STARLANDS TRAVELLED TO CANNOCK TO PLAY THEIR FIRST LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON V HUNTINGTON.
IT WAS A SHAME THAT BP WAS AWAY , JED WAS STILL OUT WITH INJURY AND CALLUM WAS TAKEN ILL OVERNIGHT WITH SICKNESS...ALL 3 WERE MISSED - HOWEVER THE BRAVE 8 DID THEMSELVES PROUD.
IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TOUGH ASK AGAINST A USEFUL HUNTINGTON TEAM - WHO LOOKED TO MOVE THE BALL FAST AND HAD A LINESMAN & COACH PLAYING THE OFF-SIDE ;)
EARLY PRESSURE FROM STARLANDS WAS UNEXPECTED AND GAVE HUNTINGTON A FEW THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
A GOOD CLEARANCE FROM OSKAR TO ARAN NEARLY PUT STARLANDS IN FRONT.
BEN K 'S FIRST GOAL KICK WAS SLOPPY AND RUSHED AND LED TO A CORNER WHICH WAS DEFLECTED JUST WIDE. PHEW! TO BE FAIR THAT WAS BEN K'S ONLY MISHAP.
A FURTHER KICK FROM BEN SET UP ANOTHER ATTACK - AND HE WAS COMING OFF HIS LINE TO COLLECT THE BALL....AND CALLING! ...IT WAS ONE SUCH CHALLENGE THAT LED TO THE BALL LUCKILY DEFLECTING INTO THE GOAL....A SHAME AND THE BOYS FOUND THEMSELVES 1-0 DOWN.
FROM A CORNER, HUNTINGTON HAND BALLED...THE BOYS STOPPED, BUT THE STRIKER DIDN'T!...AND SMASHED IT INTO THE TOP OF THE NET , 2-0.
ANOTHER CORNER SOON FOLLOWED, A WHILST OSKAR MADE A LOVELY SLIDING TACKLE - HE THEN HANDLED THE REBOUND,.,,,A GREAT SAVE....BUT THE REFEREE DIDN'T SEE IT....THAT EVENED UP THE LUCK ;)
OSKAR THEN WENT ON A STORMING RUN...AND WAS TAKEN DOWN IN THE BOX,...DEEMED TO BE A FAIR CHALLENGE. A PENALTY AND GOAL COULD HAVE TRANSFORMED THE GAME....ALAS IT WAS NOT AWARDED.
FROM A GOAL KICK HUNTINGTON INTERCEPTED AND SHOT UNDER BEN JUST DEFLECTED WIDE...
OSKAR WAS EVERYWHERE....AND WHEN HE WASN'T THERE ZAK & MARCUS WERE DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST - DEFENDING.
ARAN,JOSH,LUKE AND KIERAN WERE GIVING 100% BUT JUST COULDNT FIND THAT LAST PASS OR PULL THE TRIGGER FAST ENOUGH...BUT THEY NEVER GAVE UP.
THE THIRD GOAL CAME FROM A THROW IN..FLICKED ON AND AROUND THE DEFENCE...BEN SLID IN, BUT THE ON RUSHING STRIKER JUST BEAT THE COVERING DEFENCE, 3-0
JUST BEFORE HALF TIME ARAN HAD A SHOT SAVED....
THE SECOND HALF , THERE WAS A RISK THE BOYS WOULD RUN OUT OF STEAM...BUT ACTUALLY THEY HELD HUNTINGTON TO ONLY 2 MORE. WELL DONE BOYS!
BEN WAS KICKING OUT OF HAND WELL, ONE KICK WENT TO JOSH WHO CHIPPED IT OVER THE KEEPER, BUT IT WENT AGONISINGLY WIDE... UNLUCKY JOSH.
ARAN HAD ANOTHER SHOT SAVED, AND MISSED THE REBOUND.
A FOURTH GOAL CAME FROM A LOVELY CROSS FIELD BALL, AND WAS TUCKED AWAY CLINICALLY 4-0
ARAN HAD ANOTHER SHOT SAVED, FROM THE CORNER TAKEN BY ZAK - KIERAN NEARLY SCORED A FANTASTIC HEADER - IT FLEW INCHES WIDE!!!
MARCUS THEN GOT INVOLVED IN SOME ARGY BARGY - GOING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER - BUT DEEMED TO HAVE EVENTUALLY SHOVED THE STRIKER...THE ENSUING FREE KICK WAS HIT HARD INTO THE NEAR POST...AND SOMEHOW BY PASSED EVERYONE, AND SLIPPED IN 5-0.
BEN MADE A SUPERB LONG RANGE SAVE TIPPING OVER THE BAR...AND THEN A DIVING SAVE RETAINING THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.
ARAN AGAIN NEARLY SCORED FROM A POOR GOAL KICK BUT JUST COULD NOT GET THE BALL OUT FROM UNDER HIS FEET...I PERSONALLY THINK HE WAS SUFFERING FROM THE HEAVY DEFEAT AT MY HANDS ON FIFA 13 THIS WEEK.....BEATEN BY AN OLD MAN!!! GET IN :)
A GREAT EFFORT FROM ALL THE BOYS TODAY - ARAN & KIERAN COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE SCORE SHEET ANY OTHER DAY.
OSKAR WON MAN OF THE MATCH & PARENTS PLAYER....HE WAS EVERYWHERE TODAY...WELL DONE!
