U16's Division One
Hucknall Sports 1 Keyworth
Utd 2
23/11/14
Hucknall Sports entertained Division One Keyworth United for the third time this season and
entered the game full of confidence after winning their previous encounters by
5-1 and 7-1.
As seems to
be the case with Hucknall recently they started the game really well and used
the space of the Cottage pitch at Goosedale to full effect. Jarrod Davies fired
in a stinging drive that the Keyworth did well to turn around the corner. Soon
after James Hallam broke free on the right side and rounded his marked to
square a ball to Adey Lang who just couldn’t get his shot away before being
closed down. In defence things were pretty quiet for Sports apart from long
range free kicks and the occasional corner, one of which Sports were relieved
to see just miss the target. In the move of the game Sports scored one of their
trademark goals. Keeper Orton fed the ball to Matt Leivers who threaded a neat
pass through to Mitch Davies in midfield. He in turn found Hallam on the edge
of United’s box and in a single move he spun and smashed an unstoppable shot
into the top corner. Sports lead was all too short lived though and as shot
from Keyworth’s left winger was only parried into the path of their striker to
score easily. Sports continued to create chances and Hallam looked to have
scored his second after a neat interchange with Lang only to see his lofted
shot rebound back off the cross –bar and away to safety.
Half-Time: Hucknall 1 Keyworth United 1
A head
injury to Lang meant that Danny Darlow entered the game and Sports pushed Ellis
Evans up front to partner Hallam in the second half. Hucknall gave it a real go
in trying to get another goal to take the lead but it just wouldn’t come. In
fact it was Keyworth who took the lead when a free-kick awarded in midfield was
blasted to the far left side and a clever header looped up and over Orton into
the Sports goal. Not for the first time this season Hucknall were left
scratching their head and this was now going to be a real test of character.
Jarrod Davies continued to provide the drive from Sports midfield and went as close
as any Hucknall player to grabbing an equaliser on a couple of occasions – once
with a shot in the area that clattered the angle of post and cross-bar and
another when a towering header flew just over. In the dying moments Hallam won
a penalty when he was unceremoniously taken out by the Keyworth goalkeeper but Lang’s
penalty was well saved and Sports crashed to a surprising defeat.
Full-Time: Hucknall Sports 1
Keyworth Utd 2
Looking
back on this game the day after it is a real struggle to understand how Sports
failed to get something from this match. But that’s football and we start again
next weekend against West Bridgford Spider looking to make amends. Compliments
from opposition supporters and management that Sports are the best ‘footballing’
team in the league are nice, but 3 points would be nicer.
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| MOM Mitch Davies |
Today’s
winner of the Man of the Match award was Mitch Davies. His work rate in
midfield is second to none and he continues to improve by taking the training
ground routines onto the pitch on match day – well done Mitch.
Finally, all the team and
coaches would like to say a huge thank you to Audi Nottingham and especially Vonny Hallam for their continued sponsoring
of the team and supply of
this seasons new away kit.
Back row
(left to right) Danny Darlow, Adey Lang, James Hallam, Ellis Evans, Jarrod
Davies, Ryan Towle, Tom Eastwood, Joe Newton, James Stenson, Kal Orton
Front row
(left to right) Kieran Worthington, Dante Diriso, Matt Leivers, Mitch Davies,
Kieran Green (Skipper), Dylan Smith
#properfootball
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