Game 2 (12/4/08)
SCORERS: Langford, Gibson
First home game found us full of expectation. However, the first half was a scrappy affair, conceding easy possession and then struggling to retain it. Some bright passages of play from our front men Ben, Chris and B Nicko saw some real opportunities to open the scoring. Chris had a good shot stopped at the far post by a very handy keeper. Simmo was performing well at our end in goal for his first game of the season. Some more sloppy play saw us lose possession in the mid field and we were one done as a result at half time 0-1. Second half we fought well, but again some loose play saw us squander possession and failing to cover up at the back we were down another 0-2. But to their credit, the boys lifted, defended with more passion and were rewarded with a penalty, coolly taken by Ben Langford to give us some hope 1-2. A few subs were then made to give us more go forward. Wenji and Kyle moved forward to support Chris, and looked to be working when Josh hit the corner crossbar. A dubious penalty though looked to kill us off 1-3, but Kyle hit the shot of the day to still put us in the hunt 2-3. Some unlucky calls would have seen us get a well earned point, but today we didn’t play consistently enough.
Man of the Match – Simmo and Kyle.