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SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER
CHESTER CITY RESERVES 1 STOCKPORT COUNTY BLUES 3
STARTING TEAM: REID:FARRINGTON,C DAVIES,LYNCH,STEVENSON:TASKER,K JONES,WILSON,OSCROFT,HULME:COLEMAN
SUBS:SHERRIFF (for farrington 45mins) ,BRIDGES (for hulme 63mins),SHEIL (for tasker 68 mins)
REFEREE: DAVE DEPONIO
OUR RESERVES STILL AWAIT THEIR FIRST VICTORY FOLLOWING A DISPIRITED PERFORMANCE AGAINST STOCKPORT COUNTY BLUES LAST SUNDAY.
WE BEAT STOCKPORT AT HOME LAST SEASON BUT SCRAPED A DRAW ON THEIR POOR PITCH AWAY FROM HOME IN A TROUBLESOME MATCH.
FIRST HALF POSSESSION WAS FAIRLY EVEN BUT, UNLIKE LAST WEEK, THERE WERE FEW CHANCES ON GOAL AND THE PASSING WAS INCONSISTENT.
IN THE 37TH MINUTE AN AIMLESS BOUNCING BALL INTO OUR AREA DECEIVED EVERYONE AND SAILED STRAIGHT INTO THE NET.
THAT SEEMED TO UNSETTLE OUR DEFENCE AS A 43RD MINUTE CORNER KICK WAS MET BY AN UNMARKED ATTACKER TO PLANT AN EASY HEADER INTO THE GOAL.
HALF-TIME 0-2
WITH A NUMBER OF PLAYERS PLAYING WELL BELOW THEIR BEST IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE A LITTLE MORE SPIRIT APPLIED IN THE SECOND HALF.
THIS WAS EVENTUALLY REWARDED WITH A 77TH MINUTE FREE KICK FROM CALLY REID THAT WAS DIRECTED INTO THE STOCKPORT NET WITH A WELL TAKEN GOAL BY KATIE WILSON.
ALAS, OUR HOPES OF RETRIEVING THE MATCH WERE DEALT A FURTHER BLOW TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN STOCKPORT MOUNTED A RARE SECOND-HALF ATTACK AS THE BALL WAS PLAYED TO THE UNMARKED ATTACKER INSIDE THE BOX TO STRIKE HOME.
DEFENSIVE ERRORS WERE CLEARLY THE REASON FOR THE GOALS AGAINST A MEDIOCRE STOCKPORT SIDE.
ON THE PLUS SIDE LISA STEVENSON EARNED A WELL-DESERVED 'PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH' FOR HER NON-STOP PERFORMANCE AND ELLIE COLEMAN WORKED VERY HARD AS THE LONE STRIKER.
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Sunday 13th September
Chester City LFC Reserves 1 Stockport County HNR 1
Team: Seager:Lewis,Stevenson,Oscroft,CDavies:Tasker,Coleman,
Lynch,K Jones,Wilson,Hulme
After the postponement of our opening fixture with Great Sutton it was good to be back in action against Stockport County HNR last Sunday.
Last season we beat them home and away and they finished a very respectable 5th in the league table.
Packing the midfield with a 4-5-1 formation we played some good football.
Kate Tasker nicely chipped the ball over the ‘keeper to give us the lead in the 12th minute but two minutes later a defensive error let in the Stockport attacker to equalise.
This is a match that we should have won as we dominated possession and penned them in their own half for the majority of the game.
It was a good team performance but with 22 shots on goal it was a match that should have been won.
Player-Of-The-Match: Geraldine Lynch
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MOM: 0
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