McVitee FC vs The Net Terriers (Huddersfield)
Dave Barker
McVitee FC 10 (Ten) Net Terriers 2
The game was due to kick-off at 10.30am. Normally our matches start at
11am but with Huddersfield having to trek to Port Vale afterwards it was
arranged earlier. Come 10.15am the Huddersfield lads were all warming up
on the pitch and we still only had about 5 - cue my ringing round trying
to find everyone. 10.30 we had 9 and then 2 more arrived so we could
start - without a decent warm up. Also I wasn't supposed to be starting
after just recovering from ligament damage in my right foot so had to
put myself on the left wing as going in defence would be a bad idea. The
starting line up was:
Richard Savage
Martin Ford Lee Grime Peter Singleton Gavin Hodge
Rob Hodge Spenner Grady Mark Whelan Dave Barker
Jonathan Jones Lee Hanson
Huddersfield won the toss and opted to play with the wind on their
backs. The lack of warm up on our part told in the first 15 minutes as
Huddersfield came out strong, passing well and putting a lot of pressure
on our defence. Our lads fought well and managed to keep them out with a
couple of excellent saves from Richard keeping us in it. We then found
our form and started pushing Huddersfield back into their own half. Our
passing came together and we managed to start weaving through their
midfield and having shots on goal.
Then Dan Rigby arrived (thinking it was an 11am kick-off) - Lee Grime
was moved to the Left wing with Dan Rigby taking up his Andy Morrison
style role in central defence and I brought myself off until the second
half. Mark Whelan came off with an injury to be replaced by Colin Surrey
in midfield. With the team now settled down and more in control of the game,
Lee Hanson scored an excellent goal from about 30 yards out, curling
right foot shot easily beating the goalkeeper. 5 minutes later he scored
his second after Jon headed the ball forward for Lee to slip the ball
underneath the diving keeper. McVitee FC were coasting to half-
time, until a lapse in concentration left their striker in a free
position to beat Richard and get their first - 30 seconds later the
half-time whistle blew.
I came on for Lee Grime and went into midfield with Colin Surrey moved
over to the left wing. The second half started with McVitee attacking
well and within 10 minutes we were 4-1 up with 2 goals by Jonathan
Jones. Huddersfield rarely got through our midfield and defence to worry
us and with 4 more goals by Jonathan, another by Lee Hanson and Colin
Surrey scoring his first goal of the season we finished the match 10-2.
We'd hoped to mimic the result 10 years ago of Man City beating Huddersield
10-1, but they managed another goal near the end of the match.
