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College Res (18/09/2005) 2005 - 2006 Season, Hithercroft Youth  The game took place at Bucks College ground in Kingshill Rd on a grey and slightly chilly morning but the weather remained dry and the pitch was in excellent condition. The College had booked a referee but he had not arrived by the scheduled kick-off time. When he had still not arrived after a further 30 minutes it was agreed that Brian Lewis would referee, Pam Ife running the line for Hithercroft and the sole Bucks College sub ran the other line. Hithercroft had Jamaine Warner, Terry Carter, Dan Birch, Eugene Hepburn and Jermaine Young on the touchline at the start. The game began at 11.05am and after two minutes Hithercroft came close to putting the first score on the card when Baz David beat a stumbling defender, crossed the ball to Dewayne Dublin who then tried an overhead kick that went over the crossbar. In the 8th minute Baz tested the College keeper when he drove a hard shot at the left of the goal but the keeper dived to push the ball round the post. At 11.26am Terry Carter came on to replace Tyrone Francis who had started the game suffering from a strained leg muscle. Five minutes later the College came close when their No.7 headed the ball towards the top of the goal and Matt Hedges had to leap up and tip the ball over the crossbar. At 11.37am Loz Dunn sent a long throw-in to Terry but his header went just outside of the left-hand post. Then David Blackman beat defenders, turned inside from the left wing and struck a curving shot with his left foot that passed just outside the left upright in the 43rd minute. The half time whistle went at 11.50am with honours even, no goals having been scored by either team. The second half began at 11.57am with both sides unchanged but after 10 minutes of play Hithercroft's Dan Birch came on to replace Dewayne Dublin. At 12.15pm the College used their lone sub to replace their captain and Hithercroft continued to pressurise their opponents, winning numerous corners and throw-ins but, when scoring opportunities arose their finishing was very poor. In the 68th minute of the game the College sent a ball down the middle of the field, their No.14 collected it, ran towards goal and hit a long distance shot that went over Matt's head and dropped down just under the bar to put the College 1-0 ahead. Ten minutes later Hithercroft centered the ball and Dan tried a header that went over the crossbar. At 12.31pm Jonny Bartlett came off and Eugene Hepburn, a striker, went on in an attempt to get some goals for the visitors. With about 2 minutes to go Baz managed to put the ball into the College net but the goal was disallowed because of an off-side flag. Baz later hit another shot that went wide of the post and Paul Morgan hit an overhead shot that went high over the crossbar before Brian Lewis blew the final whistle. Bucks College were a good side and contained a couple of players from their senior side on loan, giving Hithercroft an exciting game. Hithercroft had shown an improvement over last week with defence and mid-field playing well but, once again, most of their shots were off-target, played straight at the keeper or delayed too long allowing the opposing defence to regroup. Hithercroft M.o.M: Mark Sadler Hithercroft team: Matt Hedges(GK), Mark Sadler, Jonny Bartlett, Peter Morgan, Alan McKie, Tyrone Francis, Baz David, David Blackman, Dewayne Dublin, Peter Morgan and Loz Dunn. Hithercroft subs: Dan Birch, Terry Carter and Eugene Hepburn. Hithercroft unused subs: Jamaine Warner and Jermaine Young. |
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