RANVILLE RANGERS 2-3 CHANDLERS FORD
26.08.06 – FRIENDLY
TEAM: Karthik Basker, Robbie Hurst, Ahmed Sfagsi, David Bromhead, David Phillips, David Harris, Ryan Dennis, Michael Wall, Ryan Chinn, Jozef Montigue (c), Thorsten TramischusSUBS: Tom Pope, Aiden Chandler, Liam Godfrey, Miles HodgeChandlers Ford got off to a winning start as they began their preparations for the coming season with a strong performances all round. This was the third times the two clubs had met a pre-season friendly, Chandlers Ford winning 6-1 and 2-0 in previous matches.It has been a summer of ins and outs at CFY with Matt Lucas deciding to leave, along with Jack Goodeve, Reece Middleton and Lee Robertson who all followed in the footsteps of Ronan Galloway and Sabri Elmasri, who quit half way through the 2005/2006 season. However, despite some quality players making way, there are a number of good additions to this years squad including a number of trialists from last year signing on, Thorsten Tramischus returning and Tyro Rep winger David Harris joining, also from St. Francis.Ranville started the game brightly making a lot of chances down the right hand side forcing some excellent saves out of Karthik Basker.Despite all of the home sides possession, Chandlers Ford took the lead through Michael Wall who added another long range cracker to his name. The ball came out to Wall 25 yards from goal after Ranville failed to clear a corner kick, and the midfielder struck the ball cleanly into the roof of the net to give CFY an undeserved lead.Before this goal, Thorsten Tramischus could have and probably should have opened the scoring as he pounced on an awful headed back pass that was way short of the keeper, however Thorsten was denied by the Ranville goalie who rushed out of his goal well.Ranville ended the half strongly with a number of efforts coming close but Basker once more was at the heart of keeping his side in the game.HALF TIME – Ranville 0-1 CFY
After perhaps being lucky to go in 1-0 up at half time, Chandlers Ford soon found themselves two goals to the good. New signing David Harris took the ball past his opponent skilfully before crossing the ball. Tramischus flicked it on for Jozef Montigue who did the rest with a lovely well-taken goal. Montigue skipped past the last defender, rounded the goalkeeper with ease and finished off what was a great team move to double Chandlers Ford’s lead.Ranville eventually got a goal, which it has to be said was deserved for the amount of chances they had, as they pulled themselves back into the game punishing some weak defending.David Phillips was denied a great goal as he came up for a free kick, not only by the post but also the offside flag. Montigue swung the ball in and it fell for the centre back who lashed a good volley goal bound.Another free kick from Montigue led to Thorsten Tramischus scoring on his return for the club as he calmly slotted the ball into the bottom right hand corner as Chandlers Ford continued to show their attacking threat.David Harris had a very impressive debut on the right wing, not only was he good going forward but he also got back well to defend. Harris very nearly capped off the performance with what would have been a fantastic goal as he took on defender after defender before losing the ball in the six yard box.Chandlers Ford then conceded a soft goal after a mix up in the defence led to Ranville’s second goal. All in all it was a good win!FULL TIME – Ranville 2-3 CFY
