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friendly (21/08/2005) 2005 - 2006 Season, Hithercroft Youth  The weather was much better for our second friendly game of the season with sunny blue skies but an occasional wind. This week we took on a Division 1 side, Fleece, with Brian Lewis taking the referee's duties and Pam Ife running the line for us. The game got under way at 11.12am with Chas, Jamaine and Peter waiting on the sidelines. After 8 minutes Fleece came close to opening the scoring when their No.10 gathered the ball on the edge of the 18-yard box and drove a powerful shot that Matt Hedges managed to turn over the crossbar. However, from the resulting corner the ball rebounded between players before coming off the back of a Hithercroft player and ending up in the back of the net. Three minutes later the Fleece No.10 again hit a strong shot over Matt's head, giving the visitors a 2-0 lead after just 11 minutes of play. In the 15th minute Hithercroft hit back when Tyrone pushed the ball wide to Marcello who crossed the ball into the middle; Paul then came in from the right and put the ball into the net to open his team's account. This move was repeated in the 23rd minute, Tyrone sending the ball wide, Marcello crossing the ball and, although the keeper pushed the ball out, Paul again put the ball into the back of the net to level the score at 2-2. Both sides made substitutions during the remainder of the half but the score remained unchanged until the half-time whistle blew at 11.54pm. The second half kicked-off at 12.02pm with Marcello, Jamaine and Jermaine initially on the Hithercroft 'bench'. After 4 minutes Hithercroft had put the ball into the Fleece net when Mike and Dewayne brought the ball forward, pushed it out to Chas who came in and put the ball home but the 'goal' was ruled off-side. At 12.12pm from a Hithercroft free-kick Baz hit a powerful shot, forcing the Fleece keeper to tip the ball over the bar. Five minutes later Marcello and Jermaine Young came on to replace Dewayne and Chas for the home team. Fleece came close to retaking the lead on two occasions but each time sent the ball just outside the left-hand post. Hithercroft were being caught off-side on a number of occasions and at 12.25pm a Marcello goal was again disallowed for this reason. On the 30th minute of the half David Blackman played a long ball down the middle but the keeper raced to the edge of the 18-yard box and gathered it just before Paul could reach it. At 12.40pm Alan McKie sent a pass to Mark Sadler on the left wing and he played it forward to Baz but his shot just cleared the Fleece crossbar. With 7 minutes remaining Jermaine unleashed a powerful drive that hit the left post and bounced back to Tyrone who crossed it back in for Baz to hammer the ball into the net and put Hithercroft ahead for the first time in the match. Hithercroft were buoyed on by their success and just before the final whistle Jermaine pushed the ball across to Marcello who came in from the left and deposited the ball into the visitor's net to give Hithercroft a 4-2 victory. |
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