06/04/2026
๐ MATCH RESULT ๐
Yesterday we welcomed firkin scholar to jennycliffe where it was only one side that looked like they were going to take 3 points
Devon athletic started on the front foot from the first whistle the message this week was play simple football and move the ball around and trust each other. And thats exactly what they did.
The lads certainly kept their back line and keeper busy and the real first chance fell to Westy with a lovely ball fed through to him from almond, westy took a touch and let one fly in what looked destined to hit the back of the net credit to the keeper whos pulled off a great save.
Almond then found himself in the middle with a bit of space to thread a lovely ball into hooper with options to his left and right but hooper had other ideas he charged straight through the middle taking on not just one but 4 of their players pulling their pants right down twisting and turning and firing a rocket into the top bins
1-0 to the home side
The next real big chance fell to nicholls who found himself on yet another great pass from white around the back of their defence with a long ball over the top with the ball bouncing tried lobbing the keeper but got too much in it and it flew over the bar.
HT 1-0
The message at half time was keep the momentum and work hard for each other keep playing the way we were and devon did exactly that
It wasnt long before white played another long ball from the back splitting the lines for nicholls to get on the end of behind the defence this time nicholls hit it low into the bottom side netting
2-0 to the home side
Mcbride then decided he was going to test the referee on his boundaries on foul throws which did not end well where he was sin binned for 10 minutes so the lads had to re shuffle and sit in for 10 minutes but firkin still couldnt find any joy even with a man advantage
The lads kept coming forward played some lovely football down the right hand side and hooper who was everywhere today unleashed a curling effort that struck the woodwork.
The devon athletic lads back 4 were superb today firkin never really troubled our keeper who was one of two players to make their debut today and kept a clean sheet in the process
FT 2-0
Man of the match
Rob white picked up the motm award today making his debut for the club and was a rolls royce for us today. Calm and collected at the back. Picking up an assist too
Dick of the day
James mcbride the only stand out really for getting a sin bin with all the other lads playing superbly
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