U15's
Shield
Bingham Town 0 Hucknall Sports 15 (fifteen)
5/10/13
The first round of the U15’s Shield saw
Hucknall Sports drawn away to Bingham Town for a match played at Butt Fields.
Sports had been cursing their finishing in front of goal in recent games and hoped for a
better outcome in this game.
Sports welcomed Ollie Bowley back to the
starting line-up after a 6 months absence and started like an express-train.
Within minutes James Hallam had a hat-trick by smashing in shots from all over
the place, his speed in particular causing massive problems for Bingham’s defenders.
Bowley marked his return with a goal and was unlucky to see a neat lob over the
goalkeeper cleared off the line to deny him a second. Dante Diriso’s ricochet somehow
found the back of the net J and Sports Keeper Kal Orton even got in on the act by
coolly slotting a penalty into the bottom corner. Danny Darlow scored a nice
effort and this was matched by partner-in-crime Maleek Batten who notched his
first of the season for Sports with a well taken effort. But probably the goal
of the half belonged to Tom Eastwood for a fantastic effort from 25 yards that flew
into the top corner.
Half time: Bingham Town 0 Hucknall
Sports 8
Despite losing heavily massive credit must
go to the Bingham boys for sticking to the task and never entertaining the
thought of throwing in the towel. They showed great resolve in the second half
and were unlucky not to get the consolation goal they deserved. Special mention
goes to their goalkeeper who made a number of fantastic saves, not least from
an Ellis Evans penalty, to keep the score down. Diriso scored a typically
brilliant effort after twisting and turning his way into the box.
Unfortunately, the same boy was carried off moments later injured after a
crunching tackle left him reeling in agony. Sports continued to score freely
and goals from Darlow, Evans, Batten and Hallam took the final total to 15 (or
was it 16, not sure).
Full time: Bingham
Town 0 Hucknall Sports 15
Well Sports finally found their ‘shooting
boots’ in this game and let’s hope this is a sign of things to come for the remainder of the season.
Sports know how it feels to be on the wrong end of this type of score so
it was great to see the Hucknall boys showing Bingham the respect they deserved
even in defeat.
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| Matt Leivers |
Finally, and on a personal note, welcome back Ollie – we’ve missed
having you around.
Scorers:
Hallam 5, Bowley 1, Diriso 2, Darlow 2, Batten 2, Evans 1, Eastwood 1,
Orton 1
