Posted by Duncan Colwell on September 6, 2007, 5:02 pm, in reply to "City Youth 3 Chesham Utd Youth 2 - report from Hugh" Duncan.
Thanks Hugh. Spot on again.
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: Allied Counties Youth League Premier Division
: Monday 3rd September 2007
:
: Chesham United (0)2
: Oxford City (1)3 (Corey Forbes 27, 64,
: Richard Norris 87)
:
: Oxford City picked up three points with a
: battling performance in their opening league
: game of the season.
:
: A young City side featuring many newcomers
: to this level, twice saw their lead pegged
: back but had the character and determination
: to keep playing to the end.
:
: The game took a while to settle down and
: there were few chances before City went
: ahead just before the half-hour. A long pass
: by Zac Lafford found Simon Reeves, whose
: cross looked to have evaded everyone, but
: Jon Gotch showed great perseverance to
: retrieve the ball and cross for Corey Forbes
: to glance home.
:
: City held on to the break, but a defensive
: error gave Chesham an easy equalizer from
: four yards ten minutes after half-time.
:
: Nine minutes later City were back in front.
: Richard Norris might well have been given
: offside had the Chesham goalkeeper not
: chosen to play the ball; his attempt to
: dribble round Norris saw the ball rebound to
: Forbes, who showed great composure and
: technique to stroke the ball into the net
: from 35 yards out.
:
: Chesham battled back again and were on level
: terms within 3 minutes, when a corner was
: headed in.
:
: City continued to attack and took the lead
: for the third time when Richard Norris,
: having been set up by the magnificent
: Forbes, slotted home coolly from the corner
: of the 18-yard box.
:
: Chesham tried to retrieve the situation
: during the thirteen minutes of injury time
: but did not test City’s impressive skipper
: Alex Williams. Indeed, it was City who
: should have added to their lead, spurning
: three chances when one-on-one with the
: keeper. The unpredictable Richard Higgs was
: particularly unlucky to see his shot beat
: the keeper and rocket back off the post.
:
: This was a battling performance in all areas
: of the field from City. It was particularly
: encouraging to see the whole team pass the
: ball crisply and work hard for each other.
:
: Team: Alex Williams (capt) – Kyle Harris,
: Rhys Denton, Zac Lafford (sub Kallum Conlon
: 68), Lewis Colwell – Simon Reeves (sub
: Andrew Smith h-t), Ashley Jones, Laurence
: El-Kassir, Jon Gotch (sub Richard Higgs 63
: min) – Corey Forbes, Richard Norris
: Unused subs: Tom Holmes, Dominic Bruno
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