1st March 2017
Basford Utd Academy 3-1 Football CV Reds
I am really growing into
retirement now, and these Academy games, along with BUSC games are usually
decent affairs. This game though was a rather strange one though – it may look
on paper that Basford won comfortably, but they really were lucky to come away
with all three points. I have to apologise for the lack of details re players identities - without a team sheet, writing reports can sometimes be a bit of a trial!!
The first goal came from a Will
Bown corner on 11 minutes – the no. 8’s cross bundled into his own net by a
Reds’ defender at the far stick. Two
minutes later, as the visitors tried to clear their lines, the ball somehow
found REMEL WHITE who looked as amazed as everyone else as he was left all on
his own to sidefoot over the line.
So, two nil up with just 13
played – but a third failed to materialise in the first half as CV began to
take their defensive duties a little more seriously. Basford did have a couple
of half chances, the first on 24 when
Cardell Lubban was played in one on one with the Reds’ keeper, but saw his
effort blocked. Then White saw his header well saved with 33 played. Basford’s
keeper kept his teams two goal lead intact as half time approached, making a
terrific diving save to keep out a fierce drive. H-T 2-0
Basford’s opponents had a decent
spell as the second half progressed and in the 51st minute had an
effort palmed over by the home keeper, then from the resultant corner the
visiting number 9 headed wide from close range. On 66, the CV Reds no. 10 made a superb run down the left and
into the box, but his eventual shot flew across the goal and was hacked away to
safety.
With 15 minutes left to play,
HARRY WHITTINGTON fired home to halve the Reds’ defecit, and it could have been
worse for the homesters five minutes later as they had their keeper to thank
yet again for saving a neat effort by the visiting no 9.
The Basford nerves were jangling
a little, but they were let off the hook in the 81st minute when the CV keeper
and full back had a major miscommunication some 20 yards from goal, and the
loose ball was pounced upon by DIAZ CAMERON who had the simple task of guiding
it into an empty net. F-T 3-1
Although the United players
played well enough, this result was more or less gifted to them, and Football
CV Reds must have gone back to Stamford thinking that they could, and maybe
should have had at least a point from this game. Still, after this result, Basford remain in top spot - two points above Boston Utd, having played the same number of games.
