Chesham Rangers (18/03/2001)
2000 - 2001 Season, Hithercroft Under 14s



The weather was cloudy but dry and the pitch was sticky for this game. Rex Allott was the referee and Rocky Hudson ran the line again. Hithercroft were without their captain, Jason Guy (who is still recovering from his injury at Missenden) and had no substitutes available. Lee Hudson was captain for this game.

Chesham began the game strongly with one shot over the bar and another shot that Adeel Iqbal hooked away from the goal-line. Seven minutes after the start Chesham’s number 9, Jamie Reynolds, opened the scoring and then after a further nine minutes Aron Yeardie added a second with a fierce shot into the top of the net. Both sides then had chances but were unable to make them count until, just before half-time, Paul Yandell crossed the ball from the wing for Phillip Lines to hit into the Chesham net, bringing the score back to 2-1.

The pattern for the second half was similar to the first with Chesham starting off strongly but Hithercroft coming back into the game later in the half. Both sides missed chances before Jerome Warren took the ball down the wing and crossed it to Paul Yandell, who then scored the equaliser with a hard shot from outside the penalty area. This turned out to be the final score, both sides taking a point each.

The ‘Man of the Match’ for Hithercroft went to all the back four - Richard Sunderland, Kevin Ife, Adeel Iqbal and Shahid Ahmad.

(The Hithercroft linesman played a ‘blinder’ this week but hopes to get some spectacles soon! - Just my little joke).