U16 Colts – Drew 2-2 at home to Ashridge Park – 13th November

Goalscorer Owen Smyth 2

Team was Freddie Nash in goal, Thomas Watson left back, Spencer Rigg-Hersom and Josh Ewers central defence and Lucas Taylor right back. Owen Smyth left wing, Declan Pinto right wing with Ben Thompson, Kai Enser and Jake Stanley central midfield and Rhyce O’Connor up front. Starting subs Charlie Townsend, Tejas Chahal and Hisham Nadeem.

Kick off 09.00am. Thomas to Jake. Owen corner from left. Jake ball back into box for Declan. Kai cross from left to Rhyce in the box. Kai ball forward. Jake ball to Owen on wing. Spencer cleared. Ben won ball. Josh cleared. Spencer and Thomas defended well and pass to Owen. Ben to Kai. Freddie saves. Jake cross for Rhyce but goalie got. Declan run into box. 09.14. Owen corner from right, Josh header, but saved. Kai to Declan. Declan was brought down, our free kick to right of box which Owen took. Thomas header. Spencer cleared for throw. 09.18 Subs: Jake and Kai off, Hisham and Tejas on. Ben good battling up front.

Hisham battling. Freddie collected ball. Hisham ball forward. Josh cleared. Thomas shielded ball off pitch. 09.24 Sub: Kai on in defence for Spencer. Tejas and Declan one-twos and Declan run into box. Ben to Hisham to Owen who shot. Tejas ball through their defence for Declan run. Declan run into box and cross to Ben. Kai header in defence. Declan good work up front. Kai header. Lucas and Tejas one-twos. Josh to Lucas to Kai. Owen run on left. Thomas huge ball forward and nearly lobbed keeper. Rhyce great shot but hit fence behind before bouncing into wrong side of the back of the net. Tejas to Hisham who put in a great turn. Freddie diving save. Owen corner and Rhyce header at goalie. 09.35 Their corner. Ben good battling. Tejas to Lucas to Declan whose shot hit the post and ricocheted into goalie’s hands. 09.39 Ben headed their throw off.

2nd half. Freddie in goal, Thomas left back, Kai and Josh central defence, Lucas right back, Owen left wing, Declan right wing with Ben, Tejas and Hisham central midfield with Rhyce up front. Starting subs: Charlie, Spencer and Jake.

2nd half 09.46am. Lucas good defending. Kai header. Owen ball into box with Ben running in on goalie. Thomas to Ben. Owen corner to Josh header. Ben and Hisham good passing football. Kai header forward. Owen corner from right. Rhyce shot went only just past the bottom of the post but he was ruled offside. Kai ball forward. Owen cross to Ben header. 09.55 Sub: Rhyce off and Charlie on up front. 09.56 conceded 0-1. Tejas to Lucas. Tejas to Kai. Lucas throw on right up front. Maidenhead period of good passing play. Declan shot well saved. 10.00 Sub: Kai off, Spencer on in defence.

Owen free kick. Declan way offside. Hisham great shot drew great top corner save. Freddie save. 10.07 Sub: Jake on for Tejas. 10.07 conceded 0-2 despite Freddie full length diving save where he managed to get a hand to it. Jake great passing football with Owen. Thomas header forward. 10.09 Owen scored from distance by lobbing the keeper 1-2. Freddie save. 10.13 Sub: Charlie off, Rhyce on up front. Rhyce to Declan. 10.15 Sub: Kai on, Ben off. Freddie save. Lucas to Kai to Declan. Lots of Maidenhead pressure on their goal now but goalie pulled off a series of saves. Kai shot and we thought it was definitely going in but it didn’t. Josh to Thomas to Kai. Thomas to Josh. Declan throw forward on right in our half. Jake shot went wide. Then clear penalty for us which Owen took with last kick of the game to equalize 2-2.

Man of the Match was goalscorer Owen Smyth.

This was a game we should have won but Ashridge probably had their best game of the season with the goalie in outstanding form. Before this game Ashridge didn’t have a point to their name and had conceded 34 goals in 5 games and scored 5. They were totally gutted to lose 2 points in the last minute of the game. This was not a good performance from us, though we did improve in the second half. We need to up our game for next Saturday as we then play the top team Hearts of Teddlothian Cheetahs who have a 100% record 7 wins from 7 and have scored 58 goals and conceded just 10.