
the match was Danny McCarthy's
calm character when asked to move into defence and
mark a very good striker and Michael Payne, who got better as the game went on.
He was awarded today's Man of the Match for his effort
in an otherwise bitterly disappointing team performance. We can of course play
a lot better which the players now have to prove.
SQUAD:
Craig Francis, Michael Payne, James Boulton, Oli Murray, Danny McCarthy, Mo Bouaziz,
Oli Randall(Capt), Kyle Curtis, Charlie
Frampton, Jordan Knight, Scott Gregory,
Ryan Gibbs, Lewis Watt, Scott Palma