Posted by R Cherry on February 17, 2008, 7:24 pm, in reply to "U11 Colts match Report"
nice one rob a very good report.
thanks
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: Oxford City Colts U11 Match Report
: 17th Feb 2008
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: Littlemore 2 - Oxford City Colts 5
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: With Littlemore having only secured 9 points
: from 18 games prior to today it was Oxford
: City who were the clear favourites going
: into the game. With this in mind coach Roger
: Cherry tried a new formation with top goal
: scorer Bradley Rowbotham playing in defence
: and Grady Cherry and Brian Muinami on the
: bench for the first half.
:
: Littlemore kicked off but neither side
: seemed able to settle quickly, the Colts
: were clearly getting used to the new
: formation and Littlemore looked nervous of
: conceding an early goal. The early deadlock
: was nearly broken on 5 minutes when a
: through ball from Littlemore split the
: Oxford defence to put Littlemore through on
: goal, however the the pressure from a
: rapidly closing Rowbotham was enough to
: force the shot wide. This early defensive
: error was repeated on 8 minutes when a cross
: from the left wing found a Littlemore
: striker unmarked in the area and this time
: he made sure with a low shot into the
: corner, securing an early lead for
: Littlemore.
: Oxford came out strong from the kick off
: with the ball finding Wayne Beechers on the
: left wing and his shot beating the
: Littlemore keeper on 9 minutes to level the
: score at 1-1. Following the equaliser
: Oxfords’ heads were up and they started to
: dominate a very crowded midfield, on 13
: minutes they could have taken the lead but
: Tyler’s shot fell just wide of the post. The
: continuous pressure from Oxford saw another
: shot from Curtis Adams go wide on 15
: minutes. The team’s frustration was now
: starting to show with several rushed shots
: and passes not finding their intended
: targets. A free kick on 25 minutes from just
: outside the area also went wide of the
: Littlemore post. The stalemate was broken a
: minute later by a wonderful looping shot
: from Wayne Beechers which beat the
: Littlemore keeper and found the top corner
: to make it 2-1. Littlemore responded
: strongly with their number 18 breaking down
: the left wing but unable to keep his shot on
: target. At the break Oxford led 2-1.
:
: At half time Grady Cherry and Brian Muinami
: came on and both played up front. The extra
: height and strength was too much for
: Littlemore and after 2 minutes Brian ran
: onto a through ball and slotted it home with
: a clinical first touch, 3-1 to Oxford. He
: could have doubled his goal tally a minute
: later when another through ball almost put
: him in on goal. Oxford were now settling
: into more of a rhythm and Grady Cherry could
: have had two goals in the space of 5
: minutes, one just over the bar and the
: second saved by the Littlemore keeper.
:
: As the half progressed Oxford continued to
: dominate play but frustration was starting
: to show again with a number of passes not
: finding their intended target and several
: shots wide of the Littlemore post. The
: Littlemore keeper was seeing a lot of the
: ball and made several excellent saves to
: keep his teams chances alive. With about 15
: minutes to play Littlemore counter attacked
: but Reese was quickly off his line to make
: the save. A second counter attack minutes
: later saw Littlemore through on goal but the
: offside decision favoured Oxford and the
: score remained 3-1. With only 10 minutes to
: play Grady Cherry picked up a through ball
: and neatly made it 4-1 to Oxford, the
: offside flag had gone up briefly but the
: referee overruled the decision and the goal
: counted. A couple of minutes later Harvey
: Comely picked the ball up from a free kick,
: out manoeuvred the Littlemore defence and
: with only the goalie to beat he made it 5-1
: to Oxford. It could have been 6-1 a minute
: later it is wasn’t for another excellent
: save by the Littlemore keeper.
:
: With only a minute to play Littlemore played
: the ball into a very crowed Oxford six yard
: box and Oxford’s failure to clear the ball
: was to cost them at the end, a late
: consolation goal for Littlemore and the
: final result was Littlemore 2 Oxford City
: Colts 5.
:
: Team: R Horwood, L Williams, H Comely, A
: Martin, M White, T Walker, C Wood, C Adams,
: B Rowbotham, W Beechers, D Dennis. Subs G
: Cherry, B Muinami.
:
: Man of the Match: 1st half W Beechers, 2nd
: half B Muinami
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