Goal scorers: Blake Swannell
Match type: League
Man of the match: Kane Pickard
Match Location: Home
Delighted Hucknall Warriors Under 10′s gained only their second point of the season and were unlucky not to gain an unlikley victory against high flying Ravenshead Reds in their latest Young Elizabethan League Div 2 red match.
Buoyed by their excellent performance the previous week the Warriors were full of fighting spirit again and at last they got the result their performance deserved.
Captain Lewis Toop lost the toss and the Warriors had to defend against a strong wind in the first half and Ravenshead were left to hit long range efforts that goalkeeper Kimble Humphries comfortably dealt with. The back two of Jacob Rowland and Lewis Toop were being protected by a midfield trio of Kane Pickard,Austin Baker and George Seddon who were working tirelessly to defend and breaking very quickly to attack with Bakers running down the left giving the home side plenty of possession in Ravensheads half. It was a shade unfortunate that the Warriors conceded the opening goal as a Ravenshead corner was sliced by a Warriors defender towards his own goal before skimming of the top of the head of another and crossing the line.
The second half saw the Warriors begin really brightly as Charlie Gisborne began to get hold of the ball in midfield and they sensed the game was there for the taking. Good work from Ellis Osborne and Austin Baker down the left ended with the ball bouncing in the box and there was Blake Swannell with almost his first touch to control and then fire the ball into the back of the net. It was no more than the Warriors deserved and their opponents were starting to panic. Kimble Humphries nearly scored straight from one of his goalkicks as the ball bounced over the keeper and onto the bar and in the last couple of minutes the Warriors nearly won it when man of the match Kane Pickards effort was well saved. There was still time for Ravenshead to have one more effort but as their striker cut in from the right his shot was brilliantly saved by Humpries in the Warriors goal.
At last the Warriors got the result their performance deserved and they can go into their last three games of the season in buoyant mood to see if they can pick up any more points. WELL DONE BOYS.
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