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Colts vs Bookham B - 19 Oct 02 Colts vs Oakway Sports - 12 Oct 02 White Out!!! Colts 7 - Bookham B 2 The Colts, in their new away kit, produced an avalanche of goals to bury their local rivals and win bragging rights as the premier team in Bookham.
The match did not start very promisingly though - Colts occasionally looking as if they were playing underwater. Stephen and Greg put together a couple of great attacks, Steven having an effort tipped over by the magnificent goalkeeper after 3 minutes. But against the run of play, the B's stormed through to shoot past Grant and go one up - the crowd was silenced.
It could and did get worse though, when the B's converted a bobbling ball on 17 minutes to bring the score to an unlikely 2-0. The brave opposition may well have regretted their temerity 2 minutes later, however, as the boys unleashed a white blizzard that utterly froze the B's out of the remainder of the game.
Man of the Match Steven led the way, charging onto a great through ball from Josh, spinning out to the left of the goal and then firing high into the left hand corner after 19 minutes - the fight back was on. And the B's looked stunned to have the same thing happen 2 minutes later to bring the Colts back to level terms. Greg, Gregg, Ben, Toby and Steven continued to taunt the defence with deft touches and probing runs, while Josh, Toby and Alfie were going great guns in midfield, winning the ball and setting up runs for the forwards. After 26 minutes, Gregg followed up on a loose ball in the area to crash the Colts into the lead for the first time and send the crowd into raptures - happy days were here again at 3-2. The second half saw some good defending from the ever dependable Scott, Henry, Nathan, Alex and the most improved Jack. Grant looked solid and well positioned between the sticks, and Donald crunched and cleared like an armoured car. Sam came on to provide attacking edge and is showing great improvement. Steven sent the ball whistling over the bar after 3 and 8 minutes, but we had to wait until 14 minutes before El Capitano, Greg, opened his account for the day - 4-2 and the B's were buried. It was now a master class of spectacular shots, overwhelming midfield domination and blanket defence. Gregg notched up his second after 20 minutes, followed by a spectacular Ben effort to make it 6-2 after 22 minutes. Alex narrowly missed past the left post after 23 minutes, before Greg administered the coup de grace after 26 minutes. This was a crushing victory, emphasising a massive improvement this season and boding very well for future games.
It Just Keeps Getting Better........... Greg Gets Colts Out of Jail Colts 3 - Oakway Sports 3 A magnificently struck shot from the trusty left foot of wonder boy Greg, sent the ball rocketing into the top of the net to take Bookham to level terms 2 minutes from the end of a truly magnificent game at Bookham today - the Colts had fought like tigers for an hour, and thoroughly deserved the point. The game started in a yellow whirlwind, with Steven being fed from Greg to burn up the startled Oakway defence and blast into the net after 3 minutes. After 10 minutes Donald hit the bar with a piledriver shot that could be heard in Fetcham - the terrier-like Alfie then hit the post from the rebound - we have not seen drama like this in Bookham for years. Nathan, Donald and Scott were all making fabulous tackles, while newbie Gregg was ripping thorugh Oakway defenders like a veteran, narrowly missing after 13 minutes. Midfield colossus Josh was doing his usual great work, and Jack seemed to have had jet fuel for breakfast as he sprinted alongside Oakway attackers to rob them of the ball. After 15 minutes, relentless pressure paid off and Gregg scored a fantastic debut goal from the left side of the pitch - it seemed like party-time already. The pitch side congas came to an abrupt end after 22 minutes, however, as Oakway sped past the defence to put one past a well-positioned Grant. Game On!! The final minutes of the half saw Grant making great saves and clearances to keep the score at 2-1 but Oakway looked very threatening as the boys came in for half time. The second half started well with ding dong attacks from both sides, Ben, Steven, Gregg and Alfie foraging forward looking to push the lead back out to 2. Toby and Sam came on to inject pace and energy, and Sam nearly scored his debut goal as he tried to lob the Oakway keeper. Disaster struck at 55 minutes when Oakway broke away to score the equalizer - and things got worse when the Colts' defence stood and watched an Oakway cross, and well struck header hit the back of the net to take the visitors into a one goal lead. We were then treated to the now traditional tidal wave of Bookham attacks culminating in Greg's fabulous saving goal, sending the crowd into raptures. The referee seemed to play about 40 minutes of injury time as Oakway pressed relentlessly forward - but steadfast defending and goal keeping kept the score level at the final whistle. Probably the finest performance your correspondent has ever seen from the Colts. Sensational Game Boys!!!!!! Local Derby Follows Form Book Colts 5 - Bookham C's 0 A
plucky performance from the Cs who lacked an outlet for their tenacious
midfield play and effective clearances their strikers were no match
for the A's wily central defensive unit of Scott, Jack and Donald
who played the offside trap to devastating effect. The A's are starting
to see the fruits of their labours on the training ground, the more
they practice the luckier they get. Toby played his debut as reserve keeper, flawless distribution, excellent positioning and then he gave away and saved the highly controversial 2nd half penalty when Teague was one on one and then threw himself over the charging Toby. On
8 minutes Greg sent a low cross into the box which caused havoc
in the defence leaving the unmarked Ben a simple tap-in. Alex had
a brilliant first half tackling, passing and running up and down
his wing he had a good shot saved on 15 minutes and a minute later
sent a high 2-0
at half time, general satisfaction at the score line and a growing
respect for the opposition. In
a rare breakaway move from the Cs Teague was free in the A's half
and decided to take on Toby but lost his nerve passed into space
behind the diminutive keeper and as Toby dived at his feet and took
a spectacular tumble. Having ignored the frantically waving linesman
signalling yet A magnificent
team performance full of classy individual contributions that gave
Dawn & Sally a hard time choosing MoM. The victor's smiles and
obvious glee were all Gregg Pettifor needed to Dean |
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