Chandlers Ford Youth 5-1 Stubbington
Mid Solent Under 15 B – 7th March 2009
Line up: Kelvin Bagot, Josh Harrigan, Michael Sawbridge (c), David Smith, David Kilcoyne, David Bromhead, Tom Ashton, Ahmed Sfagsi, Zak Pickett, Michael Wall, Jozef Montigue.
Subs: Ryan Dennis, Jake Beattie, Kane Kellaway.
After the disappointment of losing out to two late goals having been the better side and leading for much of the game last weekend to Locksheath Lions, it was pleasing to see a good response from Chandlers Ford this morning as they hosted Stubbington at Magpie Lane.
A super strike from Tom Ashton sailed over the keeper and into the top corner from all of 25 yards, as CFY got their noses in front in the opening stages.
Keeping a high line the Chandlers Ford defence were playing virtually in Stubbington's half of the pitch as the Blue's camped in their opponents half whilst creating a number of good chances.
On the stroke of half time, Michael Sawbridge fired in a low, stinging free kick that was too hot to handle as the keeper parried conveniently for Michael Wall to follow in well and fire into the back of the net. This doubled Ford's advantage going into the break with a healthy two-goal cushion and gave them a platform to build on.
HALF TIME: CFY 2-0 Stubbington
Richard and Neil's side made a blistering start to the second half with an incredible three goals in the space of five minutes.
First, Wall chased a long ball forward to put pressure on the Stubbington back line and force a defender into an error – who gifted the ball, putting it on a plate for Jozef Montigue, despite the goalkeeper coming a long way out of goal looking to claim it. Joe was able to steer the ball home first time into an empty net from just inside the penalty area to take full advantage of the opportunity.
Ashton bagged his second of the game with another typically classy finish into the bottom left corner barely a minute later for 4-0 before Michael Wall pounced in the six-yard box like all good strikers to net his 20th goal of the season.
His second and Chandlers Ford's fifth came from a long throw by Josh Harrigan from the right that saw Zak underneath it making a nuisance of himself and posing all kinds of problems with his height that saw the ball drop dangerously in the area for Wall to nip in, pick up the pieces and scramble home in the boggy goal area.
After such a dominating spell, that ultimately killed the game off, CFY perhaps became a little complacent.
Jake Beattie was given his marching orders with a straight red card for lunging in and taking the player. As Jake was the last man and denied a clear-cut goal scoring opportunity he had to go for a professional foul.
This swayed the game and led to a siege of attacks from Stubbington on Ford's goal against their ten men.
Both Kelvin and later Kane when he came on, made decent saves to keep the visitors out and were given good protection from the outstanding defensive work of Sawbridge, Harrigan, Kilcoyne and man of the match David Smith who all did a sterling job in soaking up the pressure, standing firm to everything that was thrown at them.
Montigue battled away in midfield as he was pushed further back following Beattie's dismissal to deal with some of the pressure as he sat just in front of the defence to put in some great tackles.
Meanwhile Michael Wall was unlucky not to come away with a hat trick as he forced an excellent save out of the keeper late on.
Michael Sawbridge headed narrowly wide on a couple of occasions from corner kicks as well before Stubbington eventually grabbed a consolation goal late on.
The win belonged to Ford and deservedly so for taking their chances and attacking so well at the start of the second half, to pick up a much needed three points.
FULL TIME: CFY 5-1 Stubbington
Man of the match: David Smith
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