Crown Bowled Over In Derby

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The fist home game of the season didn&rsquo;t get off to the best start. Our toughest opponent &ldquo;Saturday night Drinking&rdquo; got the better of a few & the 9:45 meet time for some was a little too early!!!

<p>The game got off to a fast start with both teams trying to keep the ball down and build possession. It was pretty end to end but neither keeper having much to do. A ball which should have been cut out left the Crown Striker 1 on 1 with Simon Wintle and the forward got the better and headed past the keeper to score the opening Goal after 5 mins.

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<p>It was a tight affair in the first half and Athletic started creating a few dangerous attacks. With Scott Norton narrowly missing the target and Danny Emsley blasting in from a tight angle we are back on track, only for the ref to blow for offside.

<p>The crown edged the possession but without creating anything to mention. Yeadon were struggling to play the football we know we can & unforced errors were halting any progress we were making.

<p>Half time was upon us with things to work on.

<p>After a brief chat Yeadon looked to get our passing game going but a mad spell giving the ball away on various occasions wasn&rsquo;t helping. Yeadon eventually started to pull the strings which left the Crown relying on counter attacks. A stunning performance by the returning Adam Otway in central defence who cleaned up with last ditch tackles & kept Athletic in the hunt.

<p>A double substitution was a way to get everything moving a bit faster, Jay replacing Simon in Goal & Paul Clough coming on for Stuart Hardcastle in the midfield holding role. This turned out to be a touch of brilliance&hellip; ;)

<p>With the tempo raised Yeadon were on top and attacking the goal on a regular basis and it wasn&rsquo;t long before this resulted in the equaliser. Scott Norton picked out Danny Emsley who placed the ball beyond the keeper to notch up his first of the season.

<p>1-1

<p>With our tails up we pushed for another.

<p>10 minutes later Oli rushed on to a headed ball by James Barker, the Keeper came rushing out only for the striker to get there fist and curl the ball in from distance.

<p>2-1

<p>The last 10 minutes were nail biting, the Crown with wave after wave of attacks pushed for the equaliser. This would have been the case but for a superb double save from Jay Bastow in the sticks. This was followed by another last ditch challenge from Otway to save the game and ensure we came away with all 3 points.

<p>This was far from the prettiest game but we played against a much tougher opposition and came through to steal a win. It&rsquo;s a cracking start to the season, lets keep the run going in to next week away to Milford.

<p>Team&nbsp;

<p>Simon Wintle

<p>Aaron Welsh

<p>Alex McInnis

<p>Liam Keen

<p>Adam Otway

<p>Stewart Hardcastle

<p>Damien Fleming&nbsp;

<p>Danny Emsley

<p>James Barker

<p>Scott Norton

<p>Oliver Leslie (c)

<p>S&nbsp;&ndash; Paul Clough

<p>S &ndash; Jay Bastow

<p>S &ndash; Craig Williams

<p>Man of The Match &ndash; Adam Otway.

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