9th September 2007

Hampton Wanderers 3 v 3 Whitton Wanderers

With the under 12s moving up a division this season following last years success there was a slight worry to see if we could hold our own against much better teams in regards to talent and organisation, and on Sunday the boys answered the question with a fine battling draw in our first game in the premier league The game swung from end to end and with the boys from both teams giving 100%, it was a great game to watch with both teams evenly matched. The only disappointment was conceding three goals. from the kick off the Hampton boys put us under pressure which we weathered and after five minutes we started to step up to the pace of the game which was to be expected considering we hadn't played a game since the end of last season. After 15 minutes the whitton boys took the lead from a Mason shot that hit the bottom corner of the net, just when you score a goal you need to compose yourselves but we let them back into the game within five minutes to level the score, which was soon followed by another Hampton goal which gave our opponents a 2-1 lead, the greens kept their heads and a fine finish from Sam Groom from near the corner flag got us back on level terms and all square at the half time break. In the second period the game continued swinging from end to end but it was the greens from Whitton who scored from a fine finish from Kobi on his debut to give us a 3-2 lead which we held onto until 2 minutes from time when Hampton scored to bring things all level again this time at 3-3. with only a minute left on the clock the score remained the same and left us a bit deflated like a burst bouncy castle at conceding such a late goal, but it was a nice opening for us and now we will see if we can move on from this game and find our first win at this level next week when we play Manorcroft away on Sunday. Well done to both sets of boys who gave everyone watching such an entertaining game.