A NAIL-BITING WIN! 18-10-2009

MYS BLACKS 5 ESKMILL BOYS CLUB 4

Another strange game, in which we played some fantatsic football to totally dominate the game then almost threw it away.

We started sloppily and poor defending almost allowed Eskmill to take the lead inside the first minute, but only two minutes had passed when we fell asleep at the back and a striker scored from the angle to put them 1-0 up.

We responded well and Lloyd ran clear before turning inside the keeper to finish neatly with his left foot. He then played a brilliant 1-2 with Jack who just couldn't quite get his toe around the ball from almost on the line. However, he made up for it soon after when he slipped the ball through the keeper's legs to put us 2-1 up.

We were playing some terrific stuff and Seth found space on the right edge of the box and lashed the ball high into the top corner - then from a similar position, he held off a defender and hit the ball across the keeper and in for 4-1. David had a great shot well-saved before Brandon looped in a shot for 5-1.

Connor and Jason were distributing superbly from the back and Lloyd was doing a great job up front in the absence of Scott. But despite being 5-1 up, Eskmill kept pressing and hit the post before scoring from a corner just before half-time.

We needed to score again to get a breathing-space but Euan had a shot well-saved and then the visitors pulled it back to 5-3 and really got their hopes up. Lloyd had a shot well-saved and Seth almost completed his hat-trick when his volley from a corner deflected wide off a defender but we were giving Eskmill too much time on the ball.

The game got a bit out of hand before things calmed down - but we were made to sweat as we defended a free kick poorly and Eskmill made it 5-4, then almost equalised at the death. We held on to record a victory based on some superb first half play.

Squad: Cammy, Connor, Jason, David, Jack, Seth, Lloyd, Brandon, Euan
Scorers; Lloyd, Jack, Seth (2), Brandon