Polytechnic 8s vs Merton 4s
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16 September 2017
Away league match played on 16 September 2017.
Kicked off at 12:00 PM
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vs Polytechnic 8s
Away league match
After last weekend’s opening defeat, it was important that we went brought the three point’s home against Polytechnic 8s.
We were able to welcome Michael Gubby back in goal with Sonny Kennedy and Michael Vogt back and named in the starting line-up and on the bench respectively. Unfortunately we were with Dom Plumridge however had a squad capable of getting the result that was needed.
It was clear from the outset that this was a game that was there for the taking and the result proved that.
The first half seemed to go by in a flash in which we went in four goals to the good. Going in just one goal to the good is rare for this team!
We stated the second half as we did the first, one the front foot and not going the host a sniff of the ball. It didn't take long before we were able to add more to our tally with the score at 7-0 in our favour with 10 minutes to go which included a hat trick from Adam Collings.
The opposition were able to find a consolation however after Dan Gridley found himself in the sin bin following a dispute with the ref. Two sin bins in successive games isn't good enough and something that we need to work on.
With Dan having kicked the ball out of play for a corner before leaving the field of play, we were unable to track men which allowed an easy header to find the back of the net. This was something that Gubby wasn't happy about as the clean sheet would have helped towards the Golden Glove award he hopes to win come the end of the season.
We managed to dent the oppo a little more with one final goal courtesy of Matt Sheeve so record our biggest ever win of 8-1.
Next week we are in Chiswick again to face IBIS Eagle in the hope that we can move this performance forward and claim another three points.