Match report

Battyeford 3 - 7 Westwood Jets
Sunday 28th February 2010

An even match for a long time, the Jets eventually managed to pull clear of a much improved Battyeford side. Jake Dawson and Lewis Goldsborough wrestled the ball from the home side after a throw-in, then worked it upfield for Dominic Anderson to finish from the right of an enormous penalty area. Battyeford had been practising corners in the warm-up and it paid off as they pulled a goal back. Callum Armitage captured the ball in the left-back position, slipped a nice pass through to Dominic who squared it to Kieran Walton for the second. They combined again as Kieran steered in Dominic's shot from a corner.

A substitute appearance after the break from Arfan Hussain resulted in two quick goals. The first saw the ball drop to him while the keeper was caught up in a goalmouth scramble, and he shot from close range into an empty net. Then he latched on to a looping cross from Dominic before lobbing the keeper. Battyeford had a couple more goals of their own by this point, possibly due to some Jets complacency. Two late goals made sure of the points though. Jake took a corner, Battyford cleared it back to him and, with his second go, Jake found Ross Kelly who hammered it in. A good pass under pressure from defender Matthew Wardman reached James Leedale, who sent the ball up the right for Dominic to chase. He caught it just in time, tucking it in from an impressively tight angle.


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