Hucknall Sports U9's Sunday 5 Cotgrave Colts Blue 0
Sunday 2nd October 2005
The Under 9's continued where they left off from the previous week. Scoring after only 39 seconds, when Jack Henry Williams aimed a quick throw-in towards lone striker Josh Pickering who shimmied effortlessly past his marker before picking his spot in the far corner. Kieran Sheppard signalled his intentions when his sublime curling shot from way outside the area struck the corner of bar and post before going out of play. Sports then had a spell of defending to do as Cotgrave realised that unless they scored soon the game would be beyond them. Sports weathered the storm well and fuelled by the confidence their defensive unit of Thomas Howarth, Asa Shelton and Carter Newton all inspire, the midfield began to push forward again. Kieran Sheppard scored with a textbook finish, after Josh Pickering had robbed a Cotgrave defender of the ball. Directly from the restart the same player scored with an identical shot. This time the killer pass being supplied by Emilio Monaci who was simply dominating the right flank for Sports. Within minutes Emilio was again crossing from the right, this time allowing Josh a shot on goal. But when the ball struck the bar it was Kieran who reacted fastest tapping in from a couple of yards for his hat-trick.