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Banbury U16 – 0 Oxford Hawks -5
A young Banbury squad took on a more experienced Hawks team and matched them well until the final 10 minutes.
After a very close fought first half the Banbury lads went in at half time vey unlucky to be just 1-0 down. The hard working midfield unit of Kyle White, Oliver Davis, Jonny Stirrup and Chris Atkins created great chances for Christian Squire, Tom Tait and Jo Whinmill up front. Kyle White and Christian Squire came particularly close and Banbury paid dearly for not being able to convert a series of short corners. Alex Hatzegeorgio was outstanding in goal making a series of critical saves, and Harry Camp and Sam Pick held the central defence together well tackling and distributing well to the hard working James Davenport and Ashley Laverick on the flanks.
In the second half Banbury came at Hawks hard and for the first 15 minutes and looked more likely to score with Aiden Edwards, Davis, White and Stirrup putting together some great passing moves. Then Hawks took grip of the game and started to dominate.
Harry Camp, Sam Pick, James Davenport and Ashley Laverick had been outstanding throughout and along with the excellent Alex Hatzegeorgio in goal they had kept the score down to 1-0. In The last 10 minutes however the youngsters tired and lost concentration which resulted on Hawks scoring 4 more goals and taking the match well beyond the Banbury team.
This young team will be stronger next year and will be more than a match for the best in the league. They did give Hawks a great game and theyve learnt some good lessons from it.
Posted on | January 23, 2012 | No Comments