Marlow Youth 2 (1)

We started the season in emphatic fashion demolishing Marlow with some superb football.
We started brightly and were up for the game from the off. Playing an attacking 3-5-2 we spent most of our time in the final third. To our great surprise Marlow took the lead in the 30th minute when keeper Kieron Hudson failed to collect a cross which was duly volleyed home from close range.
Thankfully this had the right effect on the lads and we equalised within 2 minutes Abraham Osho drilled a low shot across the keeper at an acute angle.
We also missed a hatful of chances to take the lead before half time.
In the second half we flew out of the blocks with a great Ryan Hazell through ball finding Osho who drilled the ball past the advancing keeper within 20 seconds of the restart.
Ian Henry extended the lead from the penalty spot when Ryan Hazell took a horendous kick to the face within the box in the 55th minute.
It was Henry again who made it 4-1 when he met a great cross from Driver to volley home in the 61st minute.
Matty Stevenson rattled in the 5th on 75 mins when he hit a nice outside foot volley from close range from a corner.
Marlow pulled a goal back when Sam Lock was adjudicated to have hand balled in the area. Although Hudson dived the right way the ball was just out of his reach.
First team squad member Lewis Driver rounded of a great display at right wingback with a near post header in the 85th minute.
Next week the Youth are home to Wokingham & Emmbrook in the league with a 7-45 Kick Off

Steve Beard