Horbury Fleece Vs Kexboro' White Bear. 11/3/06
Following the 7-1 away drubbing to KWB some 3 weeks ago The Fleece had some honour, and points, to regain in this home match. White Bear, top of the league and cruising, found Fleece a different proposition this time. Whether White Bear assumed they'd be in for an easy ride is hard to say but Fleece were up for it proper.
The game was pretty much even throughout although in early exchanges KWB had a marginal edge until Mark Morgan set up Ben Ingham for a well taken goal - Fleece 1 up on 15 minutes.
Bearing in mind that Fleece took the early lead in the away fixture this could hardly be called a safety margin. This time Fleece had seemingly learned their lesson in dug in well.
On the half hour Karl Walker coolly struck home a well fought for second, again supplied by Mark Morgan. Fleece, looking good for their lead but couldn't afford to be complacent and keeping up the battle.
A young and occasionally hesitant referee tended to blow up a little late and quietly which tended to wind up the players - not that they need any encouragement. He could've been allowing for play to flow or perhaps was wary of tackling Horbury and Barnsley's handbaggers - a tough job but someone's gotta do it. Overall he managed quite well and dealt with some fairly tough decisions in games that are always going to be half-a-dozen-o'-one and six of the other.
White Bear had 2 players sent off - the goalkeeper for foul and abusive language at 65 minutes and with 4-5 minutes to go a defender for a semi-malicious swipe at Mark Lemm, Fleece's resident 'ginner' which may go some way to explain it.
It could've gotten uglier but all soon blew over.
The match had its fair share of stoppages and play frequently broke down as a result. Whether this or Horbury Fleece's tendency to lose concentration allowed KWB to breakthrough and get one back with 9 men - something that should never have happened. Fleece, for some reason, do have this problem although White Bear, or any other opposition, should never be underestimated.
Despite this KWB had fewer chances on goal and those that they did have met with some dogged defending. Lee Wellburn in goal made some good catches and clearances from corners and pulled off an excellent save when the defence awaited a whistle that was never going to come and KWB through one-on-one.
Despite being a hard fought for game Fleece could have had double this score. Germaine Jones having too much time and firing too close to the keeper, Mark Lemm with a clear header and again just a moment's too much hesitancy when Ben Ingham only had the keeper to beat and firing over the bar.
Still better to have the chances and miss than not having any at all.
for results and official table cut and paste this link -
http://full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index.do
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Fleece reserves drew 1-1 away to Cross keys, Normanton. Graeme Hardwick opened for the fleece in the first half, Cross Keys equalised in the same. Cross Keys had a player sent off for two bookable offences which by all accounts made them raise their game. According to a couple of Fleece players we were scrappy, again.
For results and official table cut and paste this link -
http://full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index.do;jsessionid=F83C1CFE2A783E97C5F7ED85B22740D0
The game was pretty much even throughout although in early exchanges KWB had a marginal edge until Mark Morgan set up Ben Ingham for a well taken goal - Fleece 1 up on 15 minutes.
Bearing in mind that Fleece took the early lead in the away fixture this could hardly be called a safety margin. This time Fleece had seemingly learned their lesson in dug in well.
On the half hour Karl Walker coolly struck home a well fought for second, again supplied by Mark Morgan. Fleece, looking good for their lead but couldn't afford to be complacent and keeping up the battle.
A young and occasionally hesitant referee tended to blow up a little late and quietly which tended to wind up the players - not that they need any encouragement. He could've been allowing for play to flow or perhaps was wary of tackling Horbury and Barnsley's handbaggers - a tough job but someone's gotta do it. Overall he managed quite well and dealt with some fairly tough decisions in games that are always going to be half-a-dozen-o'-one and six of the other.
White Bear had 2 players sent off - the goalkeeper for foul and abusive language at 65 minutes and with 4-5 minutes to go a defender for a semi-malicious swipe at Mark Lemm, Fleece's resident 'ginner' which may go some way to explain it.
It could've gotten uglier but all soon blew over.
The match had its fair share of stoppages and play frequently broke down as a result. Whether this or Horbury Fleece's tendency to lose concentration allowed KWB to breakthrough and get one back with 9 men - something that should never have happened. Fleece, for some reason, do have this problem although White Bear, or any other opposition, should never be underestimated.
Despite this KWB had fewer chances on goal and those that they did have met with some dogged defending. Lee Wellburn in goal made some good catches and clearances from corners and pulled off an excellent save when the defence awaited a whistle that was never going to come and KWB through one-on-one.
Despite being a hard fought for game Fleece could have had double this score. Germaine Jones having too much time and firing too close to the keeper, Mark Lemm with a clear header and again just a moment's too much hesitancy when Ben Ingham only had the keeper to beat and firing over the bar.
Still better to have the chances and miss than not having any at all.
for results and official table cut and paste this link -
http://full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index.do
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Fleece reserves drew 1-1 away to Cross keys, Normanton. Graeme Hardwick opened for the fleece in the first half, Cross Keys equalised in the same. Cross Keys had a player sent off for two bookable offences which by all accounts made them raise their game. According to a couple of Fleece players we were scrappy, again.
For results and official table cut and paste this link -
http://full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index.do;jsessionid=F83C1CFE2A783E97C5F7ED85B22740D0
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