DIVISION TWO
REAL-JD 1-1 MVP (ht:0-0)
at Astro-Arena, Birmingham
MVP had only lost one of their last four games so a score-draw was always going to be a decent result against one of the promotion pushing teams. The first half was a tempestous battle for psoession with little quality, Phil Davis had to stop two decent efforts; Bradley Wrigh-Phillips with a long-range strike and Duncan Ferguson with a well-struck shot that needed to be tipped away to safety. Halftime 0-0.
It did not take MVP long to re-organise and prove why they are promotion favourites and it was top-scorer Ferguson who caught Paul Slater napping and turned to fire in a lethal strike, Davis no chance. Davis had to be sharp to stop Ferguson again moments later and also had Summerfield to thank for a timely interception and one superb block. Real-JD had soaked up the pressure and retaliated with their equalising goal through super-sub Dave Swannick who scored his first goal for two months when he recieved a gift on the edge of the box and right-footed it past Carlos Roa to make it one-one. The result means that JD are still sixth in the table.
Man of the match: Richie Summerfield
1.Phil Davis (couple of decent saves) 2.Richie Summerfield (absolutely superb) 23.Steve Harris (quality) 24.Paul Slater (solid again) 13.Dave Swannick (scored his first goal for a long time) 4.James Walker (ran the midfield) 12.Dave Sorensen (worked hard) 9.Alex Dandy (caused problems for defence) 17.Carlos Mathews (ok)
DIVISION THREE
LOKOMOTIV SELLY OAK 2-0 MAYOR GOLDIE WILSON (ht:0-0)
at Tesco-Express Arena
Lokomotiv Selly Oak took a massive step towards division three safety as they beat fifth place Mayor Goldie Wilson last night. MGW now look as if promotion might have slipped away following goals from Dimbylow and frenchman Clement Vuarchy.
Despite a positive first half with plenty of action Lokomotiv went into the break settled with a stalemate, whatever Player/Manager Matt Shotton said to them at halftime did the trick as they burst out of the traps and grabbed both points to hand MGW only their second defet in eight games! Owen Dimbylow scored his fifth of the campaign in rather fortunate circumstances: "Yeah I saw the defender was going to play it across the box, bit dodgy, so I just thought I'd try and get a piece of that and lucky for us-it went in. Brilliant!" The ricochet from Pallister's ill-advised clearance cbounced in off Dimbylow to put Lokomotiv infront which gave them the breathing space that they needed. However Mark Oldfield was forced into a few good saves as stand-in 'keeper and made a fine block with his legs, not once but twice to deny Anthony Le-Tallec and Keith Gillespie, to keep Lokomotiv infront.
Charles Martyn claimed the man of the match award for yet another peice of fine play for Lokomotiv when he inexplicably turned Pallister inside-out with a sublime flick, however the play resulted in a goal kick.
Eventually Lokomotiv made it two-nil following more solid work from the irrepresible Charlie Martyn and Clement Vuarchy netted his first goal for the club as he dummied 'keeper Kevin Pilkington to send him the wrong way with a lovely finish.
Lokomotiv have won five out of their six games and are favourites to beat the drop: "I've been saying this all along, I can't see us going down, we've had us destiny in us own 'ands and we've been grinding out results and at times playing really well and looking comfortable and winning games, I still think that we will survive."
Man of the match: Charles Martyn
4.Mark Oldfield (brilliant double save) 3Matt Shotton (solid at the back) 5.Charles Martyn (excellent display of skill for 'the flick') 6.Mark Gustavson (solid) 10.Owen Dimbylow (another solid display and goal) 13.Clement Vuarchy (great goal great performance and a great name!)
DIVISION FOUR
JD-LIONS 7-1 KAY FC (ht:2-0)
at The City of Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
JD-Lions remain sixth in the table despite their seven goal mauling of Kay FC last night, 'King Carlos' Mathews scored a second half hat-trick along with three-goal hero Dave Sorensen who added to Paul Salter's opener. Player/Manager James Walker was delighted with his side's performance: "We can't get relegated or promoted so for the lads to generate that kind of performance fills me with confidence for next season."
Lions were ahead on six minutes when an Alex Dandy sweeping crossfield ball was met by Paul Slater, whose burst of pace saw him meet the ball to smash it beyond Ed De Goey at his near post. Dave Sorensen doubled Lions advantage when his trickling, daisy-cutter somehow squirmed between De Goey's grasp and into the back of the net.
Things got worse for Kay FC after the break as Dave Sorensen claimed his second of the night with a near-post drive after good approach play from Carlos Mathews, Carlos Mathews wasn't to be outdone and he scored his first of the night as he unleashed a fierce shot that fizzed past De Goey and into the back of the net, it really did fizz, you should have seen it fizzing...it was like a sainsbury's paracetamol in a glass of cresta lemonade.
Kay FC did pull a goal back through Luke Chadwick, whose long range drive pinged in off Davis' far-post to make it one-three.
Carlos Mathews added to his tally minutes later when Walker sent him clear and the second highest scorer buried the ball after he'd beaten a flat-footed defence. Sorensen completed his hat-trick moments later as Kay FC's rearguard fell to apart. Not to be outdone, Carlos Mathews completed the rout with an unstoppable drive past De Goey that zipped off the turf. Seven One the final score.
Man of the match: Dave Sorensen
1.Phil Davis (fine) 2.Richie Summerfield (useful distribution and looked comfortable) 23.Paul Slater (excellent opening goal and was busy) 24.Steve Harris (rock solid) 4.James Walker (once again lead by example, very confident solid display) 12.Dave Sorensen (hat-trick hero number one, superb) 13.Dave Swannick (very good) 17.Carlos Mathews (hat-trick hero number two, could have scored more) 9.Alex Dandy (quick and effective)
REAL-JD 1-1 MVP (ht:0-0)
at Astro-Arena, Birmingham
MVP had only lost one of their last four games so a score-draw was always going to be a decent result against one of the promotion pushing teams. The first half was a tempestous battle for psoession with little quality, Phil Davis had to stop two decent efforts; Bradley Wrigh-Phillips with a long-range strike and Duncan Ferguson with a well-struck shot that needed to be tipped away to safety. Halftime 0-0.
