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It was a trip into the unknown this week physically and football wise with a trip to near Stroud to play in the GFA cup against Whiteshill Under 12’s.  The question was going to be whether our football could overcome their strength and height.

We started off well and were competing well and even had a bit of pressure.  However after 5 minutes we gave away a free kick in a dangerous area.  Being a year older their player was able to send the ball high into the net giving Tom no chance.  There was a danger that heads would drop and we would go further behind but not this week.  Our greater ability started to tell and we put pressure on the Whiteshill goal.  We got the goal we deserved when Sam scored a fantastic header.  It got even better shortly afterwards when Sam scored once again.  There was no stopping us now and Nathan Redmore was next on the score sheet to leave it 3:1 at half time 

The second half was pretty much 1 way traffic with us dominating.  The defence of Jonah, Ben and Nathan Blackwell didn’t let much past and Tom mopped anything up that did get through.  This allowed the midfield and attack to apply the pressure which saw us score 3 more goals.  Nathan got his second, James picked up one as did Joe who latched onto a fantastic through ball from James.  It could have been but for some great goalkeeping and a sloping goalmouth that saw a couple of goal bound efforts roll back down the slope.

So 6:1 it was.  A great performance all round.  We learned a lot today especially how to deal with a fussy ref which has led to some of the boys thinking about changing their names to “Mine” or “I’ve Got” !!!!