An outstanding all round performance. Daniel was never troubled in goal with the two Jack’s and Lewie in defence were excellent throughout with solid tackling, good communication and some strong clearances. We ended the first half on top but still level at 0-0. The second half was a revelation! Good tenacity from Kaine for his first goal and then a fantastic half volley from way outside of the box by Nathan which flew into the bottom corner – a candidate for goal of the season if ever I saw one. Nathan then tried an audacious lob which the goalie tipped onto the bar and was still unlucky not to drop into the net. At 0-2 the boys were playing with lots of confidence – good tackling in midfield from Lewis and some great passing from Jacob. Kaine followed up with two more strikers goals for his hatrick and Jack B played the last 5 minutes up front and finished the match in style by robbing a defender on the edge of the box and finishing firmly in the bottom corner to round off an inspired performance from all of the boys.
Man of the Match: awarded to Lewie for his tremendous hard work and strong tackling. Well done
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A tough game for the Maroons. Rovers are clearly not a Division 4 side and the game was very competitive from start to finish. The boys started very brightly with good passing and strong tackling. We played with three across the back with the two Jack’s and Lewie and did not look like conceding until Milford scored shortly before half-time from a corner. Several good efforts from Nathan and a half volley from Jack B in the second half could have brought us level before Milford scored again and then rounded off with a third just before the end. Overall though the boys need not get disheartened and once again played very well as a team.
Man of the match: Jack Hayes for the second week in succession for some great tackling and surging runs from defence.
Another good display from the Maroons. They started very brightly with a good goal in the bottom corner from Jack B, closely followed by a strong left foot shot from Nathan to put them 2 up after 10 minutes.
Mytchett then found their way and the game became more evenly balanced. Camberley passed well and worked hard and by half-time it we were 3-1 up after a second goal from Jack.
The second half continued at a very fast pace and Mytchett came back at us strongly. Jack H and Lewie worked hard in defence and we may have held on to the 4-1 lead we had developed, after a second from Nathan, but got caught several times on the break as the forwards struggled to track back.
Just before the end Mytchett equalised and, even at that point, either team could have won with continued end-to-end action. The match finished 4-4 with lots of bitten finger nails and 14 very exhausted boys.
Overall a fair result and something to build on for next week.
