Westwood Youth 2-4 Chandlers Ford

WESTWOOD YOUTH 2-8 CHANDLERS FORD

26.2.05 – FRIENDLY

Chandlers Ford took the lead early on when Ronan Galloway ran onto Sabri Elmasri’s perfectly placed through ball and neatly tucked the ball away. Westwood bounced back almost immediately when they responded with a quick attacking move that resulted in the equalising goal.

Galloway doubled his tally in a goal almost identical to his first as he ran onto another good threaded pass from Elmasri and finished well to restore the visitors lead.

But CFY didn’t manage to hold onto this lead for very long because for the second time in the game Westwood Youth came back from a goal behind with another instant response to get the game back on level terms.

Ryan Chinn put Chandlers Ford into the driving seat once more as his sweet strike found the bottom corner of the net and fired CFY into a 3-2 lead. Ronan Galloway completed a first half hat trick just before half time and Lee Robertson made some great saves down at the other end to ensure Chandlers Ford held onto the lead.

HALF TIME – Westwood 2-4 CFY

It was the visitors that came out into the second half playing the better football as they seemed to play with a lot more confidence and dominated possession.

The Chandlers Ford midfield and attack were linking up brilliantly together as they strung together some beautiful attacking moves and continuously threatened the Westwood goalkeeper.

Reece Middleton scored the first goal in the second half with a good strike from inside the area to take the score to 5-2. Soon later it was 6 goals for Chandlers Ford and they were getting better and better, bossing all areas of the pitch. Jozef Montigue scored the sixth when he rounded the keeper and coolly slotted the ball home.

The visitors continued the pressure and were always looking to add to their goal tally. Middleton grabbed two more goals to secure his hat trick and to complete the rout.

FULL TIME – Westwood 2-8 CFY

Chandlers Ford 2-9 Bridgemary

CHANDLERS FORD 2-9 BRIDGEMARY

19.2.05 – LEAGUE

Chandlers Ford were at the disadvantage of only having a bare eleven players to begin this league encounter against a full strength Bridgemary side. It was the visitors who were quickest out of the blocks and they found themselves 3 goals up within the first five minutes as Chandlers Ford’s defence barely had time to settle themselves into the match.

This was a heavy blow that Chandlers Ford had to struggle with but they never really recovered from conceding those early goals. However they didn’t give up, and they managed to string a few passes together and began to create chances for the front men.

Matt Lucas pulled a goal back with a good finish from a tight angle in the box, which saw the ball being nestled into the top left hand corner of the goal. It wasn’t too long before they were within one goal of Bridgemary. Jozef Montigue went on a dazzling run as he held off a number of tackles and kept his composure as he rounded the keeper and side footed the ball into an empty net.

Just before half time Bridgemary began to dominate once more as they piled on the pressure and forced two consecutive, brilliant saves out of Lee Robertson. From the resulting corner Bridgemary increased their lead with another good goal as the Chandlers Ford players failed to clear the ball.

HALF TIME – CFY 2-4 Bridgemary

Straightaway in the second half Chandlers Ford were on the attack as Sabri Elmasri ran through on goal and took the ball past the keeper but instead of shooting he spotted the run of Michael Wall and laid it off to him, giving the keeper a chance to get back on his goal line and recover from his mistake.

Having gone down to nine men there was only going to be one winner – Bridgemary. The visitors capitalised and took advantage of the extra players by making Chandlers Ford work really hard to get the ball.

Bridgemary front men Daniel Woodward and Nathan Hines helped fire in another five goals for the visitors without reply from Chandlers Ford Youth. But full credit must go to the home side for the way they never gave up and played right to the end. Despite conceding a hatful of goals they played some good football and caused problems for the Bridgemary defence and perhaps they may have scored a few more on another day but it wasn’t to be.

