Brantham Reserves go out of cup-photo of goalkeeper Tom Williams
Photo- Goalkeeper Tom Williams who could not be faulted for the two goals that we conceded.
During the match Tom made some top class saves to keep us in with a chance.
SCFA SENIOR RESERVES CUP- SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12th 2010
BRANTHAM RESERVES 1 HAVERHILL RESERVES 2
We entertained Haverhill reserves in this 3rd round senior reserves cup tie in a confident mood after our impressive performances against Wanderers the previous week ( writes Nathan Burrell). But with a couple of regulars missing and a number of players cup-tied it was always going to be a tough game against a strong Haverhill eleven. The opening 45 minutes saw us struggle to get our game together and only two great saves from Tom Williams kept us all square early on. A poor clearance out of defence fell to a Haverhill player and with the ball sitting up perfectly for him he lashed a great shot from 25 yards out into the corner of the net giving Tom Williams no chance at all in the Brantham goal. The remainder of the half was a pretty drab affair with Haverhill the much better team and their two wide men giving our back four a bit of a chasing. Kev Mann was booked for a slightly late (being very generous!") tackle in the middle of the park and I was hoping this would get the boys up for the game but for the rest of the half we again struggled to put two passes together and the shape of the team was almost non-existent. We had a chance five minutes from half time when from a corner Shaun Webb shot wide,but in all honesty Haverhill fully deserved their half time lead. As you can imagine a few home truths were spoken in the dressing room but we were still happy to be in the game.
The second half and we changed the shape of the team with the angry Alex Street dropping into midfield and the front three of Sparrow,Turner and Garrad gave us a better looking shape. We had plenty of possession and the movement of Ben Sparrow gave the Haverhill defence more to think about but the final ball on the day was lacking and chances for either side were far and few between. Our first shot on target gave us the equaliser with Danny Garrad finding space 20 yards out from goal and driving in a great shot, so 1-1, and all to play for, Unfortunatly we were only on level terms for five minutes when a Haverhill forward took a tumble in the box and with Merch and James Glen looking astonished the referee pointed to the spot for a penalty which was converted to give Haverhill the lead again. We huffed and puffed but couldn't create that one chance and I knew it wasn't going to be our day when Ben Sparrow was pullked back a good 5 yards into the box only for the referee to award the free kick on the edge of the box.
So disappointment at the final whistle and again a 3rd round exit. This time last year we were in exactly the same position, top of the league but after a cup exit to Lowestoft we failed to win a game for 2 months, so as you can imagine the game this coming Saturday, when we are at home to Witham Town now becomes massive to make sure we get back on track in the league.
Brantham team - 1-Tom Williams. 2-Shaun Webb. 3-Scott Cooke. 4-James Long. 5- James Glen. 6-Kevin Mann., 7-Danny Garrad. 8-Alex Stocker - 9-James Turner. 10-Alex Street. 11-Allan Merchant. subs - Ben Sparrow, Adam Sturman and Jerome Primus.
Both Merch and Nathan would like to thank everyone who attended the quiz night on Saturday. It was a great night and we raised £500- so well done to everyone!
--Many thanks to Nathan Burrell for the report---barry felgate
BRANTHAM RESERVES 1 HAVERHILL RESERVES 2
We entertained Haverhill reserves in this 3rd round senior reserves cup tie in a confident mood after our impressive performances against Wanderers the previous week ( writes Nathan Burrell). But with a couple of regulars missing and a number of players cup-tied it was always going to be a tough game against a strong Haverhill eleven. The opening 45 minutes saw us struggle to get our game together and only two great saves from Tom Williams kept us all square early on. A poor clearance out of defence fell to a Haverhill player and with the ball sitting up perfectly for him he lashed a great shot from 25 yards out into the corner of the net giving Tom Williams no chance at all in the Brantham goal. The remainder of the half was a pretty drab affair with Haverhill the much better team and their two wide men giving our back four a bit of a chasing. Kev Mann was booked for a slightly late (being very generous!") tackle in the middle of the park and I was hoping this would get the boys up for the game but for the rest of the half we again struggled to put two passes together and the shape of the team was almost non-existent. We had a chance five minutes from half time when from a corner Shaun Webb shot wide,but in all honesty Haverhill fully deserved their half time lead. As you can imagine a few home truths were spoken in the dressing room but we were still happy to be in the game.
The second half and we changed the shape of the team with the angry Alex Street dropping into midfield and the front three of Sparrow,Turner and Garrad gave us a better looking shape. We had plenty of possession and the movement of Ben Sparrow gave the Haverhill defence more to think about but the final ball on the day was lacking and chances for either side were far and few between. Our first shot on target gave us the equaliser with Danny Garrad finding space 20 yards out from goal and driving in a great shot, so 1-1, and all to play for, Unfortunatly we were only on level terms for five minutes when a Haverhill forward took a tumble in the box and with Merch and James Glen looking astonished the referee pointed to the spot for a penalty which was converted to give Haverhill the lead again. We huffed and puffed but couldn't create that one chance and I knew it wasn't going to be our day when Ben Sparrow was pullked back a good 5 yards into the box only for the referee to award the free kick on the edge of the box.
So disappointment at the final whistle and again a 3rd round exit. This time last year we were in exactly the same position, top of the league but after a cup exit to Lowestoft we failed to win a game for 2 months, so as you can imagine the game this coming Saturday, when we are at home to Witham Town now becomes massive to make sure we get back on track in the league.
Brantham team - 1-Tom Williams. 2-Shaun Webb. 3-Scott Cooke. 4-James Long. 5- James Glen. 6-Kevin Mann., 7-Danny Garrad. 8-Alex Stocker - 9-James Turner. 10-Alex Street. 11-Allan Merchant. subs - Ben Sparrow, Adam Sturman and Jerome Primus.
Both Merch and Nathan would like to thank everyone who attended the quiz night on Saturday. It was a great night and we raised £500- so well done to everyone!
--Many thanks to Nathan Burrell for the report---barry felgate
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