| Steve Beard (18.09.07) |
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WITNEY UNITED YOUTH 0 |
MAIDENHEAD UNITED YOUTH 5 (0) |
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The Youth eased in to the next round of the
League Cup with a comfortable win against Witney United last night. We should have scored a wealth of goals in the first half but poor finishing, post, crossbars kept us at bay. We played a high tempo game going 3-4-3. Witney were not prepared for the pace of the game and looked shell shocked in the early stages before settling. Wing backs Nathan Lishman and Josh Waldron both had good halfs. On the rare occasions Witney ventured into our final third the three centre backs - Chris Cumming, Matty Stevenson and Jake Chance held firm and were rarely bothered. Somehow we went into half time 0-0. In the second half we continued the high tempo and were again thwarted with poor finishing and posts. We finally broke the deadlock on the hour when a good ball found Ryan Hazell free who slotted past the keeper. Witney visibly dropped their heads after holding out so long. We now ran rampant and Ryan soon added his second with a header from close range. Due to the high tempo we had to make changes to the line up but this just strengthened us with fresh legs allowing Nathan Lishman to smack home our third. Sam Lock culminated a great display in midfield with a great goal hammered into the roof of the net from the edge of the area. We finished off proceedings when Chris Cumming scored his debut goal after 2 years when his shot took a wicked deflection into the net. But as it is Chris's 18th over the weekend we could hardly deny him the goal. Next week we travel to Thatcham Town in the FA Youth Cup. |
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Team:K. HudsonJake Chance, Matty Stevenson, Chris Cumming, Nathan Lishman, Sam Lock, Lewis Gratten (Dominic Marioni), Josh Waldren, Lee Barney (A Kehinde), Ryan Hazell, George Lock (Xavier Ettienne). Unused Subs. R. Kehinde J Strowger. |