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15th October 2005
Euxton Villa (4)
11 Coppull United (0) 1
Euxton recorded their biggest
win of the season to date, and moved to the top of the table
following this very impressive performance.
Coppull started the game well
and looked very lively as they moved the ball around putting
Villa under early pressure. Gradually the home side started
to take control and came close to scoring after 17 minutes
when a Guy Clarkson corner was headed towards goal by Sam
Shone, the effort was cleared with Villa players claiming
the ball had crossed the line, but play continued. Villa
were not to be denied for long as a minute later a Guy
Clarkson free kick found Adrian Briggs whose shot rebounded
from the Keeper to Heath Broadbent who calmly guided the
ball home.
The game was still quite tight
and on 25 minutes Shaun Gibbs had to be alert to prevent an
equaliser. Villa increased their lead five minutes later, a
superb ball out of defence by Brad Dowling dropped over the
Coppull back four allowing Adrian Briggs to outpace
defenders before sliding the ball under the keeper for 2-0.
Villa were now moving the ball around well and on 43 minutes
an intricate passing move allowed John Winstanley to turn
the ball into the path of James O'Loughlin who made no
mistake. Two minutes later John Winstanley got on the
score-sheet, from a throw-in Sam Shone laid the ball off to
him, and he drove it into the bottom corner. Coppull had
worked hard and the two goals late in the half obviously
deflated the visitors.
Coppull reorganised at
half-time, but were caught out again within five minutes of
the re-start as John Winstanley found himself in acres of
space on the right, his accurate ball in was turned into the
net by Heath Broadbent. The visitors responded three minutes
later when a high ball into the Villa box was not cleared
allowing Coppull to pull a goal back with a good rising
shot. They nearly claimed a second two minutes later when
Shaun Gibbs had to make a superb one on one save. This was
Coppulls best spell of the game and just as they started to
push on Villa hit them with a deluge of goals due to ( so he
says ) manager Mark McHugh's inspired substitutions.
On 60 minutes Anton Martin made
a great surging run into the box before laying the ball off
to Adrian Briggs who in turn found Mick Bradshaw who shot
home via the underside of the crossbar. With 70 minutes gone
Craig Chambers and Graham Chatterly linked up well on the
right to set up John Winstanley, his shot was saved, but
Anton Martin following up drilled the ball low into the
net.Two minutes later skipper Craig Chambers got in on the
act as he cut into the box before scoring with a low drive
across the
keeper. With 15 minutes
remaining Anton Martin chased a ball into the box, the
Coppull keeper was unable to hold onto the ball and it fell
to Mick Bradshaw who hooked it into the net.
Villa continued to press and
Anton Martin claimed his second goal of the game on 80
minutes when he was first to a cross into the box turning
the ball into the net. Euxtons final goal came on 85 minutes
when Graham Chatterly picked up the ball midway in the
Coppull half, he neatly avoided two tackles before driving a
left foot shot into the roof of the net. All credit to the
visitors who kept going and came close on 88 minutes when
Shaun Gibbs had to turn a free kick around the post. The
highlight of the game came after 16 minutes, when under
pressure, Ross Dickinson headed the ball against his own bar
before volleying the rebound clear, defending at it's most
sublime. Finally while not among the goals Rhys Crombie put
in a rock solid performance at the back for
Villa as once again an all-round
team display ensured the points.
Team : Gibbs, C.Chambers, Dickinson, Crombie, Dowling, (
Bradshaw ) Winstanley, Broadbent, O'Loughlin, Clarkson, (
Martin ) Shone, ( Chatterly ) Briggs
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