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Spixworth purple patch sees off young Yachtsmen
Chris Green19 Nov 2016 - 21:32
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Despite holding a halftime lead from Matt Doyle’s brilliant first half goal, Wroxham Reserves were undone by three second half goals in as many minutes by leaders Spixworth.
The young Yachtsmen were missing several regular players as demonstrated by a team sheet in the match day programme that had no fewer than 8 missing from the expected line up.
But those filling in soon showed no inhabitations as they gave Spixworth plenty to think about in early play.
Spixworth’s appeal for a penalty when Paul Cook went down were dismissed correctly by referee Dario Mathewson as Wroxham’s Billy Wenn got to the ball first.
The lively Jack Parker got in a dangerous cross for Wroxham which was turned behind by Chris Owen.
Matty Doyle had Wroxham’s best chance on 15 minutes but he shot straight at former colleague Nathan Pauling who is now the Spixworth custodian. At the other end Cook shot over the bar when well placed to do better.
A lob forward by Josh Carus was well controlled by Harry Maddison although he made a sad attempt to lob Pauling who was off his line.
Wroxham went even closer when a free kick taken by Parker fell perfectly for Archie Galley whose shot was stopped at point blank range by an excellent stop from Pauling.
Spixworth immediately broke away and almost took the lead when Luke Tuttle’s shot hit the post.
Wroxham took the lead on 38 minutes with a truly brilliant goal scored by Matty Doyle from 20 yards. He cut inside on the edge of the area and opened up for a blinding shot into the top far corner with Pauling unable to even get anywhere near it.
Doyle then received a yellow card for a clumsy foul on Pauling who asked the referee not to book the Wroxham player. But there was no doubting a further card for Spixworth’s Cross for a hard foul on Aiden Wickham.
The Wroxham players were elated with their first half performance and should have taken note of Manager Kaine Challen’s words that the game was not won at halftime.
Spixworth had no doubt received some stern words from their management and came out all guns blazing for the second half. Within ten minutes they were 3-1 up with a purple patch of 3 goals in as many minutes.
Luke Tuttle was getting in some dangerous crosses and one of these was turned away by Harley Lemmon but the Spixworth player converted the follow up.
Then ex-Wroxham player Paul Cook bundled in two goals in typical fashion.
For a while Wroxham were shell shocked and could have shipped more but they came came strongly. The ref played on after Shaun Taylor was brought down and Maddison got in a cross for Lewis Meacham who twice tried to beat Pauling but failed to do so.
Then Alex Jary set up Taylor whose shot beat Pauling only to hit the crossbar.
Spixworth had a good chance of a 4th when Lemmon push the ball out and the home side had three stabs at converting before the ball was cleared.
Stephen Kidd’s cross found Harry Maddison who should have done better but headed straight at Pauling.
Despite these attempts Wroxham were unable to get back and will have to lift themselves for next weeks game withimproving Mattishall.
But those filling in soon showed no inhabitations as they gave Spixworth plenty to think about in early play.
Spixworth’s appeal for a penalty when Paul Cook went down were dismissed correctly by referee Dario Mathewson as Wroxham’s Billy Wenn got to the ball first.
The lively Jack Parker got in a dangerous cross for Wroxham which was turned behind by Chris Owen.
Matty Doyle had Wroxham’s best chance on 15 minutes but he shot straight at former colleague Nathan Pauling who is now the Spixworth custodian. At the other end Cook shot over the bar when well placed to do better.
A lob forward by Josh Carus was well controlled by Harry Maddison although he made a sad attempt to lob Pauling who was off his line.
Wroxham went even closer when a free kick taken by Parker fell perfectly for Archie Galley whose shot was stopped at point blank range by an excellent stop from Pauling.
Spixworth immediately broke away and almost took the lead when Luke Tuttle’s shot hit the post.
Wroxham took the lead on 38 minutes with a truly brilliant goal scored by Matty Doyle from 20 yards. He cut inside on the edge of the area and opened up for a blinding shot into the top far corner with Pauling unable to even get anywhere near it.
Doyle then received a yellow card for a clumsy foul on Pauling who asked the referee not to book the Wroxham player. But there was no doubting a further card for Spixworth’s Cross for a hard foul on Aiden Wickham.
The Wroxham players were elated with their first half performance and should have taken note of Manager Kaine Challen’s words that the game was not won at halftime.
Spixworth had no doubt received some stern words from their management and came out all guns blazing for the second half. Within ten minutes they were 3-1 up with a purple patch of 3 goals in as many minutes.
Luke Tuttle was getting in some dangerous crosses and one of these was turned away by Harley Lemmon but the Spixworth player converted the follow up.
Then ex-Wroxham player Paul Cook bundled in two goals in typical fashion.
For a while Wroxham were shell shocked and could have shipped more but they came came strongly. The ref played on after Shaun Taylor was brought down and Maddison got in a cross for Lewis Meacham who twice tried to beat Pauling but failed to do so.
Then Alex Jary set up Taylor whose shot beat Pauling only to hit the crossbar.
Spixworth had a good chance of a 4th when Lemmon push the ball out and the home side had three stabs at converting before the ball was cleared.
Stephen Kidd’s cross found Harry Maddison who should have done better but headed straight at Pauling.
Despite these attempts Wroxham were unable to get back and will have to lift themselves for next weeks game withimproving Mattishall.
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