Winslow United U16 Tigers

Sunday 14^th March 2010

Wootton Blue Cross – 4

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Winslow United Tigers – 0

A disappointing afternoon for  the Tigers means that the next few weeks will be spent anxiously watching the results come in on a Sunday afternoon to see if we finish top or fourth!

A win would have guaranteed runners up and promotion but the long journey and pressure seems to have been too much.  On a pitch that should have suited the Tigers they started very sleepily.  Ant was feeling unwell, Ross was unavailable and Arron declared himself unfit on Sunday morning.  The re-arranged back four took a little while to settle and Wootton took their chances.  The first came from a penalty, the second just three minutes later was a soft goal to concede and within 25 minutes it was 3-0.  The Tigers looked shell shocked but slowly woke up and started to play.  A sucker punch on 37 minutes closed the half out at 4-0 to the home side.

Wootton defended well and having taken their chances early in the game didn’t pose too much of a threat to the Tigers in the second half.  Winslow dominated the second period and stood up determinedly to Josh, Patch and Jack Reynolds trying to force their way through to goal.

4-0 seems harsh having watched the game and being unable to take a completely impartial view I feel that we just didn’t get the run of the green today.  Things didn’t quite fall right and luck didn’t go our way.  Having said that you make your own luck, we probably had enough clear chances to pull Wootton back in but we couldn’t finish them off.  Patch, Josh, Paul and Jack R all saw efforts go narrowly wide and Ants appearance in the midfield spurred the lads on but wasn’t quite enough.

Dench pulled off a couple of good saves in the second half to prove that we still had to defend, and at the end of the day we have to concede the points to Wootton.  Paul and Connor were outstanding today and proved why they should be considered the clubs best two players this season.  Paul deserved the man of the match trophy again but picking between the pair of them was not easy.

Thats it then.... Under 16 season finished and the end of my managerial career.  It was a shame we couldn’t go out with a bang but I am proud of the way the guys have played this season.  The football has been good and the spirit commendable.  Thank you to all of them for their hard work and thank you to all of the players over the last 10 years that have made this such a fantastic experience.

I look forward to seeing you all at the end of season barbecue, keep an eye on this page as I will continue to update it until all fixtures are complete.

Cheers, Gazza.