HORNCHURCH 0 WEST HAM U21 1 - report

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Saturday 03-October-2015

HORNCHURCH  0  WEST HAM UTD  1

 

HFC –

1 – Callum Chafer

2 – Dave Collis

3 – Jed Chouman

4 – Ellliot Styles © - Tom Pennells 79

5 – Nathan Cooper

6 – Charlie Dove – Joey May 58

7 – Paulius Ditkevicius – Liam Burgess 48

8 – Calvin Poku – David Knight 67

9 – Tobi Joseph – George Purcell 68

10 – Connor Witherspoon – Leon Smith 72

11 – Harry Baker

 

WHU –

1 – Tim Brown – Nathan Trott 67

2 – Alex Pike

3 – Lewis Page

4 – Amos Nasha – Ross Elsom 65

5 – Kyle Knoyle

6 – Emmanuel Orariase

7 – Jordan Brown

8 – Moses Makasi

9 – Elliot Lee – Christian Belic 57

10 – Josh Cullen © - Nathan Navilla 57

11 – Martin Samuelson – Luke Belic 57

 

referee – Kevin Nicholson

 

scorer – Alex Pike 64

 

HORNCHURCH  0  WEST HAM UTD  1

 

In a match played at a leisurely pace West Ham came closest to opening the score with a hard shot from Martin Samuelson, which just cleared the bar.

 

Charlie Dove, making his first appearance in the first team squad, also fired over when he got onto the end of a long throw from Jed Chouman, and Tobi Joseph headed wide from a Dave Collis cross.

 

Tim Brown in the visiting goal, touched an Elliot Styles header around the post for a corner, following a Collis free kick, and Nathan Cooper went close with a header from the corner.

 

A Dove free kick came back off the defensive wall, but it was Callum Chafer who made the best save in the first half, with an excellent save from Elliot Lee.

 

There were many changes in the second half, but Josh Cullen went close to opening the score with a good run which culminated with the ball going invitingly across the goalmouth.

 

Harry Baker picked out Joseph, and his shot was deflected away for a corner, before West Ham took the lead through Alex Pike who finished off a good move in fine fashion with a well-placed shot past Chafer.

 

Collis set up Styles with a free kick, but Brown saved. Whilst Baker linked up with Joseph, whose shot hit the side netting.

 

David Knight went close with a lobbed shot over Brown, only for the ball to drop over the bar instead of under it, and Knight again went close when he ran on to a Joey May through ball.

The final chance came when Hornchurch were awarded a free kick about thirty yards out, and keeper Brown held George Purcell’s hard shot at the second attempt.