Hucknall Sports U9's Saturday 6 Gedling 1

Saturday 5th November 2005 

In a friendly match Sports got back to winning ways against a hard working Gedling side. 

The opening period saw some changes to the way Sports usually line up but they were soon playing the kind of flowing football we have come to expect, creating several good goal scoring opportunities early on but failing to find the back of the net largely due to some very good defending by Gedling. Sports got the breakthrough when Daniel Long picked the ball up in midfield and went by three Gedling players as if they weren’t there before firing home. Sports made it two shortly after when Cory George calmly watched a Sports goal kick bounce over him and turn quickly leaving his marker flat footed before running 20 yards and slotting the ball beyond the sprawling keeper. Gedling were not to be out done and after some good football they punished Sports with a well-taken goal. 

Soon after the break George was to make it three, after some very determined work he harassed the Gedling defence into an error before knocking the ball home. Gedling did not give up and were rewarded with a penalty after the Sports keeper (Dean Harris) was judged to have brought down the Gedling striker. Harris however turned from villain to hero when he calmly saved the ensuing penalty. New signing Nathan Gull, on for George, was to make it four when he made the most of a goalmouth scramble. The final five minutes saw Stephen Whitley rewarded for all his hard work by bagging a brace of very well taken goals to make the final score six-one to Sports. 

On the whole this was an excellent team performance with the entire Sports squad giving it their all and playing some very skilful and flowing football.