Oxford City vs Horfield - 10.01.15
17-17 Draw
Our first regional match post Christmas started with us going two goals down. After that, we woke up and started the fight back. Some lovely high long shots from Gaz, Ruth and Dave dropped perfectly; and the Alice and Dan partnership worked well to bring us into the lead. The only downside was that Becca had to come off after a shot led to a foot on foot landing, but Claire subbed on and gelled with the division immediately.
By the end of the half we had a 12-5 lead and felt pretty pleased with ourselves.
In the second half we let our lead evaporate. A number of penalties went against us, goals didn't drop, passes were missed and collects bounced away. Our exciting free passes confused us as much as the opposition and the scores leveled. We kept trying and Frank got us to mostly calm down our play. Pete used his pace to get us a runner and Claire controlled the post down the other end. Dan was incredibly dainty in his close marking and later one of the leapy Horifield boys jumped into a stationary Dan landing badly on his own ankle.
In the final ten minutes we edged one goal up only to have Horfield score in the last three minutes making it a draw. A hard fought match and a close result reflects the two teams competing.
Scorers: Dave (5), Alice (3), Dan (3), Gaz (2), Pete (2), Becca (1), Ruth (1)
MVP: Dave, for his five goals and great all-round performance.
- Match report by Jo
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