Sports 2 Edwalton 1

Whites battle to victory

After taking a one week break from League games, Whites entertained newly promoted Edwalton Cavaliers at Newstead Recreational ground.

Poor weather welcomed the start of the game, but with a strong wind at their backs Hucknall set about the game with the type of football you can only dream of. Wave after wave of attacking football produced chance after chance for Whites but try as they might the ball just would not go into the opposition goal. Hallam, Bowley, Evans and Barlow all had chances to score, but a combination of last-gasp-tackles, nervous finishing and good goal keeping saw the scores stay level at half-time with Hucknall goalie, Brown, hardly having touched the ball.

Edwalton emerged looking like a different team in the second period and attempted to turn the tables on Hucknall with some neat inter-play of their own. Now it was Hucknall's time to defend. But with Smith and newboy Saxton combining well they managed to keep Cavaliers out. Finally, the breakthrough came in the form of regular goal poacher BARLOW who ghosted in beyond the Edwalton defence to score. That ought to have been the queue for Hucknall to close out the game, but almost immediately Cavaliers struck back with a fine passing move that left Brown no chance in the Whites goal and the scores were back level once again.

Both teams set out in search of the winning goal and Edwalton thought they had scored during a goal mouth scramble only for the Whites defence to make a last ditch clearance off of the goal line. Then, with each teams players tiring, a stunning footballing move involving Hallam, Bowley and Evans created a chance for BARLOW to score once more and seal the game for Hucknall.

Man of the Match Award goes to HALLAM for covering every blade of grass on the pitch and driving the team on to victory.

Sometimes these games are decided by the team who 'want it the most' and I think today that was definitely Hucknall Sports Whites.