littleton V sarisbury 21 / 12 / 08
we started the game with a bare eleven as a couple of parents spent the morning driving round the lovely hampshire countryside looking for the pitch,this didnt affect us as we began brightly with some good link up play between louis woodhouse and jack bannister creating several half chances which were not taken,littleton began to come into the game and soon took the lead when some slack marking allowed the littleton striker to score from just inside the area,sarisbury replied almost immediately when harry osman pounced on a defensive error to prod home,more chances came for sarisbury before littleton retook the lead when the forward got in behind the defence and slotted home,once again sarisbury got a quick reply when harry osman made the most of some defensive error and smashed it home.half time 2 - 2
the second half began like the first ended with some great end to end football and it wasnt long before sarisbury took the lead when louis griffiths smashed home his 1st goal for the team in 4 years of trying and he was promptly bundled by every member of the team,sarisbury began to dominate the game and went further ahead when bradley morris smashed home the ball after some great play between nick yeomans and ryan garner set him up at the back post,sarisbury then made it 5 when jack richards crossed for bradley morris to volley in from a tight angle at the far post,littleton then fought there way back into it when the forward out paced the defence and steered it into the bottom corner and with a minute to go littleton scored again when a scramble in the box was prodded home .the final minute was a bit nervy but we held out for the win.a superb effort from all the boys
many thanks to the ref who was excellent and to phil scoates for running the line and a big thankyou to all the supporters for coming to watch
a special mention must go to aiden sherlock who volunteered to go in goal when we found ourselves without a keeper, you were superb
we hope you all have a very merry xmas and a happy new year
yours in sport
ian , mike , rich