HORNCHURCH 6 CHELMSFORD 0 - stats and report

[Dagger03]

 

Thursday 1st November 2007

HORNCHURCH 6 CHELMSFORD CITY 0

HFC – Richard McKinney – Charlie Clarke – Max Holt – Danny O’Shea – Bradley Thompson – Adam Thompson – Richard Halle © - Michael Ramkin – Tony Fraser – Shane Oakley – Amos Foyewa

Subs – Perry Burns for Foyewa 22 – Alex Harris for Adam Thompson 75

 

CC – Richard Bastin – Liam Saunders – Ben Cross – Dean Strutt – Dane Elliott – Jamie England – Mkhluli Wiseman – Ashley Cole – Kezie Iby – Mario Noto – Nic Robson

Subs – Duane Carter – Lee Mertens for Noto 58 – Charlie Parker for Iby at half time – Jack Parr – Billy Taylor

 

Scorers – Richard Halle 6, 14p, 34 – Shane Oakley 12, 76 – Tony Fraser 88

Bookings – none

Weather – clear, 7 degrees, wind speed zero

Grass – three inches at start, four inches at finish.

Officials – Colin Overall with Graham Horsler and Chris Manley

Duration – 45.02 + 44.52

 

Urchins, with seven of their youth team playing, kicked towards the windmill end, and the long grass seemed to unsettle the runaway leaders of the Capital League, who survived an early Shane Oakley shot which skimmed the post in the first minute (totally against the run of play), and then fell behind on six minutes when RICHARD HALLE headed home from a corner. Oakley then raced through the centre and keeper Bastin did well to save, but Urchins increased their lead on 12 minutes when SHANE OAKLEY scored with a magnificent solo run and shot. Straight from the restart Oakley burst through and was brought down, RICHARD HALLE stepping up to fire the penalty home.

 

It was one long siege, and the few City raids were dealt with by a defence impeccably controlled by Danny O’Shea – yes, it is the ex-Arsenal player. After a succession of near misses, RICHARD HALLE made it four on 34 minutes when he scored with a spectacular volley.

 

The grass grew another inch at half time, which hampered the visitors somewhat. But City held out and managed a couple of shots of their own, the first from Robson, which McKinney turned around the post, and the second from Wiseman which McKinney saved at the second attempt. With Mario Noto and Kezie Iby (spelling as per the team sheet) both being substituted, City had little to offer, and Oakley three times went close, and a further goal was disallowed for offside after Oakley’s goal bound shot was parried by Bastin and although Fraser touched home, he was given offside. The fifth goal followed when Halle sent SHANE OAKLEY away and he turned in from the left to hit a low shot past Bastin.

 

Another near miss when the ball hit the bar and rebounded off the line, and a header from O’Shea, who came up for a corner, went just past the post, but it became six when Halle crossed from the right and TONY FRASER hammered home a first time volley from the far post. The win takes Urchins to within one point of the leaders Chelmsford with two matches in hand.

 

And it was a record in more ways than one, as 24 balls were recovered from the wasteland behind the stands.

 

 

 

[YELLOW]

Originally Posted By: dagger04

CC – Ashley Cole –

[Kevin M (CCFC)]

All that info, dagger04, yet you omitted to give the attendance...

 

AFCH too strong for our lads tonight, but no complaints from our side. Officials still managed the customary very strange decisions against both teams...

 

[Digger The Cat]

41 was what I heard.

[BOROMAN]

Originally Posted By: dagger04

Weather – clear, 7 degrees, wind speed zero
Grass – three inches at start, four inches at finish.
Duration – 45.02 + 44.52

God your a sad git.

[Dagger03]

With profuse apologies for the omission - the actual paying attendance was 44.

 

 

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: BOROMAN

Originally Posted By: dagger04

Weather – clear, 7 degrees, wind speed zero
Grass – three inches at start, four inches at finish.
Duration – 45.02 + 44.52

God your a sad git.

hungry BM...?

[Dagger03]

BM - I also have a record of the birds which fly over the ground - herons, robins, swifts, an eagle owl, swans, and we have also had reports of cuckoos attempting to lay their eggs in another bird's nest.

[blackballed]

Lets hope the eggs are stillborn.........

[Eastside Urchin]

the officials were poor

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: urchin_mentalist

the officials were poor

how dare you say that UM...wash yur marf aat boy.....he's the best ref we've ever had at the stadium and anyway...the bar takings go sky high when overalls in town...