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Whilst it was a clear bright day, it had
been raining over the last few days, so the girls got that sinking
feeling when they finally got on the right pitch.
Bobbi Cubberley took an early free kick
which fell to Amy Woff in the box, whose resultant shot was well saved
by the Garston keeper who was in for a very busy afternoon. The girls
then won a corner and Bobbi floated in a lovely ball which was half
cleared out to Amy who buried it in the back of the net to make 1-0
after three minutes.
Laura Newby then got into the action and
had a shot saved by the keeper. Bobbi took another corner on the
Tottenham left and she was causing havoc in the Garston goal mouth, with
the ball being scrambled away.
Tottenham were constantly pushing forward
and the ball fell to Laura on the edge of the box, she took aim with her
left foot and floated the ball into the back of the net to make it 2-0
after 6 minutes. Still Spurs drove forward and Laura had another shot
blocked.
Tottenham had now well and truly pitched
their tents in the Garston half and Charlotte McLucas sped down the
right hand side, producing a great cross into the box, which
unfortunately no one could get on the end off, on this occasion. Garston
were trying to break out of their half, but they ran into a brick wall
in the shape of Tianna Carrington, Vicki Blake, Hollie Watson and Saiska
Collins who were dealing with anything thrown in their direction.
Charlotte had a long shot from outside
the area, which was saved by the keeper and still they came forward with
Tori Tripp exploding down the left hand side, looking for an
opportunity. Her chance came and Tori blasted the ball at the goal,
which the keeper once again saved.
The girls were attacking at will and
Charlotte produced another blistering run down the right in very muddy
conditions and crossed the ball brilliantly, Tori was so nearly there at
the far post and just missed it by a fraction.
The defence were pushing up further and
further and Vicki had a shot which was saved by the keeper from
distance. The girls remained vigilant however and Hollie ensured that
nothing broke past the defence, clearing the ball out when necessary.
Tori was full of tricks down the left with Bobbi, showing great ball
skills on the left and centre. Tori pushed the ball through to Laura who
was just beaten by the keeper. This was followed by another attack led
by Charlotte on the right she produced another super cross after a great
run and Tori’s shot was tipped off for a corner. The corner came in and
Tori had another shot pushed off for a corner by the keeper.
Gerry the Manager then decided to change
the formation at the back to make it even more attacking with 5 in
midfield and 3 at the back. The girls forged forward and Laura drilled
the ball to Ruth Collett whose shot was saved by the keeper, who pushed
it off for a corner. The ball came into the box and was kicked out to
Amy, who crossed it back into the box to find Libby Lovick who had only
just come on, neatly put the ball into the back of the net to score her
first goal of the season. Well done Libby, so 3-0 after 25 minutes.
The girls continued to battle away, with
Tianna using her speed at the back and Laura taking on a number of
players on the right. Charlotte produced another fabulous cross on the
right and Tori, so nearly steered it into the back of the net at the end
of the first half.
The girls started the second half
brightly and Bobbi had an early shot at goal, which was saved. Ruth got
in on the act as she saw her shot whistle passed the post. It wasn’t
long however for Shoshana Field to make her presence felt when she
blasted the ball into the back of the net to make it 4-0 after 34
minutes.
This goal was quickly followed by a
sublime 30-yard pass from Hollie to Ruth, who ran on to it and was one
on one with the keeper and coolly stroked the ball into the back of the
net, making it 5-0 after 35 minutes. It was so nearly followed by a goal
from Marva Kreel who cleverly beat her player on the right and saw her
shot just hit the side netting.
Tottenham were now all over Garston who
played with nine players behind the ball for most of the game. Tori
produced a nice pass to Shoshana on the edge of the area and she let fly
with a strongly struck shot, which smashed against the cross bar and
fell to the feet of Bobbi who drilled the ball into the back of the net
to make it 6-0 after 40 minutes.
The defence did have to keep their wits
about them and Hollie was strong on the right, with Vicki chasing a
player back and clearing the ball away from danger.
The girls were quickly back up the other
end and Shoshana had a shot saved from a goal mouth scramble , with
Tori’s shot saved by the keeper and pushed off for a corner. The corner
was floated in and Amy had a shot once again saved by the keeper.
There was a great move down the left by
Tori who passed the ball to Amy, whose shot was punched away for a
corner. The ball was delivered into the box and cleared out to Tori on
the edge of the area, who blasted the ball at the goal, the keeper saved
it, but couldn’t hold it and Bobbi darted forward to smash the ball into
the goal and make it 7-0 after 45 minutes.
After the kick off the ball came to
Hollie who drilled a pass to Amy who delivered a great through ball to
Tori, with her shot just going wide. The next move saw Laura pass to
Marva who flicked the ball onto Amy, who placed a lovely ball into the
top right hand corner with her left foot and making it 8-0 after 46
minutes. The girls were now on fire and Laura produced a great ball to
Bobbi who thumped the ball into the goal, securing her hat-trick and so
9-0 to Spurs. This was followed a moment later when Amy ran from the
midfield, across the left hand side of the goal and blast the ball into
the net to make it 10-0 and very good individual effort. One of the
biggest cheers came when Lily Tyrimos came out of goal and collected the
ball for her first touch of the match.
The girls weren’t quite finished and the
final goal came when Ruth passed the ball onto Shoshana who cracked the
ball into the goal making it 11-0 and the highest score achieved this
season.
The ground wasn’t easy to play on, but
the girls stuck to it!! Literally!!
Player of the match went to Charlotte who
had worked tirelessly and had some made some fantastic runs and crosses
during the game. Well done all.
I know that all the Mums
(and Dads of course!!) love doing the washing after all the matches and
it’s great that we have got a kit that doesn’t show the dirt much!!
DAVID WATSON
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