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Reserve Team reports 2004-05

The team continued to apply pressure on the home goal and a shot from Nadine Felix-Sandford was well saved by the Long Lane keeper.  After 25 minutes, Long Lane got a goal back to make it 1-1and scored again four minutes later to go ahead.

Spurs started to show a bit of a fight-back and Sarah Hocking scored in the 37th minute to make the score 2-2, but then just before half time Long Lane grabbed a goal to make it 3-2 at the break.

Spurs come out after the interval determined to get back into the game and it was only two minutes into the second half that Spurs produced some good play for Krystal Morrison to stick the ball away to make it 3-3.

In the 78th minute one of our players went down, but the referee continued play, leading to Long Lane going on to score again to take the lead for a third time.  However, when it seemed this would be a loss for Tottenham, Beth Richards latched on to a good pass to make the score 4-4 in the last few minutes.

June Clark

Other results : - 

Clapton Orient Reserves  0    Hendon Reserves  6
Carshalton Athletic Reserves  3    Enfield 3rds  4   
Leyton Orient Youth  6    Dagenham & Redbridge Reserves  0    

Played away at Cheshunt; Fred Knights pitch waterlogged. 

Sue Sharples Memorial Trophy - Quarter final 

Some good link up play between Athena Yennaris and Rebecca Andrews, played in Meroulla Lazarou, who set up Krystal Morrison to control the ball and lob it over the Enfield keeper to put Tottenham 1-0 ahead. 

As would be expected from a Cup-tie, some strong tackles were put in by both sides, but the Spurs defence manage to stop the Enfield attacks reaching their goal and when they did break through, E’s fired a shot just over the bar. 

Another good passing move from Tottenham created the opportunity for Krystal to break through and get her second goal with a clinical finish. 

Enfield came out fighting and applied pressure, but some good team defending prevented Enfield getting back into the game.  Morrison almost sealed her hat-trick when she tried to latch onto a loose ball, but the keeper bravely saved before she could reach it. 

Other Sue Sharples Memorial Trophy results : - 

Carshalton Athletic Reserves  2    Leyton Orient Youth  8     (Round 1)
Dagenham & Redbridge Reserves  -     C.E.F.I. Reserves  -     (Round 1) [Match awarded to D&R]
Long Lane Reserves  9     Acton Sports Club Reserves  1    (Round 1)

Greater London Regional Women's Football League - Reserve League Division 1 

Awaiting match report. 

Other results : - 
Dagenham & Redbridge Reserves  5     Carshalton Athletic Reserves  1    
Watford Youth  2    Long Lane Reserves  1     
Enfield 3rds  2    Hendon Reserves  0     

Greater London Regional Women's Football League - Reserve League Division 1 

Tottenham Hotspur Ladies Reserves showed great bouncebackability to reverse last week's score-line in their favour to score a big League win.   

Spurs forced the pace from the start and a fourth minute goal-line scramble saw the ball cleared off the goal-line.  Krystal Morrison had already gone close with a lob and a low drive before she coolly slotted the ball home past the Carshalton keeper in the tenth minute to open the scoring.

Krystal was in sparkling form and hit a shot that fizzed past the keeper just four minutes after her first.  Strike partner Nadine Felix-Sandford was after a piece of the action, but was just off target when she was put through the middle.  Morrison was keen to add to her total and was unlucky with a neat lob that drifted just wide on the half hour and in the next attack, the keeper dived at her feet to deny her shot.

However, she was not to be denied a hat-trick, when, two minutes later, when she was set up with a tap-in from five yards out, following a good run down the left wing by Rebecca Andrews.  Tottenham's fourth hit the net within two minutes of this goal.  Handan Djoshkoun hit a steepling volley which the goalkeeper could not hold and the ball was blocked on the line in the ensuing melee.  It fell to Sarah Green, who was about 25 yards out and her drilled shot ripped into the net.

After the break, Carshalton re-organised and became more difficult to break down, but Tottenham's pressure was relentless.  A 54th minute attack saw the visitors' defence stand firm as Nadine, Krystal and Rebecca's shots were all saved, but it was breached on 57 minutes, with Krystal's header setting up Nadine Felix-Sandford to shot low into the net.

Handan was sewing up anything that went in the air near the halfway line, even making strides out with the ball to feed left winger Rebecca Andrews, who hit the pass goalwards and the rising shot was saved by the Athletic keeper.  With twenty-five minutes of the half gone, Spurs took a 6-0 lead when a nice passage of passing between Rebecca and Alice Oake on the left, saw a cross to the far post, where Sarah Campbell struck a shot that beat the goalie.

