Pro Evo 8-2 H-ton Hawks

In a well battled game the Hawks were made to pay for simple mistakes
Despite an impressive first period, the Hawks were punished in the second half, leaving them still in the hunt for their first points of the season.

With the game goalless after 7 minutes, the Hawks played some excellent, if defensive, football. Closing down the opposition and chasing down every ball. Unfortunately the deadlock was broke by Pro Evo. Shortly after the first goal, a second was added. This was a controversial goal. A skyward bound shot from Pro Evo hit Lawrence in the face and deflected into the Hawks net. Despite protests that this shouldn't count as it was over head height, the referee said it would stand. The Hawks were soon to respond to this with a Lawrence strike to cancel out the previous goal.

At half time the Hawks trailed 3-1. The first half performance was solid and could have been their best performance in the league to date. The second half started well for the Hawks with Houghton crossing to Wilson from the right to make the score 3-2. However, just as things were looking promising, the Hawks threw it away with a catalogue of rookie mistakes. Lack of movement from the throw-outs and bad keeper throw-outs gifted the ball to the opposition allowing them to score. All 5 goals in the second half probably could have been prevented. That said, Pro Evo did play well.

The next game will be after the Christmas break against Three Counties, 7.00pm 5th January 2007 on Court 2. Let’s hope the New Year brings a change of fortunes to the Hawks before they disrupted by the many first quarter holidays planned by most of the members.