THCC FC 6 - 1 All Nations FC, League, 24th Jan 2009

Starting line-up: Danny Fitz (GK), Matt Taylor (LB), Eddie Stride (CB), Michael Penman (CB), Scott Barnard (RB), Lee Thomson (LW), Luke Bingham (CM), Oli Taylor (CM), Aaron Richards (RW), Israel Toko (ST), Jimmy Nimmo (ST)  Bench: Tim Wight, Jonathan John, (Mark Bowtell absent as attending to poorly wife) 

Intro: After a couple of weeks with no football did Tower still have the momentum to continue their unbeaten run of 8 matches? The answer is a resounding YES! A first half that was jam-packed with chances saw Israel continue his scoring spree after having missed a couple of early chances, he received the ball from a throw-in with his back to goal but managed to turn his marker and despatch his shot low into the bottom corner of the goal. Minutes later another throw-in, quickly taken by Jimmy, found Israel one-on-one with the goal keeper. The finishing touch was applied.

HT (2 - 0): All Nations made a couple of substitutions at half time and came out of the 'changing rooms' with all guns blazing. They pushed us back for the first part of the 2nd half and their pressure evently led to a penalty as a sligtly miss-timed sliding challenge from the recently introduced Jonathan John was used by one of the All Nations forwards to produce a spectacular theatrical diving display which convinced the referee to blow his whistle and point to the spot. The penalty was converted and with just a goal separating the two teams, All Nations looked in a good position for a comeback. However, the Tower started to get their quick passing going again and the midfield quartet were in fine form, dominating the centre of the park and regularly supplying the forwards. Israel managed to work his way through the defense once more and restored our 2 goal lead. One of many Tower corners was badly defended by All Nations and when the ball looped towards Lee he timed his volley to perfection, lashing the ball through the crowd and into the goal. Soon after Scott Barnard found himself in uncommon territory, bursting into the box to latch onto a first time pass from Oli Taylor. Though on target, Scott's shot looked weak but he must have applied a special spin as the goal keeper was unable to stop it from bobbling through his legs and over the line! Last but not least Tim White came off the bench and scored from just inside the box with a well placed side foot shot. FT (6-1)

BIG THANKS TO THOSE WHO CAME TO SUPPORT: Harry Thomson, David Penman

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