CFY 7-4 Stubbington

CHANDLERS FORD 7-4 STUBBINGTON
28.10.06 – MID SOLENT B LEAGUE

Chandlers Ford picked up their first three points of the season with a good all round performance. Defensively things perhaps could have gone better, but the lethal partnership of Jozef Montigue and Michael Sawbridge proved to be more than enough to see off a Stubbington side that have not won all season.

The blues couldn’t have got off to a better start with Liam Godfrey netting after just 25 seconds as he reacted quickest to the ball bouncing off the inside of the post from a Montigue effort.

Stubbington promptly bounced back as they made the most of some sloppy defending shortly after the opening goal.

CFY were still on top and looked like scoring every time they came forward. It wasn’t long before the ball was in the back of the net once again. Michael Sawbridge swung in an inch perfect corner from the right hand side, which Jozef Montigue sprang out of nowhere to meet with a fantastic header that had power and direction.

Just like the first goal for the home side, they conceded again almost instantly to let their lead slip. The ball came across from the right and was met by a side-footed finish past Karthik Basker for the second equaliser of the game.

Despite, the set back – Chandlers Ford showed good character to get back on top. A high ball up the field was handled just outside the area by a Stubbington defender, gifting Michael Sawbridge with a chance to pick his spot from the free kick. Michael stepped up and buried it to send CFY 3-2 ahead.

Just before half time, Montigue sprinted down the right wing beating the left back before being chopped down by a dirty challenge in the penalty area. Ryan Chinn casually chipped the ball over from 12 yards, but the whistle was not blown as the referee was still getting people outside of the box. Jozef took the retake and looked for the top left hand corner but was denied by a good diving save. Like all good strikers he followed the shot in and made no mistake the second time of asking.

HALF TIME – CFY 4-2 Stubbington

Stubbington were on the back foot just as they had been for the majority of the first 35 minutes.

Montigue completed a fine hattrick by getting on the end of a good through ball. Even though, Jozef was held back by two defenders he managed to hold off the challenges with good strength planting the ball in the bottom corner.

The visitors managed to pull a goal back through a penalty kick. Karthik Basker rushed out of goal and as he did the Stubbington winger went down under the challenge. CFY may have felt the decision was a little harsh, but the goal stood and it was now 5-3.

Back at the other end Michael Sawbridge found his range as he netted another two to complete a quality treble. Having played so well throughout the game it was no more than deserved. His second saw good link up play between the two strikers result in Michael chipping the keeper from distance with a sweet strike and his third was scored in a similar fashion with another brilliant finish.

Just when Chandlers Ford were well on top at 7-3, they conceded another soft goal that was scored by the Stubbington centre back who was shoved up front to cause problems for the defence.

All in all it was fantastic to get off the mark in the league with a positive win, but as mentioned before we cannot afford to give away silly goals especially when we come to play the bigger teams. Jozef Montigue just edged man of the match for his all round display. Now for a win against Warsash next week!

FULL TIME – CFY 7-4 Stubbington