Reserves go down to Stanway by the odd goal 2-3
RIDGEONS RESERVES SOUTH - SATURDAY MARCH 19th
BRANTHAM RESERVES 2 STANWAY RESERVES 3
We went into Saturday's game without the Gaffer (writes Nathan Burrell) who was ill. We had been at Stanway a week previous and they gave us a hard game before we narrowly came out 3-2 on top , so we knew it was going to be a hard match. Not the best of starts for us as we went behind in the first couple of minutes. We gave the ball away in a dangerous position and the Stanway winger put in a decent cross and there was their striker, all alone, to head home. The first 10 minutes was the worst we have been this season but we created our first real bit of football when Danny Garrad done well getting to the line and then cutting the ball back to Ben Sparrow whose first time shot produced a fine save by the Stanway keeper. We were level after 15 minutes with this time Ben Sparrow getting to the by-line and he cut the ball back for Danny Garrad to steady himself and fire the ball home into the corner of the goal,. This should have composed us but we were not winning any first or second balls and the Stanway front two were always a danger. The last 20 minutes of the half saw us start to get to grips with the game playing some decent stuff and after making and missing chances we took the lead. The ever dangerous Ben Sparrow was brought down in the box and Ben Green stepped up to convert from the spot. We then had two glorious chances to increase our lead with both falling to young Ross Cooper. Both times Danny Garrad played the ball across the area with Ross running onto the ball, the first effort he blazed over the bar and the second attempt saw the ball cleared off the line.
Half time and Robbie and myself made it known to the boys that we had to improve and the next goal would be crucial but unfortunatelty this did not happen for us as Stanway levelled the game on 50 minutes with a poor goal from our point of view. A long punt upfield was missed by our defence and with Ross Welton coming out to block the ball it fell to a Stanway forward who rolled the ball into the empty net. We were hoping this would get the boys going but it seemed to have the opposite effect with us continuing to give the ball away and looking ragged all over the pitch. We then lost the ball in midfield on the half way line and Stanway pushed forward and their winger played a good early ball and again a forward, who was unmarked, easily headed home to give Stanway the lead. We then had a couple of good chances to bring ourselves level, firstly Shaun Webb broke into the box and the keeper made a very good save to deny Shaun. With time running out Adam Thompson broke into the box and with the defender falling to the ground Adam's shot was blocked by the hand of the defender, but for some reason the referee waved play on!!
So a disappointing result and this puts Braintree in pole position for the title with their 6 games in hand, in all honesty winning the league should now be forgotten as we have to get back to the way we were before Christmas. What is more worrying is that in the last 3 games we have conceded 3 goals each time!
There is no questoning the ability in the team but staying consistent for the entire season seems to be a mental problem and perhaps having to win and perform each week is a pressure some of the boys cannot handle, but I am equally as sure that they will do just that when they develop further.
Anway, enough of this, more importantly no football on Saturday with the next game being on Tuesday evening when we are at home to Wivenhoe Reserves.
Many thanks to Nathan Burrell for the report, I do know that sometimes when you have lost how hard it can be to compile a report, but the important thing is that people learn from the game and take the good points into the next game----barry felgate----
Brantham - 1.Ross Welton. 2.Ben Spencer. 3. Alex Drouet. 4.James Long. 5. Kevin Mann. 6.James Turner. 7. Ben Green ( 1 goal). 8.Shaun Webb. 9.Ben Sparrow. 10. Danny Garrad ( 1 goal). 11.Ross Cooper. subs - Scott Cooke, Adam Thompson and Alex Street.
BRANTHAM RESERVES 2 STANWAY RESERVES 3
We went into Saturday's game without the Gaffer (writes Nathan Burrell) who was ill. We had been at Stanway a week previous and they gave us a hard game before we narrowly came out 3-2 on top , so we knew it was going to be a hard match. Not the best of starts for us as we went behind in the first couple of minutes. We gave the ball away in a dangerous position and the Stanway winger put in a decent cross and there was their striker, all alone, to head home. The first 10 minutes was the worst we have been this season but we created our first real bit of football when Danny Garrad done well getting to the line and then cutting the ball back to Ben Sparrow whose first time shot produced a fine save by the Stanway keeper. We were level after 15 minutes with this time Ben Sparrow getting to the by-line and he cut the ball back for Danny Garrad to steady himself and fire the ball home into the corner of the goal,. This should have composed us but we were not winning any first or second balls and the Stanway front two were always a danger. The last 20 minutes of the half saw us start to get to grips with the game playing some decent stuff and after making and missing chances we took the lead. The ever dangerous Ben Sparrow was brought down in the box and Ben Green stepped up to convert from the spot. We then had two glorious chances to increase our lead with both falling to young Ross Cooper. Both times Danny Garrad played the ball across the area with Ross running onto the ball, the first effort he blazed over the bar and the second attempt saw the ball cleared off the line.
Half time and Robbie and myself made it known to the boys that we had to improve and the next goal would be crucial but unfortunatelty this did not happen for us as Stanway levelled the game on 50 minutes with a poor goal from our point of view. A long punt upfield was missed by our defence and with Ross Welton coming out to block the ball it fell to a Stanway forward who rolled the ball into the empty net. We were hoping this would get the boys going but it seemed to have the opposite effect with us continuing to give the ball away and looking ragged all over the pitch. We then lost the ball in midfield on the half way line and Stanway pushed forward and their winger played a good early ball and again a forward, who was unmarked, easily headed home to give Stanway the lead. We then had a couple of good chances to bring ourselves level, firstly Shaun Webb broke into the box and the keeper made a very good save to deny Shaun. With time running out Adam Thompson broke into the box and with the defender falling to the ground Adam's shot was blocked by the hand of the defender, but for some reason the referee waved play on!!
So a disappointing result and this puts Braintree in pole position for the title with their 6 games in hand, in all honesty winning the league should now be forgotten as we have to get back to the way we were before Christmas. What is more worrying is that in the last 3 games we have conceded 3 goals each time!
There is no questoning the ability in the team but staying consistent for the entire season seems to be a mental problem and perhaps having to win and perform each week is a pressure some of the boys cannot handle, but I am equally as sure that they will do just that when they develop further.
Anway, enough of this, more importantly no football on Saturday with the next game being on Tuesday evening when we are at home to Wivenhoe Reserves.
Many thanks to Nathan Burrell for the report, I do know that sometimes when you have lost how hard it can be to compile a report, but the important thing is that people learn from the game and take the good points into the next game----barry felgate----
Brantham - 1.Ross Welton. 2.Ben Spencer. 3. Alex Drouet. 4.James Long. 5. Kevin Mann. 6.James Turner. 7. Ben Green ( 1 goal). 8.Shaun Webb. 9.Ben Sparrow. 10. Danny Garrad ( 1 goal). 11.Ross Cooper. subs - Scott Cooke, Adam Thompson and Alex Street.
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