| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2008 | U11s Hawks | 0-11 | Maldon Town Panthers | League |
On a wet sunday morning the hawks faced there toughest challenge to date against a very good maldon town side,With only 7 players available they knew they were up against it,New signing liam had his first full debut (what a game to make your debut) The starting line up was liam bull in goal henry,ronnie and liam barratt in defence with jimbo and ross midfield and brennan up front the first half got underway!!!!!!!!!!
The first few minutes were very even with the hawks looking solid with henry ronnie and liam barratt holding positions,Ross was putting in the tackles jimbo was everywere and bren was working the line up front,Then with one great move which saw the maldon boys passing the ball round like "arsenal"there striker struck a great shot bottom right hand corner of the goal leaving liam in goal no chance 1 down.With the boys finding it hard going and maldon playing some lovely football the hawks were soon 2 down another great strike,Still the hawks kept going trying to get the ball up to the maldon end,And with a tackle on bren we had an opportunity to have a go on goal with a free kick,with the resulting free kick maldon got the ball again went on the attack and a save from liam they got a corner,From the corner they play it out to the edge of the box were the maldon player bangs it in near post between the post and liam (who was looking for the cross) 3 down,Liams confidence was affected and while still blaming himself let another 2 goals in,5 down and with the last throws of the first half and a great strike from the maldon attacker liam pulled off a great save got up and made another from the rebound (probably the hardest of them all) the half ending 5 0.
With the halftime chocs and teamtalk out the way the second half was underway,The hawks came out strong and with all the boys none more so than jimbo putting in a great rearguard display found themselfs holding of the maldon attacks,with 3 or 4 great saves from liam were still only the 5 down,But nine mins in maldon struck again 6 0 ,And with there tails up maldon were soon 7 0 to the good,With 8 mins left the hawks who had worked there socks off against a very good maldon side lost there shape a bit and concided 4 more before the final whistle.It must be said all the boys played there part with henry putting in another fine display,Liam barratt,ronnie and ross tackling hard,Bren running everywere trying to find some space,And jimbo who put in his best performance so far fantastic james,The man of the match however went to liam bull in goal who made a few mistakes but more than made up for them with some fine saves well done all the boys!!!!!!!!!!!
A thankyou to darren for doing a great job as ref !!!!!!!!!!!!
and a thank you to maldon town panthers for being great sports!