Elmhurst FC (09/12/2001)
2001 - 2002 Season, Hithercroft Under 15s



We were rather late in arriving at the Elmhurst ground and so the game kicked off half-an-hour late at 2.30pm. The weather was cold but sunny and the pitch was rather muddy and slippery.

After seven minutes of play Elmhurst’s No 7 opened the scoring with a shot over our goalie’s head and by half-time they had added another 2 goals to lead 3-0. They had outplayed the visitors both up front and in defence, maintaining formation and inter-passing well.

Within a minute of the restart Elmhurst scored again and added another 8 goals to their tally before the final whistle. Hithercroft had been totally unable to respond and were well-beaten by the better team on the day, ending up 12-0 down.

Unfortunately (or perhaps not) my dictaphone stopped recording after the first goal and I failed to notice the problem until I got home. As a result, the details of the Elmhurst scorers and my comments during the game got lost. I understand that Elmhurst have taken on some new players and their performance indicates that they should now start to enjoy more favourable results. We, on the other hand, need to improve a great deal on our performances over the last 2 weeks. Pam has now decided to resume her recently-vacated roles in training and team selection in an attempt to rectify our discrepancies.


Hithercroft’s MoM: David Hill (Again, Duane White and Kevin Ife deserve a mention for their effort)