Lostock and 11 Smoking Barrels……

It was like the set of a film, but without the Director.  With our coach and leader in sick bay it was down to the trusty Assistant Coach Lee to direct us, and that just what he did…….

With Si TV present to beam it (nearly) live to Royal Preston, the boys gave a show of support to Coach Dylan before taking to the field of play.   The starting line of Luke, Ben, Aedan, Thomas G, Kallan, Jack and Capt Jack were ready to deliver their lines, with Ben, Aaron, Connor and Little Thomas waiting in the wings for their curtain calls.

Act One Scene One and straight from the kick off Euxton showed the boys and girl (great player by the way!) of Lostock how they intended to play and with great results.  Kallan and Jack drove forward to find Thomas G who took his opportunity and goal number one to Euxton.

With Act One Scene Two under way it wasn’t long before the jinking left foot of Kallan was in on the act, bobbing and weaving down field and into a goal mouth scramble to squeeze home goal number two. From the restart Euxton kept up the pressure and not to be outdone by the forwards our stalwart defender Aedan made a weaving run up-field to see if he could get his first goal but it was not to be with Lostock changing the script and putting out for a corner.  Euxton’s domination was starting to pay and goal number three came after several cleared corners with Thomas G firing number two for him and number three for Euxton. 

Scene Three saw changes and on came Oliver for Thomas G and Little Thomas for Capt Jack.  The change did not break the momentum and Oliver kept the pressure on the Lostock goal with several shots just wide of the mark. As Act One was coming to a close Kallan bagged goal number two and Euxton’s fourth to bring the clapper board down on a great first half performance.

Act Two opened with Euxton bombarding Lostock with all six barrels and forcing a string of 5 corners in a row with both Oliver and Aedan coming close.  It was on corner number five that Lostock made the one break of the match with their number seven heading for goal only for Connor to sprint back and save Euxton’s blushes.

Now Si TV had been in production for 30 minutes when what can only be described as a technical hitch took place in the broadcast when a roaming Aedan came bounding forward to cut through the opposition and send the Camera team into raptures to land the first goal of his Euxton U7s career and put Euxton 5 goals up (let’s hope the camera team caught it!).

Act Two Scene Two and with Euxton now at a canter Lee rang the changes with goal scorer Aedan making way for Ben and Thomas G replacing Oliver.  Instant impact and goal number six with the Jack’s and Connor combining to put Thomas G through for his third goal.  Lostock had little reply and each time they had a restart they saw the nibble feet of ether Kallan or Jack take the ball and head up field with Ben, Aaron, Little Thomas hunting up field to get their names on the goal sheet.     

Goals number seven (Thomas G number 4) eight (Capt Jack) and nine (Thomas G number 5) where much of the same with some good inter passing between the boys.

By this stage the referee had lost count and was to get even more confused when Capt Jack zig zagged between the opposition to fire number 10 and his second.

With the game drawing to a close a returning Kallan clinched his hat trick, to end the film and seal the can on an 11 nil return to winning ways. Let’s hope Si TV captured all the goals for Coach.

Next week sees a return to defend our unbeaten home record against a visiting Longridge.

Let’s hope we can welcome back our very own Brian Potter for next weeks match……Keep smiling the boys missed you.