Clenchwarton YFC 8 vs 0 Watlington

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The first competitive fixture of the season proved to be a bit of an anti-climax, after a great pre-season, where the lads had worked really hard at their passing game, with some encouraging results.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It seemed to take an age for the first goal of the season to go in, with some clear-cut chances going begging, as well as some fine saves from the Watlington keeper.&nbsp; Eventually, man of the match Lewis Jeavons started the ball rolling with great finish from outside the box.&nbsp; This seemed to settle the team down, with their dominance starting to show through more controlled passages of play.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Clenchwarton pressured the Watlington goal, with an eventual penalty given for handball.&nbsp; Kodie stepped up, only for his shot to be saved by the keeper.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Robbie Rose scored his first goal for the club, on his competitive debut, by latching on to a loose ball in the penalty area, from a Kodie Tuvey corner.&nbsp; This was soon followed up by 2 great goals for Kodie himself, as well as the first for Josh Murray.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Half Time : 5 &ndash; 0

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Minutes in to the second half, Kodie rounded of his hat-trick with a cool finish in to the corner.&nbsp; Josh Murray soon followed this up with a smashed shot in to the top of the net.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Josh Murray made a fantastic run at goal, beating the very difficult offside trap employed by the Watlington back four, after a great Karl Brown pass.&nbsp; Josh looked certain to score, only to be brought down from behind in the goal area.&nbsp; Penalty.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Kodie bravely stepped up to take this again, only for the resulting shot to go wide.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">However, by this time, the game was already over.&nbsp; Lewis Jeavons tapped in for his deserved second of the game to finish the score off at 8 &ndash; 0.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The score could easily have been doubled on another day.&nbsp; There was lots of hard work from all the players, even if the play was a little disjointed at times.&nbsp; However, a great result to help get the season up and running.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Well Done lads!