It did not take MVP long to re-organise and prove why they are promotion favourites and it was top-scorer Ferguson who caught Paul Slater napping and turned to fire in a lethal strike, Davis no chance. Davis had to be sharp to stop Ferguson again moments later and also had Summerfield to thank for a timely interception and one superb block. Real-JD had soaked up the pressure and retaliated with their equalising goal through super-sub Dave Swannick who scored his first goal for two months when he recieved a gift on the edge of the box and right-footed it past Carlos Roa to make it one-one. The result means that JD are still sixth in the table.
Man of the match: Richie Summerfield
1.Phil Davis (couple of decent saves) 2.Richie Summerfield (absolutely superb) 23.Steve Harris (quality) 24.Paul Slater (solid again) 13.Dave Swannick (scored his first goal for a long time) 4.James Walker (ran the midfield) 12.Dave Sorensen (worked hard) 9.Alex Dandy (caused problems for defence) 17.Carlos Mathews (ok)
DIVISION THREE
LOKOMOTIV SELLY OAK 2-0 MAYOR GOLDIE WILSON (ht:0-0)
at Tesco-Express Arena
Lokomotiv Selly Oak took a massive step towards division three safety as they beat fifth place Mayor Goldie Wilson last night. MGW now look as if promotion might have slipped away following goals from Dimbylow and frenchman Clement Vuarchy.
Despite a positive first half with plenty of action Lokomotiv went into the break settled with a stalemate, whatever Player/Manager Matt Shotton said to them at halftime did the trick as they burst out of the traps and grabbed both points to hand MGW only their second defet in eight games! Owen Dimbylow scored his fifth of the campaign in rather fortunate circumstances: "Yeah I saw the defender was going to play it across the box, bit dodgy, so I just thought I'd try and get a piece of that and lucky for us-it went in. Brilliant!" The ricochet from Pallister's ill-advised clearance cbounced in off Dimbylow to put Lokomotiv infront which gave them the breathing space that they needed. However Mark Oldfield was forced into a few good saves as stand-in 'keeper and made a fine block with his legs, not once but twice to deny Anthony Le-Tallec and Keith Gillespie, to keep Lokomotiv infront.
Charles Martyn claimed the man of the match award for yet another peice of fine play for Lokomotiv when he inexplicably turned Pallister inside-out with a sublime flick, however the play resulted in a goal kick.
Eventually Lokomotiv made it two-nil following more solid work from the irrepresible Charlie Martyn and Clement Vuarchy netted his first goal for the club as he dummied 'keeper Kevin Pilkington to send him the wrong way with a lovely finish.
Lokomotiv have won five out of their six games and are favourites to beat the drop: "I've been saying this all along, I can't see us going down, we've had us destiny in us own 'ands and we've been grinding out results and at times playing really well and looking comfortable and winning games, I still think that we will survive."
Man of the match: Charles Martyn
4.Mark Oldfield (brilliant double save) 3Matt Shotton (solid at the back) 5.Charles Martyn (excellent display of skill for 'the flick') 6.Mark Gustavson (solid) 10.Owen Dimbylow (another solid display and goal) 13.Clement Vuarchy (great goal great performance and a great name!)
DIVISION FOUR
JD-LIONS 7-1 KAY FC (ht:2-0)
at The City of Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
JD-Lions remain sixth in the table despite their seven goal mauling of Kay FC last night, 'King Carlos' Mathews scored a second half hat-trick along with three-goal hero Dave Sorensen who added to Paul Salter's opener. Player/Manager James Walker was delighted with his side's performance: "We can't get relegated or promoted so for the lads to generate that kind of performance fills me with confidence for next season."
Lions were ahead on six minutes when an Alex Dandy sweeping crossfield ball was met by Paul Slater, whose burst of pace saw him meet the ball to smash it beyond Ed De Goey at his near post. Dave Sorensen doubled Lions advantage when his trickling, daisy-cutter somehow squirmed between De Goey's grasp and into the back of the net.
Things got worse for Kay FC after the break as Dave Sorensen claimed his second of the night with a near-post drive after good approach play from Carlos Mathews, Carlos Mathews wasn't to be outdone and he scored his first of the night as he unleashed a fierce shot that fizzed past De Goey and into the back of the net, it really did fizz, you should have seen it fizzing...it was like a sainsbury's paracetamol in a glass of cresta lemonade.
Kay FC did pull a goal back through Luke Chadwick, whose long range drive pinged in off Davis' far-post to make it one-three.
Carlos Mathews added to his tally minutes later when Walker sent him clear and the second highest scorer buried the ball after he'd beaten a flat-footed defence. Sorensen completed his hat-trick moments later as Kay FC's rearguard fell to apart. Not to be outdone, Carlos Mathews completed the rout with an unstoppable drive past De Goey that zipped off the turf. Seven One the final score.
Man of the match: Dave Sorensen
1.Phil Davis (fine) 2.Richie Summerfield (useful distribution and looked comfortable) 23.Paul Slater (excellent opening goal and was busy) 24.Steve Harris (rock solid) 4.James Walker (once again lead by example, very confident solid display) 12.Dave Sorensen (hat-trick hero number one, superb) 13.Dave Swannick (very good) 17.Carlos Mathews (hat-trick hero number two, could have scored more) 9.Alex Dandy (quick and effective)
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