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| Match Report 2002/3
Meadhurst vs Old Lats 23rd March
Usual story - huge pitch, lost a player or two en
route. In previous years a prelude to a thumping loss. Not this year - a
search party found the lost goal keeper and we adapted to absence of Dave
Ferguson with the tactics that worked well against Lensbury.
A 4-5-1 formation put an extra man in midfield and
allowed us to use the width of the pitch by keeping Fozzy and Dogga out wide
with Petch or Driscol joining the attacks from central midfield secure in the
knowledge that Rob Sage was minding the shop. Defensively, while it was easy
for their fullbacks to pick up the ball, it was difficult for them to find
anyone to pass to. It worked a treat - they are a good side with some
very handy players but we regularly frustrated their attacks and reduced them
to chipping the ball behind the defence - which Keywood and Brockwell saw off
very nicely.
Actually we played a little too deep to start,
with Sage trapped in the back line (habit of course) but as the confidence
grew we pushed on while keeping the shape well and just before half time took
a deserved lead with a good goal. We broke up an attack and Brockwell hit a
peach of a diagonal ball for Dogga to steal in behind the defence and guide it
home.
They equalised soon in the second half when a
defensive error allowed a quick cross and a very good strike gave Colin
Rendell no chance. Although we had been on top both teams were tired and the
next goal was likely to settle it. It came to Meadhurst with a quick break
that put Dogga through one on one with the keeper. Dogga miss-hit it, the
keeper miss-saved it and it bounced high off his outstretched body to fall
just under the bar. Meadhurst were well on top now and gained full control
with two Dene Winch goals that owed much to Dene's persistence and the
keeper's indifferent handling.
In truth this was one of our better games, we
worked very hard, keep to our plan and run out good winners against a good
side.
A 4-1 win to Meadhurst
2001/2 Season match report A 4-3 loss - not bad considering we were 4-0 down 10 mins into the second half |
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