Lambourn vs Harwell Village
Starting line up:
McEvett, A.Hendrid, M.Hendrid, S.Please, C.Prioyer, T.Goody, D.Livings, L.Griffin, S.Mooney, B.Matthews, F.Joyce, T.woods, S.connors, S.Annets, D.Crawford.
First game of season. We didn't start very well, I think the whole team and even myself and Rob were quite tense so I think that rubbed off on the players, because they all know if we get a promotion, we will be playing Hellenic football next season. But after 20 minutes we got the ball down and started to play the way we want to play with a lot of good work from Goody and Prioyer down the flanks. The visiting side had a half chance in the first half, but on possession and chances, I thought we could have maybe gone in at half time 1-0 up.
Second half, we put the foot on the gas and upped our game even more. Although Harwell should have gone 1-0 up. After a good spell of possesion we lost the ball in midfield and we were caught on the break by not being switched on at the back. But McEvett came off his line and made a good save. Other than that, Harwell did not cause us a single problem in the second half-and hopefully we can work on it, to be switched on at all times. But the lads never gave in, and in the last 15 minutes there was only one team that wanted three points. Prioyer and Griffin came off with slight knocks and Woods and Connor came on to give us a bit more fire-power, and we got our just rewards with a corner from Woods, flicked on by Joyce, and Goody smashed it in with a left foot volley.
Myself and Rob were very happy with the lads and showed a lot of character, considering a lot of the boys have only played two or three games together, we were both very happy. We were quite fortunate but we have got a good squad of about 20 lads that can do a job for us. So this is a good headache for me and Rob to have. We got rid of a lot of dead wood in pre-season and we brought in seven new players that have made a very good impact, with the right attitude. So hopefully that can rub off on all the younger lads. A good example, Steve Please drove back from Doncaster on Saturday morning to play for us, and that says it all really, and he's from Swindon. I'm expecting big things this year from Terry Wood and especially Sam Connors. He's only 17 but if he knuckles down and listens, he's definitely got a good future in the game. Hopefully for our next game we will have Mark Bones back from holiday and maybe one or two new faces.
Macca.