The keeper was busy and saved well from Morrison, but from the resulting corner, Nadine's ball in was met by Handan with a rasping shot that flew past the defenders in the line to put her in seventh heaven in the 67th minute.  And from another corner in the next attack, Felix-Sandford almost added another with a cheeky back-heel.  The Spurs striker was also denied with fifteen minutes remaining as Becky Andrews had a shot blocked on the line and then Nadine was also thwarted.  Sarah Campbell put in a firm header that the keeper held before Carshalton broke away to hit a shot across the face of substitute Becky William's goal.

The final goal in this match, against sporting opponents, came with added time being played.  Another set-piece lead to the goal, as Campbell struck again from a corner to round off an 8-0 win for the side, who will be looking to take their good form on into next week's match.

Other results : - 

Hendon Reserves  2     Long Lane Reserves  2     
Leyton Orient Youth  10     Clapton Orient Res.  0     

Greater London Regional Women's Football League - Reserve League Division 1 

A poor start in this local derby caught Spurs cold and ultimately cost them the match, despite haveing the bulk of the better chances in the same.

Two quick goals in the first fifteen minutes left Tottenham chasing the game, which they did when the returning Meroulla Lazarou forced the Enfield keeper into action.  The pressure yielded some reward when a corner was swung in and Sarah Campbell connected with the ball to send it into the back of the net.

As half-time approached, the Tottenham side kept pushing forward and although there was a scare at the Spurs end and Kat Stebbings was called on to make a save just after the break, the traffic was mostly one way.

Beth Richards made a great run on the left wing and was hauled down when she entered the penalty area and the ref pointed to the spot for a penalty.  Sarah Green stepped up to take the penalty, which beat the keeper but not the goalpost and the ball bounced out to safety.

This did not deter Tottenham, who brought a save out of the Enfield goalie from an Amy Bruce header and Sarah Green's shot was too hot to hold, but the ball was hacked away as it ran loose.

Kelly Cox came on to make her debut and her first touch set up Meroulla, but her shot flew just wide.

It was disappointing that the team did not make the most of the possession they had, but it was a determined fight-back, although it ended in vain.

Other results : - 

Carshalton Athletic Reserves  -    Watford Youth  -    
Long Lane Reserves  -     Leyton Orient Youth  -     
Clapton Orient Res.  -     Dagenham & Redbridge Reserves  -     

Greater London Regional Women's Football League - Reserve League Division 1 

A tough encounter with Watford Youth saw Spurs salvage a draw and earn a deserved point from this League match at Frederick Knight's.   

With a stroke of good fortune favouring the visitors, Spurs had to recover from being a goal down in 10 minutes.  A clearance from the Tottenham defence fell to a Watford player 20 yards out and her speculative shot bounced into the net to give the Hornets a lead in the game.

Spurs edged their way back into the game and Sarah Campbell set up a good chance for fellow midfielder Sarah Green, but her early shot missed by a couple of feet.  Shortly after, Kesha Heaven was released with a through ball that saw her confront the keeper and her shot got past the goalie, but also beat the post to slip wide of the mark.

Tottenham had to defend a corner and a melee that ensued saw Watford have a golden opportunity to extend their lead, but the shot from their forward, as the ball dropped, was hit wide from three yards out.  A free-kick awarded 30 yards out at the other end was struck well by Kesha and the keeper managed to let the ball go between her legs, but she was wide of the goal and a goal kick was awarded.  

Watford were passing the ball well in the first half, but a change at half-time changed things to Tottenham's advantage.  Dom Clarke replaced the injured Campbell and a reshuffle made Spurs a more solid unit.  Early in the half, Heaven hit another free kick from 25 yards out and brought a save from the goalie, while Alice Oake and Nadine Felix-Sandford engineered a shooting opportunity, but Nadine was unable to get sufficient power in her drive.

It was Spurs who were dominating the game now and Alice's low ball across the face of the goal was just out of Kesha's reach.  Watford did break away and one of their forwards hit a shot over the top from the left side of the area, but this was almost the last serious threat on the Spurs goal, as Rosi Webb came on for Cas Brown to add more potency to the Tottenham attack.

Dom Clarke played a good ball in to Kesha, who was having a prominent role in the Spurs moves, and her lay back to Geena Gordon was struck over the top.  However, with 70 minutes on the clock, Tottenham produced an equaliser resulting from a flowing movement right across the pitch.  The ball started off in the left back position, moved along the half-way line and then down the right wing to Rosi.  Her early ball into the box saw Kesha nip in ahead of the keeper at the near post and prod the ball into the net to make it 1-1.

With twenty minutes left, Spurs pressed for the winner and Rosi struck a shot well, but it went too high, Heaven had a neat turn and shot in the area half-blocked to take the pace off the ball and Sarah Green struck a shot from 25 yards to bring the keeper into action.  The game ended with the ball being battled for in midfield and the ref was called upon to book one of the Watford defenders for what appeared to be dissent. 

