Marlow Youth (18/11/2001)
2001 - 2002 Season, Hithercroft Under 15s



The recent drizzly rain had made the Marlow pitch rather slippery and muddy but it held up well during the match, which was played in chilly and cloudy but dry conditions. Our team for this match included Carl Davis, Asher Jennings and Delroy Robertson who were all making their debut appearances for us. Asher and Delroy had returned to us after some seasons playing for Holmer Green in Division 1 and Carl had come from Prestwood Colts. Des Ife ran the line for Hithercroft.

The opening goal came thirteen minutes into the game when Marlow’s Chris Taylor received the ball, took it down the right side of the pitch and then hit it into the far side of the net past Phillip Lines, the Hithercroft goalkeeper. Both sides had many good opportunities to score in the first half but both failed to take advantage of them. It took another 23 minutes before the next goal was scored and this came from Asher who headed Delroy’s corner into the home team’s net bringing the scores level. Within two minutes Delroy, Asher and Jason Guy’s interpassing ended with a shot that the Marlow goalkeeper hit back out but the ball fell to Dewayne Dublin who shot the ball into the net to put Hithercroft into the lead for the first time. Unfortunately, shortly before half time Jason suffered another injury to his knee and was replaced in by Adeel Iqbal.

Four minutes into the second half the Marlow number 10, from the left side of the field hit the ball over Phil’s head to bring the home team back level at 2 all. Hithercroft began to play more as a team than they had in the first half with Kevin Ife and Duane White playing extremely well. Duane provided some strong tackling against the players of his former club. In the 21st minute of the half Asher threaded his way past two Marlow defenders and put Hithercroft back into the lead with a shot into the corner of the net. There were a number of corners and shots on goal from both sides in the final quarter of the match but there was no change to the scoreline. Daniel Birch took one of the best corners, curling the ball in towards the Hithercroft net but it was just too high and passed harmlessly over the crossbar. The final whistle gave Hithercroft the three points that they badly needed and, over the coming weeks as our new players become better integrated, we should begin to move up the league table.


Hithercroft’s ‘Man of the Match’ was awarded to Carl Davis.

Hithercroft’s goals were scored by Asher Jennings (2) and Dewayne Dublin.

Marlow’s goals were scored by Chris Taylor and their Number 10.