Lostock Hall 3   Euxton Villa 3

Weather was fantastic, the boys were in upbeat mood following their last game and we were all looking forward to a good game. How wrong can you be? The boys started off very well dominating large areas of the pitch and soon went 1 up thanks to a goal from Robert. We continued to dominate and despite some bizarre and unconsistant refereeing  we went in at half time 1-0 up.

The second half started as the first half had finished, with us dominating and a second goal from Liam seemed to have eased the nerves. Lostock scored following a defensive slipup but we still looked comfortable. However, we switched off, stopped talking to one another and gave away further 2 soft goals (including an own goal from Liam……no Liam that doesn’t count towards a hat trick). All decisions were going against us and this really effected our normal passing game.The boys really were more concerned about some of the refereeing decisions,lost concentration and as a result we “conceded” a further goal. The goal came as a result of  cross which was headed goalwards by one of our backs and “cleared “ off the line by Barney. The referee decreed the ball had crossed the line and awarded the goal, when clearly it hadn’t. Unbelievable!!! 3-2 down and 5 minutes to play.

The injustice of it finally spurred the boys forward and Liam latched onto a great through ball from Bradley and netted…..justice.

We really should have won this game despite the provocation and it was a case of 3 points lost as opposed to 1 point gained.

Discuss this game in the Villa Room!!