U9A - 5 star Hill destroy
Wadham
Buckhurst Hill A 5 - 1 Wadham (Echo
League)
Jason McMullen, 7th February 2010
‘The Hill’ hosted Wadham at Roding Lane, this
was the first league match played since November last year
due to the adverse weather conditions in recent months.
The weather was grey and cold with the Roding Lane
pitch muddy and soft under foot.
The management felt confident of a result as
last time the two teams played in The Hill had been the
stronger team despite losing by two late goals. The
Hill had developed as a team and were much stronger following
recent coaching efforts from Wilson,
King and
McMullen.
Manager Wilson had a full
squad to pick from and wanted to continue with the 2-3-1
formation that had worked well in recent matches. The
starting team included goalkeeper Long,
Fox and King at left and
right defence, Tebbutt left midfield,
Captain Wilson in central midfield,
Allen on the right midfield and
Haidar playing as the lone striker.
Koczan, Park and
Gueli were the options from the subs
bench.
The Hill started strongly with midfield
getting the edge with early tackles and passes, notably
Wilson was starting attacks passing to
Haidar who was cutting straight through the
middle of Wadham’s defence or Tebbutt who
was penetrating down the left on a number of
occasions.
Allen broke down the right
flank and crossed into the box, Wadham failed to clear and
Haidar fired a right foot strike, which the
keeper got his hands too but could not keep out for 1-0.
The Hill grew in confidence from this and further
chances were created when Allen shot from
the edge of the area fired narrowly wide and then
Tebbutt bull dozing run saw him beat two
defenders down the left, he cut the ball back for
Wilson who’s shot whistled just over the bar
with the keeper stranded.
King and
Tebbutt combined well on the left to close
down any attacks from Wadham and counter with their own with
Tebbutt having an inspired half with his
attacks down the left.
Long, Fox and
King looked solid in defence and showed
confidence on the ball as Fox side stepped
an attacker and played a superb forward ball for the pacey
Allen to run onto but he was fouled and
stopped in his tracks. Haidar’s
resulting free kick was a peach as he curled over the wall
and into the net for 2-0.
Minutes later, just in case you missed it -
Haidar added a third goal with replica of
the same free kick following good work by
Tebbutt who earned the free kick. 3-0 at
half time.
Second half saw the introduction of
Park on for King in
defence, Gueli on for
Tebbutt in left midfield and
Koczan for Allen on right
midfield. The Hill were on a roll as
Wilson & Fox were
dictating the play and Koczan and
Gueli showed good energy in midfield as we
continued to push forward. Allen came
back on as Haidar went off to applause and a
well earned rest.
The Hill was in total control with the team
looking dangerous every time they attacked,
Allen earned a free kick as he was thwarted
on the edge of box. Captain Wilson stepped
up and curled the ball round the wall and into the net for
4-0 and a fantastic set piece goal.
As the game entered the closing stages Wadham
kept going and trying to create an opportunity pushing The
Hill back. Wadham were almost undone with some
wonderful counter attacking football when Allen,
Koczan and later Tebbutt were
denied chances. Inevitability the icing on the cake was
Wilson’s cleared header from our box found
Allen who knocked the ball past the last
defender for a one on one race to goal and superb blasted
finish for 5-0.
Wadham got a consolation goal when the worked
the ball into the box and Wadham sub and former BHFC trailist
Bridges finished from close range for 5-1 and that was the
final score.
The management were delighted with the win,
you could see the boys were pleased with their victory.
Let’s hope we can continue the good form as we play
away at Hutton next Sunday.
MOM.
Haidar - for his hat trick
and two great free kicks.
Fox - for his superb
defending, great awareness and reading of the
game.
Tebbutt - for his all action
midfield performance, both defending and
attacking.