Takeley 0 – Saffron Walden 2 – Saturday 25th July
2015
I was sitting at the bar of my local pub on Friday night
watching the heavy rain come down, hoping the match was not going to be called
off. Lucky for me the match was still on. Armed with my shirt and scarf I was
on my way to Takeley.
The first thing I noticed when I walked through the turn style
was the excellent quality of the pitch. The grass looked almost perfect. Great
work, Takeley grounds team! After
meeting up with Peter, Jon and Martin and we gave our result predictions, we
headed off to the back of the goal ready for kick off.
Walden started lively and moved well with some nice wing
play. Takeley would make some great runs on the break. The Takeley defence
played very well and made some excellent tackles and blocks to deny Walden
getting on the score sheet. I think there were at least 6 different players who
had shots saved or blocked. We applauded both teams for their skills. Walden
kept putting the pressure on. We knew it was only a matter of time before we
would break the dead lock. Not long before half time and after some great work
from the team Shaun Avis picked his pass perfectly and Sam Gregory slotted the
ball past the keeper’s out stretched right arm into the bottom corner. Great
finish from the new Blood to add to his tally from mid-week.
I felt confident at half time that we would win as long as
we kept this momentum up. After a few changes in the second half the Bloods
continued to pressure the Takeley defence. Takeley would again break well and
give our defence a hard time. They had some great pace going forward.
Our second goal came about 15 minutes into the second half.
And what a goal it was! The ball was passed back to Louis Harper near the edge
of the area when he launched a rocket into the keeper’s top right corner. The
keeper had no chance. It was the type of goal that Steven Gerrard would have
been proud of. If that had been scored in the upcoming season it would
definitely be a contender for goal of the season. The Bloods were hungry for
more goals and Wiggy came close to make it 0-3 but the ball was tipped over the
bar. Overall the match was a success and we continued our good pre-season form
to make it 4 wins and 1 loss…Is it too early to begin counting how many games
we go unbeaten?
Man of the match was very hard to choose. It was between
Gregory and Harper. I decided to choose Sam Gregory. Though Louis Harper’s goal was superb,
Gregory worked tirelessly throughout his first full 90 minutes for the Bloods,
which resulted in some great team work and, to cap it off, a quality goal.
#newnetplease#newbloodstrikesagain
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