Chandlers Ford 0-11 College Youth

CHANDLERS FORD 0-11 COLLEGE YOUTH

27.11.04 – LEAGUE CUP

This League Cup 1st round tie was between the top of the A Division and the top of the B Division and was always going to be a very tough game for Chandlers Ford. College’s record speaks for itself having won all of the 7 games in the League, scoring 70 odd and they’ve only conceded 7 goals.

However it was the home side that dominated the possession for the first five minutes keeping the ball in the College half. Ronan Galloway weaved his way past their full back before putting in a great cross right across the face of goal which was nearly met by the head of Michael Wall.

College seemed to buck up their ideas and turned the defence into attack very quickly. They rattled the Chandlers Ford cross bar and post several times and it wasn’t long before they opened the scoring.

The CFY players dropped their heads and it cost them dear as the very able College side piled on the pressure and scored another five goals in a somewhat one-sided first half.

HALF TIME – CFY 0-6 College Youth

It was much of the same in the second half as College Youth had so much possession as they were allowed to run at the Chandlers Ford defence freely at times.

Chandlers Ford went on to concede another five very well taken goals to a strong side that looked like scoring each time they went up the field. But well done to the boys for sticking at it and playing right to the end.

Hopefully this defeat will be an eye-opener to the boys and they should be wanting to put this right with a win at home against Whiteley next week.

FULL TIME – CFY 0-11 College Youth

Locksheath 1-4 Chandlers Ford

LOCKSHEATH 1-4 CHANDLERS FORD

20.11.04 – LEAGUE

This top of the table clash was played between two well-matched sides, in wet and windy conditions at Brookfield School. Chandlers Ford took an early lead after a good run down the left saw Ronan Galloway take a few players on and put in a great cross to pick out Matt Lucas who reacted quickest in front of goal and neatly tucked the ball past the keeper and into the net from close range.

Chandlers Ford continued to dominate possession and any chances Locksheath had the CFY defence soaked up and got in some great tackles. A good passing movement from the Chandlers Ford midfield picked out Reece Middleton on the edge of the area who coolly stroke the ball home with a powerful effort that doubled the visitors lead to make it 2-0.

HALF TIME – Locksheath 0-2 CFY

Locksheath came into the second half fired up and determined to get something out of the game. They stepped up a gear or two from the second half and immediately pulled one back with a scrappy goal catching the CFY defence napping.

Despite taking this early blow, the Chandlers Ford players responded brilliantly with a good attitude. The goal seemed to fire the players back into action and they started battling more and creating chances for the front men. It wasn’t much longer before they scored a third when Ronan Galloway scored a fantastic solo effort with a neat side foot finish, which flew past the Locksheath keeper into the corner of the net.

In the dieing minutes substitute Ryan Chinn pounced on a Locksheath mistake in the box and notched up his first league goal of the season with a good finish to make sure of the three points for CFY.

FULL TIME – Locksheath 1-4 CFY

Liphook 3-4 Chandlers Ford

LIPHOOK 3-4 CHANDLERS FORD

13.11.04 – HAMPSHIRE CUP ROUND 3

In previous games, Chandlers Ford have been slow to get going and have let in early goals. Not this time. CFY started very brightly and were on top of their opponents straightaway. The midfield created some great chances and the defence dealt with everything thrown at them from the Liphook side.

A great pass from Reece Middleton put Ronan Galloway in on goal, who comfortably slotted the ball past the keeper to put Chandlers Ford one up in this Hampshire Cup match.

More pressure from the visitors resulted in a penalty for Chandlers Ford. Michael Wall stepped up for the kick but saw his penalty brilliantly saved by the keeper. Michael, despite the miss, was named man of the match later for his overall performance including some great runs down the wing and some nice passes.

CFY were soon 2-0 ahead when Reece Middleton powered his way through the Liphook defence before firing the ball home.

HALF TIME – Liphook 0-2 CFY

Chandlers Ford started the second half the way they left off by dominating the possession and creating more chances. Galloway scored two great individual efforts to grab another hat trick and this put CFY 4-0 in front.

At this point it seemed the game was already won and beyond Liphook’s reach. But this was not so. The Chandlers Ford players began to tire and switched off as Liphook began an amazing fight back.

Liphook capitalised and became the stronger side, piling on the pressure for a very nervous finish to the game. They scored three goals in quick succession and were still pushing for an equaliser way into injury time.

However Chandlers Ford held on for a 4-3 victory in this exciting cup-tie. This was probably a fair result in the end for their first half performance.

FULL TIME – Liphook 3-4 CFY

Clanfield 3-9 Chandlers Ford

CLANFIELD 3-9 CHANDLERS FORD
6.11.04 - LEAGUE

Clanfield started the game the better side and were rewarded a goal from a well-taken free kick early on. Chandlers Ford Youth were finding it hard to push through Clanfield's strong midfield, however as the half went on Chandlers Ford Youth became the stronger and managed to get back in the game with two quick goals from Ronan Galloway to take the lead.
David Phillips came up for a corner and knocked in a corner off his knee, but they all count, and this importantly increased Chandlers Ford Youth’s lead to 3-1 just before half time.

HALF TIME – Clanfield 1-3 Chandlers Ford

In the second half Chandlers Ford's picked up the pace and began to increase rapidly in confidence. Their strength in midfield and quick passing helped create a flurry of chances. Sabri Elmasri popped up with two good goals, which increased the lead to 5-1.

However Clanfield were determined to keep fighting, and a good cross was turned in nicely from a free kick to pull it back to 5-2.

This only spurred Chandlers Ford on to score more goals. They were rewarded with a penalty after Ronan Galloway was chopped down in the box, but Jozef Montigue stepped up shot straight at the keeper. He then made up for his penalty mistake by a great run from the halfway line before poking a cool finish past the Clanfield keeper.

Galloway completed his hat trick with another trademark goal late on to make the score 8-2, before Reece Middleton scored his first goal in the league since coming back from injury.

Clanfield didn’t give up and managed to score a very late goal from a quick break up the pitch managing to catch the Chandlers Ford defence out.

With minutes to go Galloway completed the rout with his fourth and Chandlers Ford’s ninth to seal a good victory for CFY.

FULL TIME – Clanfield 3-9 Chandlers Ford

TEAM:
15) Robbie Hurst
2) David Phillips (1)
4) Liam Godfrey
5) John Ruis
6) David Bromhead
8) Matt Lucas
3) Jozef Montigue (1)
9) Sabri Elmasri (2)
14) Michael Wall
10) Reece Middleton (1)
12) Ronan Galloway (4)

SUBS: 7) Ryan Chinn, 1) Lee Robertson, 16) Phillip Blackwell