Square Rangers 1 Barton
Rovers 1
Saturday 21st April
With fourth playing second respectively and a lot at stake especially
for Barton to keep the pressure on leaders Memorial Park A both
teams produced an entertaining match that ended with a fair result,
as considering what both teams had contributed, neither side deserved
to come away from the game pointless.
Square Rangers shaded the first half on possession and shots on
target, with the best chance falling to Matt, who saw his close
range header well saved by the Barton goalkeeper. Matthew also came
close when his long range effort skimmed over the crossbar. Barton
however carried a threat when attacking and it was a clear indication
of how well the Rangers defence were playing that at half-time the
score was 0-0.
The second half saw Square Rangers continue their earlier good work
with the midfield quartet of Joe, Jack, Matthew and Tom very influential
in the pattern of play. The good work was finally rewarded when
midway through the half Matt latched on to Josh’s cross to
lift his shot into the top corner to make it 1-0. Barton came back
very strongly and pressurised the Rangers goal forcing some drastic
goal mouth scrambles that saw Nathan twice clear off his own goal
line. Ryan, returning after his broken hand to line-up on pitch
was doing a good job against their lively winger, whose crosses
especially from corners was causing a few problems to defend against.
Ten minutes from the end Barton were able to pierce the Rangers
defence with some neat passing and from a wide angle their striker
beat Harry with a shot into the top corner to equalise the scores
at 1-1. The remainder saw both teams create half chances and Rangers
courageously defended some dangerous corner kicks in the final minutes
to hold out for a well deserved point.
Player of the match:
Tough tackling and a determined
performance - Tom Gee.
Summary:
As a player I would say
that these are the kind of matches you want to play in, competitive,
keenly fought but fair. From a spectator’s view there was
clearly very little between the two teams and so it was right that
neither side went home disappointed.
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