Holyport - friendly

[HorshamRebel]

 

The match started abut 10 minutes late, and five minutes into it, Matty Miller went in for a tackle and left the player on the ground.

 

After a long injury break, where the player had a quick smoke, an ambulance was brought onto the pitch and he has taken away.

 

Hopefully not too bad of an injury.

 

Not sure on the time, of this...the text came through at 20:20 - "Stonking direct free-kick from Terry Davies. 1-0 up"

 

 

[HorshamRebel]

Half time (20:32) 1-0 to Slough

[HorshamRebel]

2-0 Andy Deaner with a rebound

[HorshamRebel]

Full time - 2-0 win

[Chris]

Squad: Jamie Jackson, Carl Dennison, Iain Duncan, Leon Woodruffe, Jon Mills, Mark Bartley, Mark Hokan, George Moleski, Nick Roddis, Christian Metcalfe, Danny Jefferies,Lucas Bizon, Andrew Deaner, Matt Miller, Terry Davies.

 

Also an Unknown right back, a centre back and a polish player.

 

From last years squad no sign of Steve Daly, Abbey Nsubuga, Michael Perrineau-Daly, Simon James and Rav Braith.

[Tom]

Apprently the guy was taken to hospital with a broken leg. No fault of Miller though seemed like his own fault.

 

In terms of players on show: Jackson, Miller, Davis, Woodruffe, Dennison, Mills, Duncan, Bizon were all present along with Metcalfe and Deaner.

 

Some good new players too, Rio Ferdinand look-a-like playing centre back was very solid along with a guy at right back who seemed pretty nippy going forward. Roddis in Center Midfield alongside Metcalfe also looked pretty decent.

 

[Barry Scott]

We have Mets back! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

[Amber Rebel]

any idea of the turnout in terms of support

[Matt]

Firstly, hope their player recovers well. He broke his leg whilst challenging (and fouling) Miller as he was about to score. Spoke to Miller and their player even apologised to him at the time for the foul. Led to a hold-up of about 30-40 minutes whilst he was treated on the pitch and an ambulance arrived.

 

I thought Jefferies and Davies amongst others looked lively. Overall a decent workout for the team, but there will be tougher challenges in the other friendlies I'm sure.

[BFR]

Decent numbers for a preseason game.

[HorshamRebel]

I was told over the phone that there looked to be about a hundred or so there.

[GarySTFC]

I got some video clips from tonight's match including Terry's goal and I will get them up on Youtube at some stage tomorrow.

[BFR]

Obviously my best wishes go out to the bloke who went off in thr ambulance. I hope the damage was a lot less than first feared but it didn't look good and he is sure to be out of action for a while

[HorshamRebel]

I wasn't there, but my thoughts go out to the player. Hope he's not too badly injured, and will be back playing again.

[GarySTFC]

Tom Donati was the Holyport player involved in the incident. I have spoken with Graham Broom of Holyport this morning and he has advised me that Tom has broken his tibula and fibula and will be having an operation this evening on his leg.

 

I will speak to Graham again later on this week to find out an update on Tom's condition and I am sure I speak for all of us when I wish him a speedy and safe recovery.

 

Graham also commented on our supporters and thanked us for turning up and also in the manner which we conducted ourselves. We have spoken, very provisionally, about setting up a repeat fixture at the start of next season. By that time, Holyport may have floodlights setup at the ground, so we would be able to kick off at a 'more reasonable' time.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

A decent first workout for the squad, good to see a few of the players back. Good goal from Terry, but I still think he should be shooting more from that sort of area, and less from the wings.

The same goes for me, best wishes to the player who was injured last night...it looked and sounded pretty bad, and there was a pretty dodgy looking lump just above his foot. Hopefully it wasnt as bad as it looked, and hopefully he will be back soon.

[BFR]

Perhaps as a gesture we should have a whip round. That is a horrible injury and he'll be laid up for some time

[GarySTFC]

KT - seems like a good idea to me. Not quite sure how to best arrange it, but anyone who would like to contribute, please let me know and I will try and keep everything together and ensure it gets across to Tom.

 

To fill in some missing names from last night:

 

Right back - Dean Hooper - was in the Conference last season with Cambridge United, but played with Roddis and Wilko at Hayes in the early 2000's.

 

Some further information on Hooper is available at:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/6274549.stm

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/6525221.stm

 

http://www.sacfc.co.uk/tpl/player.php?id=137

 

The centre back who looked impressive throughout IMO was James Apps who was with Chalfont Wasps last season and has also had playing experience with Flackwell Heath and Penn & Tylers Green.

 

http://www.chalfontwaspsfc.co.uk/player.asp?pid=124

[A Rebel and a Saint]

Maybe a whip round at the home friendly could be arranged by the trust?

[charlie]

was gutted to have missed the game last night, but I was called away to training. Good to start the preseason with a win, though obviously very sad about Tom Donati. Best wishes to him.