Abbeymead Rovers 2 v 1 Windsor Drive
U11?s League
Sunday 15th January 2006
Rovers returned to their winning ways with a victory at home against Windsor Drive. In fact it was Windsor Drive that made the early running and had two good chances to take the lead. On both occasions the forwards were unlucky not to score after beating the Abbeymead offside trap. Credit to the Abbeymead goalkeeper, Jacob Ellmore, who managed to save the second chance with his outstretched legs.
Those early chances acted as a wake up call as Rovers began to put pressure on the Windsor defence. With Tom Rich working hard down the right and Danny Baxter raiding down the left Abbeymead began to create chances of their own. The Windsor Drive goalkeeper made good saves from shots by Matt Ball, Kieran Smith and Gareth Davies. It took an individual goal from Hadley Gilbert to break the deadlock. Hadley picked up the ball and beat three defenders on a penetrating run into the penalty area before coolly slotting the ball into the bottom corner of the goal.
With the Abbeymead defence of Brian Goodman, Nate Crosby, Barnaby George and Adam Thrall, now working hard, Windsor Drive had very few chances in the rest of the half. A good save by the Windsor goalkeeper denied Danny Baxter extending Rovers lead after some excellent ball skill from Danny.
HT ABBEYMEAD ROVERS 1 v 0 WINDSOR DRIVE
Joshua Harris and Adam Crabbe were introduced as second half substitutes. Joshua was brought on to add to the rovers attack while Adam played as wing half before reverting to a more orthodox right back. A fine pass by Kieran Smith put through Danny Baxter, who beat the goalkeeper with a tremendous low shot to extend Abbeymeads lead. Substitute Liam Phelps entered the fray during the second half and worked well on the right .It seemed that Rovers would go on to win the game comfortably. However Windsor fought back in midfield to start putting pressure on Abbeymead. It took some good defending and some fine tackles by Adam Thrall to keep Windsor at bay. A goal was disallowed after Windsor scored directly from an indirect free kick, lucky that goalkeeper Jacob Ellmore did not touch the ball.
Windsor Drive eventually got a goal back with just a few minutes remaining. Abbeymead failed to clear the ball and the Windsor forwards broke through to score. It made for a tense last couple of minutes but Abbeymead were able to hold out and run out winners.
FT ABBEYMEAD ROVERS 2 v 1 WINDSOR DRIVE
Abbeymead Rovers: Jacob Ellmore, Brian Goodman, Nate Crosby, Adam Thrall, Barnaby George, Hadley Gilbert, Tom Rich, Matt Ball, Danny Baxter, Gareth Davies, Kieran Smith: Subs: Adam Crabbe, Liam Phelps, Joshua Harris
Sunday 15th January 2006
Rovers returned to their winning ways with a victory at home against Windsor Drive. In fact it was Windsor Drive that made the early running and had two good chances to take the lead. On both occasions the forwards were unlucky not to score after beating the Abbeymead offside trap. Credit to the Abbeymead goalkeeper, Jacob Ellmore, who managed to save the second chance with his outstretched legs.
Those early chances acted as a wake up call as Rovers began to put pressure on the Windsor defence. With Tom Rich working hard down the right and Danny Baxter raiding down the left Abbeymead began to create chances of their own. The Windsor Drive goalkeeper made good saves from shots by Matt Ball, Kieran Smith and Gareth Davies. It took an individual goal from Hadley Gilbert to break the deadlock. Hadley picked up the ball and beat three defenders on a penetrating run into the penalty area before coolly slotting the ball into the bottom corner of the goal.
With the Abbeymead defence of Brian Goodman, Nate Crosby, Barnaby George and Adam Thrall, now working hard, Windsor Drive had very few chances in the rest of the half. A good save by the Windsor goalkeeper denied Danny Baxter extending Rovers lead after some excellent ball skill from Danny.
HT ABBEYMEAD ROVERS 1 v 0 WINDSOR DRIVE
Joshua Harris and Adam Crabbe were introduced as second half substitutes. Joshua was brought on to add to the rovers attack while Adam played as wing half before reverting to a more orthodox right back. A fine pass by Kieran Smith put through Danny Baxter, who beat the goalkeeper with a tremendous low shot to extend Abbeymeads lead. Substitute Liam Phelps entered the fray during the second half and worked well on the right .It seemed that Rovers would go on to win the game comfortably. However Windsor fought back in midfield to start putting pressure on Abbeymead. It took some good defending and some fine tackles by Adam Thrall to keep Windsor at bay. A goal was disallowed after Windsor scored directly from an indirect free kick, lucky that goalkeeper Jacob Ellmore did not touch the ball.
Windsor Drive eventually got a goal back with just a few minutes remaining. Abbeymead failed to clear the ball and the Windsor forwards broke through to score. It made for a tense last couple of minutes but Abbeymead were able to hold out and run out winners.
FT ABBEYMEAD ROVERS 2 v 1 WINDSOR DRIVE
Abbeymead Rovers: Jacob Ellmore, Brian Goodman, Nate Crosby, Adam Thrall, Barnaby George, Hadley Gilbert, Tom Rich, Matt Ball, Danny Baxter, Gareth Davies, Kieran Smith: Subs: Adam Crabbe, Liam Phelps, Joshua Harris
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