Football Club
Sunday saw Nactons first game of the season with a
friendly against Kesgrave Town Reserves. Nacton who
have lost one or two players from last season had some
new faces in their line up. Kesgrave kicked the match off
and were soon putting the Nacton defence under pressure
with which they coped very well, and didn�t let Kesgrave
threaten the Nacton goal with any serious effort. Nacton had
several ventures forward into the Kesgrave penalty area
unfortunately they were also unable to have any serious effort
on goal. We reached half-time with the game goalless.
Nacton kicked off the second half and were showing better
possession also moving the ball a lot better without
threatening the Kesgrave goal. The first goal of the goal of
the game went to Kesgrave when a bouncing in the Nacton
penalty area wasn�t dealt with and a Kesgrave forward nipped
in to hook the ball into the net. Kesgrave increased their lead
when a Nacton defender was caught ball watching instead of
player watching to allow a Kesgrave forward a clear run on
goal which he took full advantage of to make the final score
2-0 to Kesgrave. Nacton team can feel pleased with there
performance as they matched Kesgrave who are a division
higher. Chris Hinton was man of the match for Nacton with a
fine display at centre-back with good positioning and use of the
ball. One other person who made his debt was Stuart Elvin
who done an excellent job running the line for Nacton.