FULL TIME – CFY 2-9 Bridgemary

Chandlers Ford 7-3 Pirelli

CHANDLERS FORD 7-3 PIRELLI

12.2.05 – FRIENDLY

A slightly weakened Chandlers Ford side were selected for this friendly match as they only had eleven players from their actual squad available for selection. This gave the opportunity for Trialist Michael Sawbridge to come in and have a run out for the team, along with Shaun who came down from Wales to help make up the numbers.

Chandlers Ford started with an unusual partnership up front with David Phillips and Jozef Montigue leading the attack but these two players combined brilliantly early on when they played a nice one two on the edge of the area which was turned in by Jozef Montigue to take an early lead.

Not long after, CFY were awarded a penalty when David Phillips made a brilliant turn past a defender before being brought down in the box. Ryan Chinn stepped up and stroked the ball home with a cool side foot finish from 12 yards.

Montigue doubled his tally for the match when he beat a player and spotted the Pirelli keeper 6 yards off his line before firing in a delightful chip from a good distance.

Pirelli pulled a goal back before half time, from a free kick on the left hand side. The ball was whipped in from about 35 yards out and it appeared to deceive all the players bunched together in the box and made it’s way past keeper Lee Robertson as it trickled over the line to bring the visitors back into the match.

HALF TIME – CFY 3-1 Pirelli

CFY made a couple of changes at the interval, which saw Michael Sawbridge replace Robertson in goal after a brilliant performance on the pitch at centre half where he stopped every attack that Pirelli through at Chandlers Ford. Reece Middleton came on up front and David Phillips slotted in at his normal position in defence.

Jozef Montigue extended the home sides lead to three goals when he beat the offside trap and beat the keeper with a good finish to grab his hat trick early on in the second half.

Chandlers Ford snatched a fifth goal from a corner which was whipped in from the left by Reece Middleton, and after a scramble Montigue managed to get the last touch to take his goal tally to four for the game.

Pirelli fought back well with two good goals as they completed some nice passing movements with an end product to bring the score to 5-3. But Chandlers Ford sealed the game off with about 10 minutes to go when Reece Middleton beat the keeper after a great run through on goal, and with minutes to play, substitute Shaun put the game beyond any doubt when he scored CFY’s seventh of the game late on.

FULL TIME – CFY 7-3 Pirelli

Chandlers Ford 2-1 Clanfield

CHANDLERS FORD 2-1 CLANFIELD

5.2.05 – LEAGUE

Clanfield started this match the brighter side, and for long periods of the game they had CFY pinned back in their own half. The visitors created a number of attacks on goal, but keeper Lee Robertson and the back three of Godfrey, Bromhead and Phillips soaked up the pressure and dealt with everything that was thrown at them.

Chandlers Ford began to find their feet towards the end of the half when they strung some good attacking moves together with Matt Lucas at the heart of it. Lucas made a great run past two players before picking out Jozef Montigue who was free in side of the penalty area on the right hand side, but Montigue’s strike was off target.

Neither side could find a break through in a very close first half between two sides that were evenly matched, despite the difference in position in the league table.

HALF TIME – CFY 0-0 Clanfield

It was Clanfield who made a good start to the second half, when they broke the deadlock minutes after the interval. CFY gave away a free kick on the right hand side by the half way line, which was taken quickly and pumped forward into the feet of the skilful Clanfield striker Leroy Rudd who neatly chipped the Chandlers Ford keeper from a tight angle from range.

The home side were then awarded a penalty when Galloway was brought down in the box. Matt Lucas stepped up and converted the penalty with a neat finish into the bottom right hand corner to grab the equaliser for Chandlers Ford.

Both sides battled away and both sides had chances to win the game, but it was CFY and top goalscorer Ronan Galloway who grabbed a dramatic winner with seconds to play. After another good move by Chandlers Ford, a great counter attack saw Galloway put through one on one with the Clanfield keeper which he coolly placed into the back of the net from distance.

FULL TIME – CFY 2-1 Clanfield