11am Kick Off            3rd December 2006

Southlands greeted the team with a strong wind blowing down the pitch & the threat of rain, it was a bitter morning. Tom M wore the captain’s armband.

1st Half
After a scary first 30 secs when Will had to dive full length to make a great save the Villa made a bright start and took the game to Penwortham. In the third attacking move Smithy’s shot ran across the goal mouth and Greg picked the ball up on the goal line passed back to Sam who picked out Jamie G in space and Jamie G did what he does best and launched a shot from the 18yrd area. Brilliant.1-0. 4mins.Against a strong wind the Villa did well to pick out passes and Jamie A & Liam worked the ball down the right to great effect. Jamie G, Sam & Greg all had near misses in the next 10mins. Then, using the wind to good effect Penwortham launched a long ball which was taken very well and they equalised. 1-1.17mins
Penwortham had come back into the game and won their first corner on 19mins, indeed they could have scored a second after a poor clearance gave them the ball and Will the opportunity to make another great save. Jamie A came off to be replaced by Alex on 24mins.
Liam Potter then made the fantastic run down the right, crossed to Greg who hit the post the ball came back out to be met with a loud shout of “Sam’s” as he launched a great shot to score Villa’s second.2-1. 25mins.
Penwortham hit back straight from the kick off and scored literally 30secs after picking the ball out of their own net.2-2.25mins (and a half!)
Penwortham had their best 5mins of the game and secured a third on 28mins. 2-3. They just missed from a corner on 29mins
Half Time whistle blew.

Half Time. 2-3.
The management were pleased with both the effort and the fact that we would be playing with the wind behind us in the 2nd half. It had been a great team effort & Villa were unlucky to be a goal down. Tom G & Smithy were taken off and Kyle & Ryan M came on.

2nd Half
The first 10mins were all Euxton and to be fair the Penwortham keeper kept the score line the same especially after Villa won the first corner on 5mins, Jamie G launched a great corner in and Sam’s header was stopped on the line, then cleared to a waiting Alex who hammered a shot in only to be saved again. The Villa went un-rewarded. Rob came off and Jamie A went back on. 6mins. Liam off Rob on. 13mins. Ryan M & Sam switched places. 17mins. Tom M stayed strong at the back and had halted many attacks but couldn’t keep the fast paced Penwortham forwards at bay forever and they scored on 20mins. 2-4. Then 22mins.2-5
The final whistle blew on a score line that didn’t reflect the effort put in. That’s football.

Full Time. 2-5
Boy’s we are very proud of you, don’t let games like this get you down, you did well, in some instances very well, you are a very good team. Penwortham did very well to keep going when they were behind.

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