Lambourn came out of the blocks quickly and were over running Stratton in all areas, Luke Plumb was put clean through in as early as the first minute but the Stratton goalkeeper made a great save. After a period of sustained pressure Lambourn finally took a deserved lead from Kieran Ratcliffe who hit an unstoppale shot from the edge of the area. It took Stratton until 15 minutes in before mounting there first meaningfull attack but stout defending by Bradley Skeats and Daniel Bayliss kept them at bay and some good saves from Aaron Smillie who was a spectator for long periods. Another attack from Lambourn broke down and the ball fell to Keiran who shifted the ball and lobbed the keeper from well outside the area. Declan Rackham was breaking the play up in the middle of the park and some great runs from Harley Brizell continued to put the pressure on Stratton. Half time Stratton A 0 - 2 Lambourn
The second half saw Stratton come out with a bit more fight and they then started to get on top Howard Hughes came on for Kieran to try and shore up the midfield. Matthew Francis came on for Luke who had run himself into the ground up front instead of settling for 2 nil Lambourn continued to press forward for a third but on one of these attacks the ball broke and Stratton had 3 on 2 and Aaron could do nothing as the Stratton forward finsihed well. Matthew had a great chance to make it 3 late on and was then replaced by Luke who came back on and Harley made way for Howard. The referee found 9 minutes of injury time but Bradley in defence was determined no one was going to get through and then finally the whistle went for a great win against a team in the league above us.Full time Stratton A 1 - 2 Lambourn
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Home to Calne
Lambourn 1 - 1 Calne
A fantastic advert for the Under 9 Div 2 league , a very fast flowing hard fought game between two very good sides who were joint top. Both teams cancelled each other out although on the balance of play Calne had the better first half even though Lambourn missed a penalty. The second half Calne took an early lead with a long range effort after this Lambourn attacked relentlessly with the Calne goalkeeper making 3 great saves and the home team hitting the post. Then finally in the last 30 seconds of the game during a goalmouth scramble the ball found it's way to Harley Brizell who did not panic and stroked it home.
A fantastic advert for the Under 9 Div 2 league , a very fast flowing hard fought game between two very good sides who were joint top. Both teams cancelled each other out although on the balance of play Calne had the better first half even though Lambourn missed a penalty. The second half Calne took an early lead with a long range effort after this Lambourn attacked relentlessly with the Calne goalkeeper making 3 great saves and the home team hitting the post. Then finally in the last 30 seconds of the game during a goalmouth scramble the ball found it's way to Harley Brizell who did not panic and stroked it home.
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Wanborough Away
Wanborough 0 - 11 Lambourn
Lambourn continued there great start to the season after a slow start on a poor pitch. It took 10 minutes for Lambourn to get into their stride but once Luke plumb opened the scoring it was all one way traffic. Luke scored 3 more in quick sucession all well taken strikers goals after great approach play by the midfield of Declan, Kieron and Howard. Bradley and Daniel never looked like letting Wanborough through which let the midfielders flood forward, Kieron was fed the ball by Declan and he finished well. Harley came on for Howard and from a Harley shot the defender deflected it into his own net, Kieron scored the best goal of the game just before half time with a great strike from the edge of the area to make it 7 -0 at half time.
Matthew came on for Luke at half time and went up front soon after the re-start he had a number of chances which the keeper saved well. Declan then scored two great solo goals with some neat finishes, Matthew then had another great chance which hit the bar then the rebound he hit against the post and it looked like he was not going to get his goal but soon after the ball found its way to Matthew who finished well. Aaron who had been a spectator for most of the game made a couple of good stops towards the end before Harley rounded off a great team display with number 11.
Top of the league with a goal difference of +20 after 3 games we just need to build on this great start.
Lambourn continued there great start to the season after a slow start on a poor pitch. It took 10 minutes for Lambourn to get into their stride but once Luke plumb opened the scoring it was all one way traffic. Luke scored 3 more in quick sucession all well taken strikers goals after great approach play by the midfield of Declan, Kieron and Howard. Bradley and Daniel never looked like letting Wanborough through which let the midfielders flood forward, Kieron was fed the ball by Declan and he finished well. Harley came on for Howard and from a Harley shot the defender deflected it into his own net, Kieron scored the best goal of the game just before half time with a great strike from the edge of the area to make it 7 -0 at half time.
Matthew came on for Luke at half time and went up front soon after the re-start he had a number of chances which the keeper saved well. Declan then scored two great solo goals with some neat finishes, Matthew then had another great chance which hit the bar then the rebound he hit against the post and it looked like he was not going to get his goal but soon after the ball found its way to Matthew who finished well. Aaron who had been a spectator for most of the game made a couple of good stops towards the end before Harley rounded off a great team display with number 11.
Top of the league with a goal difference of +20 after 3 games we just need to build on this great start.
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