| U16's Cup Match 15th Jan 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hindsford Bandits 2, Ringley 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Too many mistakes from Hindsford cost them any chance of beating a good Ringley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| team, who have won every game so far this season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sloppy play in defence gave Ringley an early goal after 7 mins and although the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bandits battled as best they could, it was Ringley who scored again after 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mins. This time it was a good finish by the Ringley forward from a free kick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| which the Bandits did not defend well. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Bandits pulled a goal back a minute later when Dale Glover followed up a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| free kick to make it 2 - 1 to Ringley. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unfortunatley Hindsford switched off and allowed Ringley to score immediatley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| after to make the score 3-1 to Ringley after 21 mins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Bandits were playing well now though, and after 30 mins a well worked free | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| kick taken by Steve Eccles gave Dale Glover the chance to head home and make | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| the score 3-2 to Ringley. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ringley were now a little rattled, and it the Bandits almost made it 3-3 but the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ringley keeper managed to tip a Bandits free kick onto the crossbar and the ball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| was scrambled clear. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It looked like it would be Ringley 3 Hindsford 2 at half time but another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mistake in the Bandits defence allowed Ringley to make it 4-2 seconds before | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| half time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Half time Hindsford Bandits 2, Ringley 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Any thoughts of a Hindsford comeback ended in the 1st minute of the second half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| when another mistake gave Ringley a fifth goal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Bandits never gave up but could not break down the Ringley defence for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| remainder of the half. The nearest they came to scoring was when Dale Glover | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| was tripped in the Ringley penalty area but the referee waved play on. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generally Hindsford played well against a good Ringley team, but you cannot make | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| as many mistakes as the Bandits did and expect to beat a team as good as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ringley, that was the diferance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perhaps only having played twice in the last 8 weeks did not help but in the end | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ringley deserved to win. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The game was played in a good spirit and was well refereed by Gary Halliwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Score Hindsford Bandits 2, Ringley 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hindsfor Scorer Dale Glover 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan Banks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||