Jailhouse FC 1-0 Weddington Thistle Res
Score at half time : 0 - 0
01/11/2009 10:45:00
The Knife
League
The start of a new month seen the first of the bad weather move in. Heavy rain in the morning and from the previous night seen a soaked Stanley Road, never the less the under pitch drainage system was up the scratch as we welcomed Weddington Thistle to the knife!
An injury hit and “other commitments” seen a depleted squad but as the well structured club we are, built on firm foundations not quick sand a strong team was fielded. A change in the formation was need resulting back to the 4-4-2. Booth in between the sticks aiming for a third consecutive clean sheet backed up by Wilson, Treadwell, Chefman and Yateys. Midfield seen Gav Woolley return to a more central roll along side Gregs, with Liam and Bond to the right and left respectively. Up top seen the return of Bez partnering the inform Ruddy.
Slight disruption to the start of the game seen an unplanned late kick off - due to the referee not turning up!
After the two managers agreed on how to rectify the situation in stepped “The Bomb” ………his first appearance with the Jailhouse for almost a year! The question was could he complete a full 90 minutes!
A slow start to the game seen both teams unsettled with neither team having an advantage. The Jailhouse finally got going when Bez tested the keeper with a long range shot and promising moves were being created down the left flank by Bond and Chef. After 20 minutes the man mountain central defender T-Bone was taken off with an injured thigh. A slight reshuffle seen Yateys move into the central roll and substitute Pabs go onto the right. A dull and uneventfully first half.
The second half saw the Jailers pressing for that elusive goal. Although it could have gone either way. Ruddy finally broke the dead lock after latching onto a Bond ball, he coolly rounded the keeper to smash home his 6th goal of the season. After the goal Weddington lads pressed and pressed for an equaliser, once hitting the bar and twice being denied by Boothy from point blank shots. He also stopped a near certain goal when he came out his area to clear up a loose ball, causing the Weddington bench to erupt with outrage as they thought he took there man down – He did but won the ball first! Jailhouse had another attacking spell to try and sneak a second goal from the unlikely candidate of captain Kev Wilson. A Liam corner seen Wilson connect with a header which looked to be over the line, only to be scrambled away for another corner. From the resulting corner he again had his gaol bound header cleared off the line to be denied his first ever Jailhouse goal. The lad eventually hung on for a one nil victory.
Overall a win is a win and the 3 points are on the board. A 3rd consecutive clean sheet from star man Booth and congratulation to “The Bomb” for completing his first ever 90 minutes for the Jailhouse – all be it as a stand in, make shift, last resort ref. I guess it’s the only way he’ll do 90 minutes …….due to his injuries.
Jailhouse FC:
Nik Booth, Andrew Kear, David Yates, Tom Treadwell (Paul Hart 30), Kevin Wilson, Ben Gregory, Gavin Woolley, Craig Goode, Lee Rudd, Ashley Berrill, Liam Hegarty.
Goals: Lee Rudd 61.
Star man: Nik Booth.
Att: 12.
Ref: The Bomb.