WTFC U14s KYL
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Sun 06 Jan 2019
Whitstable Town Football Club
WTFC U14s KYL
S Griffiths (20'), (41'), (43'), J Couzens (49')
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Woodnesborough Colts FC
Cup heartache for the U14s

Cup heartache for the U14s

Mike Couzens6 Jan 2019 - 17:19
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So near.....

Playing on a recently (at last!) mown pitch at Radfall that allowed both teams to play the ball on the floor, the U14s came tantalizingly close to pulling off a semi final upset. Against top of the table Woodnesboro Colts (8 league wins from 8 matches) and without a recognized goalkeeper once more - Oscar, Wilson and, for ten minutes, Kobey all stood in today to do their bit for the team - Whitstable started brightly, playing some of their trademark passing football whilst keeping Boro's physicality at bay. Boro opened the scoring after 18 minutes having gone through two or three attempted tackles. Within two minutes a free kick 25 yards from the Boro goal was smashed into the top corner by Stanley. Five minutes later Boro regained the lead and then scored a third on the stroke of half time.
Two minutes after half time the game looked to be over as Boro got through the Whitstable defence to score again. However, the Whitstable boys kept going and, in the 41st minute, Stanley scored his second. Two minutes later Stanley completed his hattrick after some neat interplay on the left. With just over 15 minutes remaining Stanley returned the compliment by putting a ball through for Jacob to lob over the advancing Boro keeper, making the score 4-4. The momentum was clearly with Whitstable but they were unable to create any clear chances. Playing about ten minutes added time after a few injuries the game seemed to be heading for extra time when a cross from Whitstable's right wasn't cleared far enough and a Boro player shot into the far corner. With only a minute remaining there wasn't enough time for Whitstable to come back again.
This was a tremendous cup tie with both sides giving their all for the whole match. Whitstable's coaches were extremely proud of how the team had played and the effort shown. Hopefully the boys will be able to reflect on that once the disappointment has drifted away.

Match details

Match date

Sun 06 Jan 2019

Kickoff

13:30

Meet time

12:30

Instructions

The boys will need to change into the away kit at the ground so we'll meet at 12.30pm, please. No need for them to wear their home kits.
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