Thursday, March 30, 2006

AFC Twyford vs Earley Gunners 5 - 1

Match Report

Gunners title ambitions were effectively ended after suffering a second defeat to in form AFC Twyford in as many weeks.

Gunners who had lost last weeks game 3-0 started the better of the teams and opened the scoring when Matt Rees drove the ball home from outside the box.

However, AFC Twyford struck back with two goals with Gunners were unable to deal with crosses into the box and failed to mark their men properly.

The referee then awarded a free kick against Gunners on the edge of their box (which was never a free kick) and AFC Twyford added a third from another header.

Towards the end of the first half Matt Rees had a great opportunity to add a second goal for Gunners, but he couldn't quite get his shot away properly.

The half time score was 3-1 to AFC Twyford.

In the second half Gunners had a greater share of the possession and more of the play was in the AFC Tywford half but the team could not create many scoring opportunities.

The closest Gunners came to scoring was through free kick opportunities from Dave Owen and Paul Stout.

At the other end of the field, AFC Twyford looked to catch Gunners on the counter-attack and looked dangerous on a few occasions particularly as Gunners had pushed an extra man up front.
AFC Twyford scored two late goals including a neat flick over the keeper to put them in an unassailable position.


Carl Littlechild had a late opportunity to score when his shot went just wide and Marcus Randles put the opposition under pressure with his aerial presence but again Gunners were unable to create clear shots on goal.

The final score was a 5-1 defeat. "Man of the Match" was Matt Rees for an excellent game in midfield where he battled well for the full 90 minutes.

Match Facts

MOM : M Rees

Goal : M Rees (1)

Team

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