Sherwood 3 – 4 Edwalton Cavaliers
A beautiful sunny morning, a full squad, what more could we want?
The strength of the 08-09 Sherwood squad was reflected by the players left on the bench for the first half: Oscar, Kieran, Kellum, Alfie and Mac. The rest got off to a bold start with successional shots on goal from Nico,
For the second half Sherwood were able to field five fresh players: Oscar in goal, Alfie in defence with Kieran, Kellum and Mac up front. Both Leon and Jordan held their positions from the first half, although both were relieved a little later on, Nico for
With the pace increasing all the time, the ball hurtled from end to end. Edwalton got one past our defence but then a fumble near their goalmouth resulted in an own goal. Sherwood took advantage of their momentary disarray with Mac levelling the score. With only minutes to go both sides were desperate for a win. A fantastic set up from Aadam saw Nico miss by millimetres. And then before Sherwood knew what was happening the ball was in our net and Edwalton had scraped a 4-3 victory just as the whistle blew!
What a match. Thank you lads. You played well with some agonising near misses some startling headers and plenty of pace. But next time, wear your lucky pants Alfie!
