Samba Nottinghamshire Senior League
Division One
BURTON JOYCE FC 7 AWSWORTH VILLA RESERVES 0
With Burton Joyce already having secured Runners Up position and Awsworth Villa Reserves on a run of 5 unbeaten matches, I expected this to be a close encounter, but clinical finishing by the team in Green showed why they were towards the top end of the table.
Just before kicked I met Chris Roberts and his friend from Chesterfield and we stood pitchside. The game began at a frantic pace and the visitors infact had the first chance with a shot just over the crossbar. Burton made them pay as in the 6th minute, they took the lead through their top striker NATHAN FRANCIS with a header that was pushed out and he followed in to make sure.
With 9 minutes on the clock, from a corner on the left side, NATHAN FRANCIS doubled his tally and also his teams to make it 2-0 to the hosts. On 13 minutes, Awsworth were given a lifeline when awarded a penalty, but Rory Blyth was equal to the kick heading in to the bottom corner to pull over the save.
The rest of the half was quite even and more goals could well have been scored. After the half time cuppa, it was back to pitchside and Burton Joyce were not in the mood for waiting, as on 46 minutes, they made it 3-0 when MARK FAFLIK pounced on a defensive error in the visitors area.
On 50 minutes, NATHAN FRANCIS completed his hat trick when a corner from the left side saw him scoop low to head home. On 55 minutes, it became 5-0 when JOE HARROD beat the offside trap and his defender to squeeze the ball home.
On the hour, it was 6-0 when Joyce;s sub KIERON JOHNSON got in on the act of scoring and Awsworth;s heads were beginning to drop when in the 64th minute, a cut in from the left side by JAKE GLOVER completed the scoring.
It wasnt the end to a poor afternoon for the visitors, as a nasty looking challenge came in from Kyle Davis and he was shown the red card by Jude Brough, the match official, in only his 2nd middle in a NSL match at the young age of 16. I must mention what a great match he had and gained a lot of respect from all the players of both sides and from the spectators watching this game. Jude is one of many youngsters within the Nottinghamshire Senior League/Nottingham Forest Academy partnership with a bright future.
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Remember next Saturday is Samba Nottinghamshire Football League Cup Finals Day at Basford United FC.
Kicking off at 12pm is the NSL Junior Cup Final between Robin Hood Colts v Cotgrave Reserves..There will then be a walking football match before the Senior Cup Final kicking off at 5pm between Stapleford Town v Southwell City.
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