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Cressex - League (20/04/2008) 2007 - 2008 Season, Afc Hithercroft  It was dull and overcast at Cressex School for this important match against current Division 2 leaders FC Cressex, Afc Hithercroft needing to win this game to keep alive hopes of emerging champions of the division. There was a cold wind blowing throughout the game during which Ken Johnson ran the line for Hithercroft and Mr M. Weedon took charge. Ryan Forbes was not available for this game, Luke Revell had injured his ankle in a game on Saturday being present but unable to play, and Jason Guy rang up just before the start to ask if there was a game!. Dan Birch’s girlfriend went to pick Jason up but he didn’t arrive until the game had been under way for over 20 minutes. The game began at 10.32am and after 9 minutes Afc Hithercroft were awarded a corner-kick from the right. Baz David sent the ball in, Tyrone Francis headed the ball on and a defending player rose up to use his hand to clear the ball. Unfortunately the referee ignored calls from the Hithercroft players for a penalty kick. On 21 minutes there was an incident between the Cressex No.8 and Kevin Howell, both of them receiving a talking-to from the referee. On 32 minutes the Cressex No.7 had his name entered into the referee’s book from bringing down a Hithercroft player from behind. Kevin took the resulting free-kick from just inside the Cressex half, the keeper going down to block it and then having to re-gather it as Frank Smith followed in. On 38 minutes Josh Peters was shown a yellow card for a rash challenge and the Cressex No.14 hit the long free-kick that Neil Stretton safely gathered on the goal-line. Just before the half-time whistle Kevin sent the ball forward, Baz took it down the left wing, turned inside and hit a shot that had the keeper diving to push wide. At 11.22am the second half began and after 4 minutes Dan Allman was yellow-carded following a trip on an opponent. On 57 minutes Hithercroft sent on Dave Ebberson to replace Michael Louise and four minutes later Mark Charman, who had recently received an injury, was replaced by Jason Guy. In the 69th minute Hithercroft had a scoring opportunity when Josh collected the ball, took it into the 18-yard box but then hit it wide of the left-hand post. Hithercroft now began to pressurize the Cressex goal, winning a number of throw-ins and corner kicks but were unable to capitalize. Frank had a shot that went just wide of the left-hand post and then Kris Clark, from a corner kick, hit a shot from 10 yards that went outside the right-hand post. The final whistle went after 2 minutes of added time but neither side had managed to score, this being the first scoreless draw that Hithercroft had been involved in this season. Although Hithercroft had made a number of shooting opportunities they once again failed to make the most of them and this result meant that their chance to gain promotion had now evaporated. Afc Hithercroft M.o.m: Tyrone Francis Afc Hithercroft team: Neil Stretton (GK), Dan Birch, Kris Clark, Michael Louise, Mark Charman, Tyrone Francis, Baz David, Frank Smith (Capt), Dan Allman, Kevin Howell, Josh Peters Afc Hithercroft subs: Dave Ebberson replaced Michael Louise (57m), Jason Guy replaced Mark Charman (61m) Afc Hithercroft unused subs: Ken Johnson, Ashley Anderson, Jamal Blake |
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