Half Term Havoc

Half term played havoc with the young 5th team side as everyone was ski-ing, visiting grandparents or injured so Stockport had 8 players against Manchester Uni's squad of 15. But the Stockport 8 were not phased and certainly were not going to make it easy for the Uni side. Although under alot of attack Stockport's defence were solid Alison Turner, Natasha Getcheffsky (who needs to practice hitting the ball!) and Rachel Dunley closed down lots of play and hit the ball clear to Leah Perkins and Abi Saunders in midfield.

Debbie Mole created chances and gave the midfield a target to aim for up front but as a lone forward it was very difficult to receive the feed and when Debbie did she had little option with no other forwards. Leah Perkins, Ceire McNamee and Abi Saunders were the work horses pushing up supporting Debbie but then back tracking to help out the out numbered defence.

Just as a 0-0 half time score was in sight Manchester Uni crossed the ball in and after a scramble found one of their players on the far post who managed to score their first goal. Stockport had a quick counter attack which took Man Uni by surprise but Debbie Mole was just unable to control the last touch and the ball went wide.

Pleased with their first half effort Stockport came out as they had finished the lst half with a quick attack but Man Uni came back with a counter attack and although their player was channelled wide she managed to hit the ball past Stockport's defence looking like it was going off the back line and somehow managed to get her stick on the end of it and Man Uni went 2-0 up.

Being 3 players down was taking its toll on the Stockport side and goal keeper Andrea Getcheffsky was kept busy with mostly soft shots to clear but just before the final whistle Man Uni had their best play of the game and 3 excellent shots on goal - 2 were saved but it was 3rd time lucky, final score 3-0. The score did not reflect the game and had we had a full squad I'm 100% certain it would have been a very different result - no half term games next season please!!

Player of the day - Abi Saunders