Posted by Clive on September 13, 2009, 6:41 pm, in reply to "U13 OMBL vs Marston Saints"
Great result Robin, well done to you and all the boys.
Sounds like the Physio played a blinder!
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: Oxford City Colts U13 Match Report
: 6th September 2009
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: Marston Saints Red 1 – Oxford City 2
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: City were forced to hang on to a narrow lead
: in the dying minutes of this excellent local
: derby to claim their first victory of the
: season. With only the shortest of journeys
: across Marsh Lane, the City team gathered at
: a busy Boults Lane ground for their midday
: kick off. City were without an unwell Ben
: Proper but welcomed back Brian Muinami into
: the heart of the defence.
:
: Both sides started the game rather nervously
: with each team guilty of failing to keep
: possession. But it was not long before City
: settled down to play some attractive passing
: football. Joe Roberson stood out with his
: control and distribution of the ball. The
: rest of the side followed suit as City
: started to dominate and after 10 minutes
: they were ahead. Alex Ball received a pass
: just inside the Marston half and drove
: forward before unleashing a ferocious shot
: from 25 yards which hit the roof of the net
: giving the keeper no chance.
:
: Marston were quick to fight back and started
: to push City back into their own half. They
: too tried their luck from long range and
: were unlucky not to equalise seeing a shot
: come back off the bar. The City defence
: appeared much more solid this week and
: looked like keeping the home side at bay.
: However, they were caught out by long ball
: over the top which one of the faster Marston
: strikers ran onto before pushing the ball
: beyond the keeper for one of his team mates
: who ran on and taped it into an empty net.
:
: So with the scores level at half time the
: boys were told to focus on what they had
: done well, namely keeping hold of the ball.
: And for much of the second half this is
: exactly what they did to great effect. Their
: reward came after 45 minutes when Patrick
: McKenna pounced on some uncertainty between
: the Marston defence and keeper and flicked
: the ball into the corner of the net. City
: were unlucky not to add to their lead with
: Ben Tombs going close on two occasions.
:
: Marston were not, though, in the mood to
: give up and in the last ten minutes they
: pressed forward in search of an equaliser.
: The City defence held firm and looked far
: more confident in dealing with the high
: ball. The boys suffered a number of injuries
: with Wayne Beechers, Ben Tombs and Joe
: Russell all requiring attention from out new
: physio Roger Cherry. But in the end City
: held on to take all three points in this
: excellent contest played in a competitive
: spirit by two well matched teams.
:
: So today we saw a much more sustained
: performance from City with not so many of
: the boys tiring towards the end of the game.
: Many thanks to all the supporters who came
: along, to Mike Dennis for running the line
: and to Roger for his insightful comments and
: first aid work.
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: Team: J Russell, L Williams, W Beechers, A
: Martin, B Muinami, A Ball, S Malik, J
: Roberson, D Dennis. B Tombs P McKenna Subs H
: Bone, C Wood, T Walker
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