Todays game was a hampshire cup match and manor colts were a north hants youth league premier division side so it was going to be a tough one,we started brightly and soon took the lead when jack weaver darted between defender and keeper to steer into the bottom corner,this seemed to wake manor up and they started to play some neat football down both flanks and an equaliser soon came through their right winger with a neat finish,it got worse for us when they soon took a 2-1 lead,george taylor made a superb save to tip it onto the post but their forward was left with an easy tap in,nick yeomans hit the bar with a fantastic effort as we searched for a way back into the game,a couple of half chances came our way but these were not taken  so at half time it was 1-2,the second half began badly for us as their playmaker was allowed to run the length of the field with the ball before setting up the striker for an easy finish,both teams still tried to play football in search of more goals and harry osman then reduced the arrears with a cool close range finish,we went after the equaliser as manor dropped further back and we should have had a couple more but we just did not finish the chances we had,then right on full time jacob scoates picked up a failed clearance and smashed it home from 20 yards to take us into extra time,this was just a little bit too much for us as we let manor dictate play and they soon regained the lead when a good through ball was picked a up and fired home from a tight angle,almost immediately they scored another when some excellent forward play brought their player one on one with george taylor and he fired home from the edge of the box,still chances came our way but we just could not finish,this has been our downfall in this game,we have to be more ruthless in front of goal,especially against teams from a higher level such as manor colts .final score 3-5 aet.

many thanks go to the referee and to rich and phil for running the line,also a big thankyou to all the parents who helped out with all the food and drinks for both teams,it was really was lovely,but the biggest thankyou must go to all the boys who ran their socks off for 80 odd minutes and played their part in an excellent game of football,good luck to manor in the next round.

                                                                            yours in sport

                                                                              ian m

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