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Town 'A' (26/11/2006) 2006 - 2007 Season, Afc Hithercroft  Throughout this game there were spells of rain interspersed with some dry and sunny intervals but the ground was very wet and slippery. The scheduled referee, Mr D. Simmonds, failed to turn up and was not answering his phone and so Brian Lewis took charge of the match whilst Pam Ife ran the line. Hithercroft were without defenders Dougie Carswell, Leon Browne and Kris Clark and strikers Ashley Anderson and Kevin Howell on this occasion and had no subs available. The game eventually got under way at 10.53am and both sides were fairly evenly matched during the first part of the game. In the 25th minute Frank Smith played the ball down the left wing to Baz David, the Hithercroft captain, and Baz took it to within a yard of the corner flag before sending in a curving shot that ended up inside the far post to put the home side 1-0 ahead. However, the lead only lasted for 60 seconds before Town’s Neil Robbins took advantage of a failure to clear a loose ball and sent it into the back of the Hithercroft net to level the score. Just before half-time Frank Smith and Richard McKie moved the ball down the left and crossed it into the 6-yard box but their striker, despite being positioned near the middle of the goal, hit it wide of the left-hand post. At 11.44am the second half began and after two minutes Frank sent in a corner-kick but Tyrone Francis’ shot was cleared from the goal-line. In the 53rd minute the ball entered Town’s 18-yard box and the keeper went down on it as Baz was running onto it. As Baz attempted to avoid the keeper he went down and injured his right knee and had to be helped from the pitch for treatment. After five minutes he returned but was unable to continue and had to retire from the game leaving Hithercroft with just 10 players. Town made some substitutions and in the 65th minute they brought the ball into the 18-yard box from the left and Simon Allen hit a long shot into the far side of the net to put the visitors 2-1 ahead. Three minutes later the score-line was almost levelled when Tyrone hit a 35-yard shot towards the top right-hand corner of the net but the Town keeper rose up to gather it. Town began to get on top with their extra player advantage and the Hithercroft striker being hampered with a groin strain with which he had started the game. The Town No.8 took a diving header as the ball came in low from the right-hand side but sent the ball just outside the right-hand post. In the 70th minute Richard McKie jinked round a couple of Town defenders and hit a shot that the diving keeper pushed round the post. Four minutes later Hithercroft were temporarily reduced to 9 players when Tyrone, who had taken over the captaincy on Baz’s departure, also left the field for treatment to a knee injury. Town took the ball down the middle and hit a shot that rebounded from the Hithercroft keeper and Neil Robbins ran in to tap the ball home to put Wycombe Town ‘A‘ 3-1 ahead. Tyrone then returned to take up his centre-back position but Town were now in the driving seat. On 88 minutes they played the ball down the left and, as the Hithercroft keeper came forward, Simon Allen hit the ball past him into the open goal to give Town a 4-1 victory. Hithercroft have recently been suffering from a lack of strong reserve players to cover for absentees through illness, injuries or work commitments. Following a strong start to the season they have begun to falter and need to sign-up some new players to reverse this trend. Hithercroft scorer: Baz David (25 min) Hithercroft team: Neil Stretton (GK), Jamaine Warner, Tyrone Francis, Dan Birch, Kevin Midgley, Jamaine Humphrey, Richard McKie, Baz David, Frank Smith, John Baldock, Matthew Birch. Hithercroft subs: Baz David off injured (61 mins) Wycombe Town
‘A’ scorers: Neil Robbins (26mins, 75 mins) |
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