Barmy Army 8-5 H-ton Hawks

In a well fought opening match in the second division, the Hawks continue their quest for their first win.
In a close game the Hawks battled throughout the match but found themselves on the losing side at the final whistle.

The first half started with the usual story. The Hawks found themselves 1-nil down after a few minutes. In previous weeks this had proved a problem, but their new found confidence in front goal mean that the score line at half-time was a respectable 3-2 to Barmy Army. The first half was not without incident. Borthwick, in goal whilst still taking it easy from his ankle injury, conceded a penalty when he slid across the box and toughed the ball outside of his area. To much relief, he tipped the resulting spot kick around the post. This was then followed by a freak goal for the Hawks. Lawrence took a powerful shot on the right side of goal. The shot was well saved by the keeper. The ball then hit off the side wall, came back toward the goal and crept into the net behind the keeper.

The second half started with even possession for both teams. As the half progressed the Hawks picked up more play and looked dangerous in front of goal. The Barmy Army had a switch around at half time, with the first half keeper taking up position in left defence. As the Hawks looked for goals to square-up the match, or even go ahead, their efforts were dashed by two long range efforts. With a packed defensive line, marking members of the Barmy Army, a couple of shots were able to find their way through to goal and into the net, past a blindsided keeper.

The Hawks were unlucky not to get pick up any points from their first match of the new season. Goals came from Lawrence(3), Watchman Atkinson(1) and Cummings(1). Man-of-the-Match went to Borthwick.

The next match is 6.30pm Friday 24th November, on Court 1, against D.P. Trophies.