G.E. HAMBLE 0 HAMWORTHY UNITED 1
Sydenhams Premier League (Wessex) Tuesday 11-10-11
The Hammers came in to this match on the back of a good away win at Fawley the previous Saturday, unbeaten in 10 league outings, and the only league defeat on the opening day of the season……..GE Hamble at Home, so how likely were they to be able to turn the tables, in what was going to be a very tough game, with our opponents sat third. Two changes from the last match. Michael White returned to replace the injured Greg Horlock along side Dan Haysom in Defence, and Will Robinson in to replace the unavailable Aaron Corby.
The Hammers started off very brightly, almost where they left off from in the previous
game. They passed the ball with confidence and looked threatening on a couple of occasions down the left hand side. Hamble allowed Hamworthy a lot of space to play the ball around in, and they almost took advantage of this, after a good move down the right hand side. Yelland crossed the ball into the box right into the path of Luke Burbidge, who took it on the volley, but his attempt was well blocked. A couple of well created moves failed to hit the target, but Hamworthy were clearly on top in the early exchanges. Hamble managed to slow the impetus of the Hammers as the half progressed, but they reverted very much to the long ball, which Haysom and White happily dealt with.
HT 0-0
No changes in personnel for the start of the second half, but Hamble came on stronger and Keeper Simon Evans had to be a lot busier than he probably wanted to be. Even when the ball rolled past him, goal-bound, after a lofted free kick into the box, there was a Hamworthy defender to clear it off the line. Hamble were coming on a lot stronger
throughout the middle of the second half, and Hamworthy had to dig deep to defend their Keeper. Despite often being pushed back deep into their own area, they did manage to defend well. They still had their moments too, when both Burbidge and then Satterley lost opportunities to shoot, after making the space to do so. With about 12 minutes left of normal time, a long ball out from the Home Keeper was met superbly well by Haysom, jumping above the forward in the Hamworthy half. His header flew straight out to an unmarked Satterley, on the right hand side of the penalty box. Despite appeals for off-side, the flag stayed down, and Jack Satterley, with all the composure in the world, calmly lobbed the approaching keeper with his first touch, and saw the ball bounce into the top corner of the net. It was nothing more than he & Hamworthy deserved, and would have been a massive confidence boost for the 17 year old forward. Hamble launched a four man attack from the kick off, with the last defender always having a man on his shoulder, so there was no room for error. A series of silly free-kicks conceded in the dying minutes only stretched out the heart flutters for the large number of Hammer’s fans who made the trip, but the final whistle came, to huge relief, and for a professional job well executed. The second of four consecutive away matches, and 6 points collected.
FT 0-1
Team : Evans, Yelland, Lockyer, White, Haysom (Capt), Head, Wilkins, Robinson, Burbidge, Satterley (Bassirikki 85), Pidgley UnusedSubs : Byrom,