Saturday, March 30, 2002

Earley Gunners vs Woodley Thatchers 2 - 0

Match Report

Gunners avenged their earlier defeat by beating Woodley Thatchers 2-0. Thatchers started the stronger of the teams and it took Gunners a good 10 to 15 minutes before the team got settled in the game.

Thatchers were unlucky when they hit the cross bar earlier on but Gunners soon started to create chances of their own and both Dave Owen and Iain Peer came close to scoring and Paul Clark also had a shot saved by the keeper.

Iain Peer opened the scoring when he latched onto a poor back pass and slotted the ball home from close range.

Iain also picked up a booking for kicking a ball away after being frustrated by another offside decision from the Woodley linesman. The half time score was 1 - 0 to Gunners.

In the second half Gunners were the stronger side and created more chances although they were nlucky when a lot of off side decisions were given against the team.

Woodley tried to get the equaliser but did not create many meaningful chances against a resolute Gunners defence.

It took Gunners a while before they added to the lead and this came from Iain Peer again after a through ball from Paul Clark.

With a two goal lead, Woodley Thatchers heads appeared to drop and Gunners played out the last part of the game comfortably to earn all three points. Gunners "Man of the Match" was Matt Rees.

Match Facts

MOM : M Rees

Goals : I Peer (2)

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