SAVILLE TOWN 2 – NORRISTHORPE 3

Norristhorpe stated the game very brightly and from the kick off had Saville Town under constant pressure.

On the 8th minute Ahmid takes a corner kick, he curls it expertly onto the head of ryan wood who heads from the near post into the top of the furthest post.   O  -  l

Pressure then came from Saville Town for the next 10 minutes with the defence and midfield working well to keep the home team out.

Sam Hook takes a goal kick which is worked up field by aiden wood, the ball falls to James Rudd, who from outside the box chips the keeper only to be thwarted by the post.

From their kick off Norristhorpe again works the ball into attack with Ahmid making some runs from midfield down the right hand side, the ball is crossed, George Norris applies pressure on the keeper who spills it, he shoots, hitting the side netting.

21st minute, Sam  Hook takes free kick from inside his own half, chips the ball over the top of defence, Aiden Wood runs onto it, he shoots…..just over the bar.

24th  minute, corner to Saville Town, drilled into the middle of the goal mouth, Tom Cook saves.

25th minute. Ben came on for Ryan Wood, who was suffering with his chest.

35th minute Saville town attacked, Sam Hook defended from a good through ball.

37th minute again Saville Town attacked, this time T made a goal saving tackle.

Elliot Stead on the far right was getting persistently kicked and elbowed in the face by the same player eventually after the 5th offence the player was shown a yellow card.

39th minute, Danny White with a telling throw straight to the feet of  Aiden Wood who shoots first time and beats the keeper to see the ball sail just over the bar.

Half time  O – l

Second half gets under way, There were quiet a few dubious decisions again by the referee in their favour, Tom Cook was impeded and was not happy which resulted in him being booked for dissent.

On the 48th minute on one of the numerous Norristhorpe attacks, a Saville Town defender hanles the ball in the area. Penalty. Ben steps up and with a cool head sends the keeper in the wrong direction. 2 – O

From the restart saville Town attacks, again the combination of Elliot Stead and Sam Hook defends to force the ball out for a corner. At this point the game changes, im not sure if the referee was trying to incite a riot. Before the corners taken there was a bit of a kerfuffle in the box which resulted in a Saville Town player throwing a punch at Sam Hook, The S.Town player was yellow carded and Sam Hook was shown the yellow card, but the referee couldnt say why although the Norristhorpe player to his credit didnt retaliate.

Saville Town takes the corner and scores 2-1

In the 55th minute, Ahmid scores from a great dribble past numerous players into the top right hand corner At this point Ben is sent off, straight red card, no ones sure why. 3-1

The game then gts a bit scrappy for the next 5 minutes until Ahmid gets the ball, dribbles and is felled by a nasty tackle, referee plays on George runs over pushes the Saville Town player away and the referee comes back, shows george a straight red card, norristhorpe reduced to 9 players. In the aftermath Ryan Wood is show a yellow card.

The game resumes with Norristhorpe attacking, Aiden Wood runs onto a great through ball, gets taken down in the penalty area, referee waves play on, he gets up and gets taken down again,. Surrounded by 4 saville Town players, he stays down, the referee waves play on, saville Town break, the defence together withe midfield again defends well. But somehow the ball ends up in the goal 2-3

The goal keeper is not happy with the poor decisions and gets sent off when he tells his defence what he thinks. Norristhorpe have 8 players.

There is then constant pressure from Saville Town, with what we think is 15 minutes to go. To there credit and with a couple of cute substitutions from miguel. Bringing on Sam2 and Carl to tightenen up midfield. To there credit the 8 remaining players keep Saville Town out with a couple of fine saves from Ryan Wood.

The referee then played 11 minutes of extra time hoping they`d score, unfortunately for them, they didnt look like scoring. And the game was then finished. Well done lads, it was a hard game in very difficult circumstances. You were all MoM and you deserved it. Each and every one of you working hard in very intimadating circumstances.

On a different note, if a spectator gets sent off for requesting the referee “pull on a red shirt” what happens in every soccer match played when the refs told to wear glasses, and told to put the team shirt on.

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