Coach & Horses 24 - 2 H-ton Hawks (Friday Subsidiary Cup 2006)

Fielding a weakened side, H-ton Hawks suffered a heavy defeat in their debut game. Missing several key players on festival duty, the under-strenth Hawks slumped to a 24-2 defeat to the hands of the Coach & Horses in the Friday Subsidiary Cup.
A combination of the high standard of opposition versus the poor standard of the Hawks caused them to be 3 nil down within five minutes. A goal by Cummings, coolly slotted through the legs of opposition keeper, only seemed to annoy th opposition into stepping up their onslaught. The Coach & Horses soon realised the that the Hawks' goal keeping was not up to par and started shooting on sight, resulting in around 14 goals in a 10 minute period.
The second half saw a slight Hawks improvement, a goal from Lawrence placed into far corner and a few saved shots from Wilson and Aldridge. With goalkeeper Simpson vastly improved, he saved several shots limiting further embarrassment, however the tempo was still too fast. Credit to the Hawks as heads did not drop even with the scoreline ending 24-2.
Team captain Robert Lawrence said, in the post match interview, "I couldn't fault the effort but the tam were found wanting in fitness and quality. Special mention must go last minute replacement goalkeeper Tree who did well to keep the score below 30".
Lee Borthwick, Chairman/Manager, who was absent for the match, commented "It was a disappointing result but things will improve. The squad has the potential to succeed once all players return from festival duty".

Next match is a Subsidiary Cup group game on Friday 1st September 7.00pm, Court 2 against Bathroom Unit, a team currently 5th in the league.

Link: Washington 5-A-Side League