While the team struggled to find their tempo in the first half, the significant improvement in the second half was well worth the point and the result was perhaps a fair one at the final whistle.

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Other results : - 

Hendon Reserves  2     Dagenham & Redbridge Reserves  3     
Clapton Orient Res.  1     Long Lane Reserves  5     

Greater London Regional Women's Football League - Reserve League Division 1 

Postponed - waterlogged pitch. 

Other results : - 

Clapton Orient Res.  -     Watford Youth  -    

Greater London Regional Women's Football League - Reserve League Division 1 

An icy day saw Spurs travel to play Dagenham and Redbridge reserves, with some players missing and a chilly wind to contend with.

Spurs got into the game quickly and applied pressure on the Dagenham goal, resulting in an early goal from Geena Gordon.  Her run down the left saw her hit a shot from just inside the penalty area that cleared the keeper and dip into the net for the opener.

D&R hit straight back with a corner that captain Mel Berry did well to clear, but Spurs broke away and a shot was not held by the keeper, who had to make a second save as Rosi Webb followed up on the loose ball.  Jenny Curtis was making good progress up the line out of defence and provided Geena with a shooting opportunity.  However, following this, when play moved to the other end of the pitch, a lapse of concentration in the Spurs defence let Dagenham in for an equaliser.

At the break, Athena Yennaris had to be replaced by Di Gardiner because of injury and shortly after the restart, Di nicked the ball away from a Daggers player in the area, but the referee pointed to the spot for a penalty.  The spot-kick was taken, but was shot wide of the goal to leave the scores still level.

Tottenham's breaks from defence were causing problems for D&R and Faye Callaway knocked a great cross in to Rosi, but her shot was well saved.  Meroulla Lazarou was dangerous all afternoon and a tackle on her from behind saw the yellow card brought out for a Dagenham player.

The pressure was still being put on by Spurs, but a strange incident when a Dagenham player sat on the ball, then broke forward and shot past Kat Stebbings to make it 2-1 to the home side.  

Meroulla got a caution shortly after and then as Tottenham moved forward once more, Sarah Green hit a fine shot that bounced down off the bar and while all those near the incident were convinced it had crossed the line, the goal was not awarded.  Old Trafford all over again !!  However, with more good work from midfield and the ball being worked out to Faye, her pass picked out Rosi.  Her cross just eluded Meroulla's run into the area and that was the last chance before the final whistle brought the match to an end.

It was a spirited performance in wintry conditions and without the rub of the green, it was a disappointing result in the end.

June Clarke

Other results : - 

Clapton Orient Res.  -     Leyton Orient Youth  -     
Carshalton Athletic Reserves  -    Watford Youth  -    
Long Lane Reserves  -     Hendon Reserves  -     

Greater London Regional Women's Football League - Reserve League Division 1 

On a very bumpy pitch Spurs started well, but the first 15 minutes of the game were very scrappy with both teams failing to control the ball to any great degree.  The home team's goalkeeper was much the busier, saving shots from Gill Blackmore and watching as a fierce Samrawit Bereket shot hit the crossbar.

Carshalton too had an opportunity midway through the half when a shot hit the crossbar of the Spurs goal.  At the other end there was a penalty shout following Rosi Webb being bundled over in the box, but the ref waved for play to continue.

An early substitution of Mary Griffith for Dom Clarke through injury did not unsettle Spurs and with play in the Carshalton half, birthday girl (21st) Kelly Herrett floated in a cross that was pounced upon by Faye Callaway to make it 1-0

This resulted in some Carshalton pressure being applied, but they were unable to breakthrough the Spurs defence, superbly marshalled by Kelly with some assured goalkeeping by Laura May.

Late in the first half, following a Carshalton corner, a penalty was awarded for handball.  The Carshalton player hit the ball well, but Laura's reactions were excellent to push the ball onto the crossbar, with Jenny Homer being alert and clearing the danger.

Into the second half, Tottenham withstood the early Carshalton pressure and tried to get their passing game going.  Almost immediately the rewards were apparent with the Carshalton goalkeeper being forced into making a number of saves and Rosi Webb hitting the crossbar.

Samrawit Bereket then went on a mazy run that took her past two defenders to place a cross into the box that Rosi Webb slotted home for Tottenham's second goal.

The third came some five minutes later following further good work down the left hand side and perseverance by Gill.  Samrawit collected the pass, rounded two players and coolly slotted the ball home.

A tough final match for the reserves that sees them in mid table position.   

Jackie Fearon

Other results : - 

Clapton Orient Res.  -     
Leyton Orient Youth  -     
Carshalton Athletic Reserves  -    
Watford Youth  -    
Long Lane Reserves  -     
Hendon Reserves  -