League: Wynn 45s Div 2

Barely Athletic vs Recliners FC

A tough, bone hard pitch at Frys made for a scrappy game. Barely flew out of the blocks with 2 early goals, one of them gifted by a poor backpass, one a great lobbed finish. Recliners arrived in the game about 15 minutes too late, but gradually took control from there. Barely were physical and resilient as always and featured the same striker who had blown us away playing for Cowboys the previous week. Luckily he left his shooting boots at home this time and missed a couple of decent chances when Barely broke. Josh pulled a goal back just before HT and then scored twice more after the break, as well as hitting the bar. Barely’s chances in the second half mainly came from Recliners giving them the ball and in the end, a whipped corner was headed home for an OG equalizer. Things got a bit fractious towards the end and the excellent ref made a good decision to call a halt to proceedings a few minutes early. Good luck to Barely for the rest of the season.

 

Barely goals from Jim Semmence Clive and an Og.

Enjoyed the game.

Well done Recliners

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Red Star 45s vs Nailsea Vets 45s

A walkover (3-0) for Red Star as Nailsea didn’t have a full team. Game went ahead as a friendly (5-0 to Ref Star), good performance by Red Star and a good game in the spring sunshine.

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Recliners FC vs Nailsea Vets 45s

A lovely morning at BAWA marred by the usual problems of no keeper and no ref. With late cry offs and knowing how good Nailsea are, there was some trepidation before kick off. Recliners started brightly though and it was slightly against the run of play when a looping ball spun awkwardly off the pitch and dribbled into the net allowing Nailsea to take the lead after 10. The first of 3 penalties followed soon after. Emu in the Recliners nets hauled the striker down but was relieved to see the pen blasted wide. Recliners grew into an error strewn game, the bobbly pitch making it hard for either side to get control, The Duke equalized after a great counter attack ended with him lofting the ball over the keeper. Just before HT Nailsea regained the lead but there wasn’t a huge amount in it. After the break they started strong and a second pen was awarded for another clear trip. This time it was slotted perfectly. A poor back pass allowed the nippy Nailsea striker in for a fourth, before Recliners were awarded a pen of their own after a mix up at the back for Nailsea. The keeper saved the Duke’s spot kick, but he made amends a few minutes later when he neatly finished from ten yards after a huge gap appeared in the Nailsea defence. There were a few goal mouth scrambles and one off the line, but overall Nailsea were good value for the win in a tight game. A first class attitude was shown throughout by both teams towards each other and the reluctant ref, making this a competitive but properly Corinthian game.

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Red Star 45s vs Recliners FC

A terrific game at Saltford between two well matched sides saw RedStar triumph thanks to clinical finishing. Recliners took the lead with an excellent goal on the break, Gaffers crossing for Miguel, who tucked in the rebound after his first attempt was saved brilliantly by the keeper. RedStar equalized after the Recliners defence was slow to clear and they then took the lead with a firm header from a perfectly executed corner. Recliners took the game to RedStar in the second half, hitting the woodwork twice and drawing 3 more excellent saves from the keeper, but RedStar extended their lead with another bullet header from another top class corner. A full blooded game but played in very good spirit, good luck to RedStar for the rest of the season.

RED STAR MATCH REPORT

A quality exhibition of high level football from two fluorescent teams. Recliners took the lead whilst Red Star were still admiring the first of several worldies from their own keeper. It felt like the visitors might take a firm grip on the game, but Red Star grabbed an equaliser when Gareth tidied up some penalty box ping pong, injecting a surge of confidence back into the home team. Red Star then deployed their secret weapon, hidden for many years, an ability to score great goals from corners. Cammy put them ahead before half time, connecting with Waj’s precision delivery, and then T planted a proverbial bullet into the corner of the net early in the second to put Red Star 3-1 up. A dubious offside call denied them a further cushion, but they also had to ride their luck, with top drawer saves, a bit of woodwork and two utterly heroic (if largely unnoticed) clearances off the line.

A really accomplished performance from Red Star against a very capable Recliners team. Great game played in good Corinthian spirit, well done all.

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Nailsea Vets 45s vs Barely Athletic

Great game where Nailsea were deserved winners

Kevin Davies our scorer.

Lewis and Richard Batten on the pitch together Father and son.

Thanks for allowing that Simon.

 

Thanks Rich very enjoyable morning.

 

Nailsea ran out 4-1 winners with goals from Tom Chambers, Lee Cogan, Matt Gigg and Darren Penny. We’ll done Barely who kept going throughout but Nailsea fully deserved their win.

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Nailsea Vets 45s vs Red Star 45s

An excellent closely fought match between two strong teams.

Red Star started brightly but once Nailsea got into their stride they took a comfortable 2-0 lead into half time thanks to goals from Lee Cogan and Martin Sidebottom.

Lee Cogan added a third shortly after half time but a goal back from Red Star to make it 3-1 changed the game. Red Star were then on top and pushed hard for further goals but Nailsea held firm to record an excellent victory.

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