HORNCHURCH 6 STORTFORD 0 - line ups and stats

[Dagger03]

 

Thursday 31st August 2006 – Capital League

HORBCHURCH 6 BISHOP’S STORTFORD 0

HFC – Michael Collier – Gareth Thomas – Elliott Stiles – Steve Mensah – Steve Baldwin – John Wightman – Greg Tiffin – Ross Wareham – Dave Sadler © - Billy Holland – Rikki Burbridge

Subs – Tony Vincent for Sadler 61 – Ainsley Casper for Burbridge 66 – John Hefford – Dean Clark for Wareham at half time – Rhys Madden

 

BS – Andy Young © - Gavin Goodyear – Rob Cooper – Laurie Stewart – Dean Morgan – Dave Radcliffe – Charlie Simpson – James Kirkland – Roy Essandoh – Josh Thomas – Chris Moules

Subs – Charlie Pollard for Stewart at half time – Ryan Lockett for Thomas at half time – Paul Joynes for Essandoh 63

 

Scorers – Dave Sadler 2 – Gareth Thomas 21 – John Wightman 54, 74 – Ainsley Casper 77 – Billy Holland 81

 

Match duration 45.19 + 45.05

Officials – Malcolm Overall with Chris Manley and John Roffey

Weather – 20 degrees at start, 15 degrees at finish – clear, wind speed zero

Bookings – none

Attendance 63

 

After a tentative start Urchins took the lead in the second minute when DAVE SADLER cut in from the left and drove the ball hard and low into the net. Essendoh created an opening a minute later for Simpson whose shot was too high and over the bar, and Moules went close shortly afterwards. Urchins went further ahead when GARETH THOMAS headed home from Wareham’s corner, and Burbridge went close with a hard volley. Stortford looked powerful in attack with Essendoh prominent, although Urchins had the better of the first half, with Thomas and Sadler both going close.

 

Holland nearly floated in an excellent swerving shot from outside the penalty area soon after the interval, and then Holland headed back a cross from Sadler to JOHN WIGHTMAN, who scored with a first time shot from the edge of the area Stortford had an opportunity to get back into the game with a penalty, but Lockett hit his shot too high and the ball went over the bar, heading in the general direction of the river Ingrebourne. By now, such was the pace of the match, that Max had almost lost his voice and was reduced to a hoarse whisper.

 

The fourth goal came when Holland played the ball back to JOHN WIGHTMAN who again rocketed his shot into the net, and then Clark’s low cross into the middle was flicked home by AINSLEY CASPER, who had ghosted in behind his marker. Casper created the final goal of the night with an excellent centre for BILLY HOLLAND to finish off. An exceptional performance all round, the only downside being an injury to Tony Vincent, which left him limping badly.

[and1inthetree]

nice one daggsy. one question. do you know why the riverside is so called?

[Dagger03]

>>>do you know why the riverside is so called

 

Yes, it's because the river Ingreboure was diverted over to that side when the ground was first used - previously it used to run right through the middle of where the ground now is - to be precise, about thirty yards from what is now the Riverside touchline - the west (ie the side now called the Riverside) was in the district of Hornchurch, whilst he land to the east (ie the Upminster side) was in the district of Upminster - the entire ground now of course falls within Upminster - if you look at an OS map, you will find that the river flows south towards the main road side of the ground, and then takes a westwards diversion around the ground, before resuming it southward flow - this was an artificial meander around the ground, made in the early 50s.

 

The heron by the way commutes between the area of the Ingrebourne behind the goal up to the heronry in Kent.

[Dagger03]

And if you want to know how the Urchins got their nickname, I know the answer to that as well.

[and1inthetree]

thanks for that.

 

so, when the penalty headed "over the bar in the general direction of the ingrebourne.." you were of course referring to the original route of the river ingrebourne. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/applaus.gif" alt="" />

 

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[Dagger03]

No - the Ingrebourne flows south in a more or less direct line towards the far goal, then diverts west and goes around the Riverside, before coming back to its original course about 200 yards south of the clubhouse.

 

What I meant was that the ball was heading towards the river where is goes under the bridge on the main road just east of the railway station.

 

If you download 'google earth' and then enter 'hornchurch, uk' and follow this to the ground, you can very clearly see how the river has been diverted.

[Digger The Cat]

thats you told! LOL

[Mitchurchin]

Jeez Dags that's too much to take in for a Friday, my brain hurts. Great result mind you, old Roy Essandoh once scored a rather important goal for Wycombe a few years back did he not?

[YELLOW]

FA Cup quarter final against Leicester.