Chalfont St Peter Colts (26/11/2000)
2000 - 2001 Season, Hithercroft Under 14s



The weather was dry and mainly sunny with a cold wind for this game. Hithercroft could only turn out 10 players which led to discussions as to which Dad looked the youngest to be the eleventh. Rocky Hudson ran the line, leaving Des Ife, Rob Yandell and Kevin Fuller in contention but it was decided that we all looked too old.

At the kick-off only three players (Paul Yandell, Jerome Warren and Jason Guy) touched the ball before it ended up in the Chalfont net after 15 seconds. Then nothing else happened for 30 minutes with some rather scrappy and uninspired play from both sides. Then Jerome received a good ball and had only the goalie to beat but he hit it wide. Five minutes later Jason brought the ball in from wide out, only to shoot over the crossbar. However, two minutes later he made amends, scoring his second. Immediately after the restart Paul tried a long shot which the Chalfont goalie tipped over the bar. Chalfont then surged back and had a shot hit the upright and then Jason barged his opponent off the ball but missed his goal attempt. Just before half time Dewayne Dublin crossed the ball and Jason initially mis-kicked the ball but then retrieved it and then put it into the net making the score 3-0 at the turnaround.

Fifteen minutes into the second half Jerome missed a simple chance and then, shortly afterwards, he crossed the ball to Jason who completely missed the ball. Chalfont then came back and hit a shot just over the bar and Dewayne missed a shot at the other end. Then Matthew Lovegrove made a great cross to Freddie Quiney to score a goal for Chalfont. This score seemed to liven up the game, giving extra confidence to Chalfont and spurring Hithercroft on. Jason went round the opponent’s goalkeeper to score his fourth goal and then Kevin Ife played a great lofted ball from midfield for Jerome to run onto and he hammered the ball into the back of the net.. Following an inter-passing move between Jason and Jerome, Dewayne received the ball and scored Hithercroft’s sixth. Then Dewayne and Paul combined well, leading to a cross which Jason headed into the goal making the final score 7-1 to the ten-man Hithercroft.

The score-line did not reflect the way that the game was played as Chalfont had a lot of possession and Matthew Lovegrove was particularly good. The Chalfont goalkeeper was often out quickly to the ball and the overall performance of the visitors shows good promise for the future.
The Hithercroft 'Man-of-the-Match' award was shared between Jason Guy and Kevin Ife.