11/10/2025
🟡⚫️FINAL SCORE⚫️🟡
Wimpson 2 Shield 1
We made it 4 wins in a row this afternoon with a dominant display over Shield at Baddesley Rec. In a game where we penned our opponents in for large spells of the game, it wouldn’t have been unjust for us to have notched up a victory far greater than the scoreline suggests.
Having been aggressive from the off we settled in to our rhythm early on and forced the Shield keeper in to a few saves before winning our first corner on the left. Prince swung the ball in and was flapped at by the keeper; Kelly was quickest to react and fired in at the back post for his first of the season.
The circumstances in which Shield equalised can only be described as baffling. Having shanked a corner in to the side netting, the ball went through a hole and in to the net. With everybody from both sides setting up for a goal kick, the referee somehow adjudged the ball to have stayed in play and gone through the keepers hands and awarded Shield an undeserved goal on the stroke of half time.
A change of personnel at half time saw Boucher introduced and within 10 minutes he was on the scoresheet. A deep corner from Hoey was headed back across goal and Boucher was on hand to head home to restore our lead. Motteram was a spectator for the remainder of the game as the yellows piled on the pressure but somehow didn’t find the net again.
Some outstanding performances today but Alfie Hill takes the MOTM with his work rate and quality on the ball. 90 minutes of having the right back on skates.
3 points on the board is all that matters as we move up to second in the table. Our attention now turns to cup matters as we head to Fryern Rec next Saturday to face Chandlers Ford in the Quarter Final
