27/04/2025
🚨💚MATCHWEEK 25 RESULTS💚🚨
First Team: 1-1 Draw Vs Barnham Trojans (A).
We had another game come quick and fast and it was away to Barnham who we have not played yet this season. We went there with a bare and very make-shift 11, with Aaron Gumbrell doing us a huge favour by going in goal for the game! We had others who were 50-50 fitness, and some left at 7am to make the effort to turn-up and play the whole 90 minutes and I’m very thankful for that. Even with a depleted squad that didn’t change our mind-sets, knowing that we had enough quality to get a result.
The first half started fantastic with chances being created by The Green and we could feel that goal coming, and that it did! With some great attacking combination play with James Hill driving forward and finding Archie Inkster, he delivered a great ball to Callum Price who finished astutely for his 11th goal of the season! We further created in the first half and we should have been at least three goals to the good coming in at Half-Time, sadly that was not to be, but there were many positives to take.
We all understood that the next goal in this game was going to be vital so we couldn’t let our levels drop. We started the second half fantastic and carried on our high intensity, which led us to justifiably getting a two goal lead as Archie Inkster buried a rebound after a good stop by Barnham’s GK… or so we thought. 10 seconds after the ball had gone in the referee blow up for offside (?!). Barnham’s own club linesman did not raise his flag and said we were onside but the referee ignored that and awarded the offside, we couldn’t believe it.
The next ten minutes was difficult for The Green, struggling to understand what just happened, Barnham took advantage and levelled through a set-piece, after a great initial save from Gumbrell it was sadly followed in by their attacking player.
The lads rallied again but with bare 11 it was tough. We had our chances to sn**ch it at the end but sadly could not convert.
Every single player in Green today ran their heart out for the club and that’s all we can ask for. Well deserved pints were had after the game and onwards to our final two fixtures!
MOTM: Aaron Gumbrell, for stepping-up and doing a great job in goal for us! As always this is voted by the players peers!
DOTD: Ewan Gee. His throw-in manoeuvre/technique/whatever-that-was, which resembled him proposing to all outfield players, while being on one knee to avoid giving away another foul-throw was a sight to see! The kit is his to wash this week!
SPONSORS: A massive thank you to our amazing sponsors; Sports Stars UK, BII.AERO and AJW Aviation.
UTG 💚
