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Greyhound
(21/01/2007) The game kicked off at 10.31am and after 9 minutes Greyhound took the lead from a free-kick that had been awarded for a hand-ball offence. Bobby Hughes took the kick and the ball hit the underside of the crossbar as it went into the back of the net. In the 15th minute Greyhounds John O’Leary received the ball in the right of the Hithercroft 18-yard box and, despite being tackled by two of his opponents, managed to retain possession, turn and send the ball into the far corner of the net to put his side 2-0 ahead. One minute later Greyhound floated in a free-kick and keeper Neil Stretton went up to gather the ball but was in collision with two of the Greyhound players, injuring his left knee and requiring some attention. On the 20-minute mark Neil was back in action, leaping up to tip a goal-bound shot over the crossbar. After about 30 minutes of the half two Greyhound players rose up to head the ball and one of them sustained an injury to his cheekbone - possibly a fracture. A substitute was sent on to take his place and I then took the injured player to the A & E Department of Wycombe General Hospital to be checked out. No further scoring took place in the remainder of the first half. I returned in the 58th minute of the game, having missed Greyhound’s third goal two minutes earlier, a header into the bottom right-hand corner of the net from Will Stockwell. I was just in time to see Ashley Anderson open the scoring for Hithercroft when a shot, blocked by the Greyhound keeper, fell to Ashley and he ran in to push the ball under the keeper’s body. On 78 minutes Greyhound extended their lead when Bobby Hughes took the ball to the left and crossed it into the far side of the home team’s net. Hithercroft came close to scoring again when Baz David took a corner kick on the left and curved the ball in but was denied by the Greyhound keeper, who rose up to gather it at the far post. In the 86th minute Baz sent the ball in from a free-kick, the keeper pushed it clear but Ashley ran in and struck the ball into the back of the net for Hithercroft’s second goal. Hithercroft then began to put their opponents under a lot of pressure, winning a number of corners and free-kicks. On 89 minutes Baz sent the ball in from a corner on the left which was again pushed out but Frank Smith’s return shot just missed the top left-hand corner of the net. When the final whistle went Greyhound had retained this season’s unbeaten record with a 4-2 win. Hithercroft
scorer: Ashley Anderson (58 mins, 86 mins)
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