Pegasus Warriors 2 Hucknall Sports Whites 5

17 /10/09Saturday U11's Cup
Pegasus Warriors 2 Hucknall Sports Whites 5

Hallam Hat-trick sees Whites through
The first round of the YEL U11's Cup saw Hucknall Sports travelling to Stapleford to take on high-flying Division 3 team Pegasus Warriors who had scored 27 goals in their previous two games.

Hucknall threatened directly from the kick-off and Jacob Barlow was unfortunate to see his early shot hit the side netting. However it was Pegasus who grabbed an early lead by bundling home a scrambled goal. This served to ignite Sports into action and great wing play from Ryan Towle created the first goal for Barlow to smash into the back of the net for the equaliser.
Towle, gathering in confidence, began to dominate the right wing position and was unlucky to see his run and shot smash off the cross-bar. Soon after his clever pass inside the Pegasus defenders presented an opportunity for James Hallam who placed the ball into the net to take Whites into the lead.
Hucknall's confidence was there for all to see now and in next to no time a goal from Jarrod Davies and two more from Hallam, for his hat-trick, took Whites into the break leading 5-1.

Half time: Pegasus Warriors 1 Hucknall Sports Whites 5

Whites changed formation for the second half and introduced Dante Diriso and Joe Newton whilst swapping Goalie Kal Orton for William Brown. Sports continued to seek more goals but all credit to the Pegasus team for providing solid resistance in defence and in goal that meant they kept a clean sheet in the second half. A late goal for Pegasus had their fans sensing a late fight back but Sports defensive trio of Mitch Davies, Harry Saxton and Joe Newton held strong to see Whites through to victory at the final whistle.

Final score: Pegasus Warriors 2 Hucknall Sports Whites 5

Hucknall's first half performance was a real treat for those who appreciate football played with wingers and James Hallam's hat-trick will be remember long into the season.
This weeks Man of the Match awards goes to Ryan Towle for his clever wing-play that resulted in him setting up four of the five goals, not to mention him hitting the woodwork a couple of times just for good measure.
Well done Ryan, we look forward to more of the same for the rest of the season.