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OPPOSITION
VENUE
SURFACE
RESULT
GOAL SCORERS
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West Herts
6
Away
Astro
W 7-2
Andy Latham (4), Owen Hughes, Paul Brady (2)
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Potters Bar
marches on with another win and consolidate their 2nd position in the
table! The standard of hockey is getting better every week with some quality
interplay breaking open the West Herts defence a number of times. It took
a while for the first goal to come following an evenly matched first 10
minutes or so. However, Potters Bar then began to conrol the ball and
exploited some sizeable midfield gaps before using their speed advantage
to maneouvre around the West Herts defence. The pressure paid off and
Andy Latham opened his account with the first of his four goals.
Andy Bye, Danny Becker and Paul Brady combined well in midfield, with
skillful interplay, before releasing the ball forward to Latham and Liam
Frame. With so much possession it was inevitable that Bar would score
again as Liam Frame's sideline hit across the top of the "D"
found Latham who scored his second. Bar then scored twice more in quick
succession to effectively put the game out of West Herts' before half
time. Whilst it was certainly not all one-way traffic, Cliff Hawkins did
comment at half time that he'd only touched the ball once in the first
half!
The second half began in much the same way as the first with West Herts
competing for the ball and matching Bar attack for attack for the first
10 minutes. It was Potters Bar, however, who broke the deadlock and added
three further goals - with Latham completing his hat-trick with a fourth
goal to follow. Paul Brady from midfield made a useful contribution with
a second goal of his own and Owen Hughes (who was variously playing right
back, right midfield, central midfield and centre forward) also found
the net to take the scoreline to 7-0 with 10 minutes remaining.
It was at this point that Potters Bar lost their firm grip on the game!
Bar had a number of rotating players which, as the match wore on, made
it difficult to maintain structure at the back and West Herts, who fought
hard right to the end, capitalised scoring two goals and at least salvaged
some pride.
In the end
the convincing 7-2 victory maintained Potters Bar's 100% record and kept
them second in the table on goal difference. It should, however, be noted
that the four teams Bar have played are the four lowest sides in the division
- with only two wins between them. Clearly there are tougher matches to
come!
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Team: Alan Field,
Spencer Hunt, Cliff Hawkins, Chris Edwards, Dave Frame, Danny Becker,
Chris Wood (Capt.), Paul Brady, Owen Hughes, Andy Bye, Toby Seaman, Liam
Frame, Andy Latham
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