Report U7s vs Highworth Town B 22-Apr-2007
Having played both the “A” and the “C” sides it was Highworth Town “B’s” who were the visitors to “The Triangle” on a lovely Sunday morning. Highworth had 11 players available so a 7 a side format was played with all 9 Wickham players available this weekend. In a positional switch Harvey moved to the back this weekend with Chloe.
Highworth went on the attack straight from the start and then never left the Wickham half for the first 2 minutes. However despite this pressure Ellis, Chloe, Harvey and Devin were able to deal with everything. Wickham slowly got themselves back into the game and after a little while enjoyed their own period of pressure but again they could not get their shots in on target. A shot from Matthew did rattle the cross bar but it was easily cleared. After 9 minutes following some Highworth pressure Charlie released Devin down the left. He drew the defender and then played Mathew in who scored at the second attempt. A minute later Matthew broke towards the goal and just like last week was brought down on the edge of the area. Again just like last week the free kick was put away into the far top corner of the goal for 2-0. After 13 minutes Highworth were to get their first goal of the day from a corner which was played out to the edge of the box to an unmarked player to drill the ball past Ellis. Alex came on to replace Charlie with Wickham dominating the rest of the half. However, the lads could not convert the any of the numerous chances which they created with shots from Devin, Tom, Harvey and Matthew all being well saved blocked or just going wide.
Wickham started the second half as they had finished the first with Harvey push up much more but
always racing back to help out in defence. It was from one of his runs in the 3rd minute that Wickham won a corner. Matthew drove the ball into the area and Devin volley it into the roof of the net. With 7 minutes gone Highworth pilled on the pressure. Three corners were well defended but then from the 4th Devin took control of the ball and laid it up field to Matthew who outpaced the two defenders to score. However, corners were to be Wickham’s undoing as one in the 11th minute somehow got past both Harvey and Devin at the front post and went straight into the goal for 4-2. The 3 goal advantage was restored a minute later as Devin took a throw in, which Eric flicked on to Matthew for him to drill into the back of the net from some distance. The last 3 minutes turned into a very nervy affair. A throw in near the corner was flicked on and somehow ended up in the back of the net. Highworth attacked for all they were worth and with 2 minutes left Devin seemed to have cleared the danger but his clearance hit Chloe and the forward had an easy tap in. Harvey was then injured having put the ball out for a throw with 20 seconds left. When the game restarted Highworth were clear in on goal but Ellis managed to make the save. Following his clearance the whistle went and Wickham had just squeezed home in the end 5-4 from what looked like a comfortable win with less than 5 minutes left.
The Player of the Day was given to Harvey, who despite his attacking tendency’s always managed to get back to help Chloe with the defensive duties.
Ellis Dawkins, Chloe Morgan, Harvey Tooth, Tom Butler, Devin Bowers, Charlie Saunders,
Matthew Newbrook.
Subs:- Alex Walters, Eric Barker.
Report by Ian Herrington
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