Manor House 3-4 Jailhouse FC
Score at half time : 3 - 2
11/04/2010 10:45:00
Filongley
League

A trip to Filongley seen Manor House host us for the first of two back to back Sunday games. A game in which the Jailhouse needed to win to put breathing space between themselves and Nuneaton Community and Manor House themselves.
Booth in goal, Wilson and T-Bone at the centre with Chef and Yatesey left and right back respectively. In the of the park was Taylor, partnered with Gav, Gregory was shipped out to the right and Bez in his usual left hand side. Up front was Smithy and Ruddy.

A very confidence start in which the Jailer were first to even ball and wanted it more, an early goal was inevitable however it came for Manor House when they broke the Jailhouse offside trap leaving the defenders route and Boothy exposed for them to slot home an unlikely lead.

If a first goal was inevitable an equaliser certainly was and it came when a goal kick from Booth was left to bounced and Smith latched on to it to chip the keeper. A second was to follow when another looping ball was put into the box and Adam Taylor assisted the ball on for Smith to slot home the second. It all seemed like plain sailing until a freakish own goal was scored by Kev Wilson to make it two all. The night mare wasn’t over when from a corner Adam Taylor chested the ball down to gift there striker with a perfect assist and send the Jailer in 3 – 2 in a match they should have been 3 – 2 up!

Knowing we were desperately unlucky with two of the goals the Jailers knew they had to produce in the second half. Within five minutes of the restart Bez burst through on the left cut across the box and struck the ball across the keeper to leave the score line. The pressure was mounting on Manor House as chance’s were created for the Jailhouse and Manor House were producing little in return. A goal finally came when some neat football between Gregs and Smith on the edge of the box produce a well worked goal for Smith to complete his hat-trick and secure the 3 points.
As the clock ticked on changes were made from the sidelines as Adam Taylor went off injured, some re-positioning seen Gregs go into the middle, Smith on the right and the freak show rolled out up top in rare appearance. The change almost paid dividend as the freak show was released with only the keeper to beat, true to current form the freak show didn’t find the back of the net but found the side line with yet another injury, after being taken down by the keeper - Which should have resulted in a stone wall penalty.
With a flagging Manor House defence fresh legs were needed up front unfortunately we didn’t have any so the management brought on Jibba in his first appearance since 2009 after rejoining the club following a very unsuccessful spell at Division 5 basement boys Wentworth Warriors. Needless to say I think I think it will be his last appearance in a black and white shirt for sometime after failing to impressive the management.

In the end a good come back by the lad which was only brought on by themselves.



Jailhouse FC: Nik Booth(c), Andrew Kear, Tom Treadwell, Kevin Wilson, David Yates, Ben Gregory, Adam Taylor (Michael Haynes 70), Gavin Woolley, Allan Smith, Ashley Berrill, Lee Rudd (Andrew O'Brien 80).

Goals: Allan Smith 15, Allan Smith 20, Ashley Berrill 33, Allan Smith 72.

Star man: Ashley Berrill.

Att: 25.

Ref: S Johnson.