Starting XI: Martin Skilton (GK). Jamie Oakley (RB), Steve Merritt (CB), Marc Taylor (CB), Kyle Bale (LB). Will Rietzler (RM), Jake Channon (CM), James Harvey (CM), Mikey Phillips (LM). Ben Hodkin (FW), Ryan Furey (FW).
Subs: Carl Waterfield, Martin Booth, Pete Goodall, Ashley Brooks.
Chawton Athletic tamed the
Cougars of Camberley in a game they dominated from start to finish.
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| Ryan Furey unleashes his shot with.... fury! |
After a couple of half chances, Athletic took a deserved lead early on when Will Rietzler broke free down the right flank, beat a couple players and served it on a plate to
Ryan Furey to tap in at the far post.
The lead didn't last long though, as Camberley equalised through the penalty spot. Steve Merritt was adjudged to have fouled a Cougars attacker while defending a corner, with the ref getting a good view of it. Martin Skilton dived the right way, but the kick was low, hard and right in the corner.
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| Skilts unlucky with the penalty. |
That signaled an increase in tempo by the away side, who retook the lead midway through the first half.
Ben Hodkin picked the ball up just inside the halfway line, dribbled the ball into space and hit a speculative shot from thirty yards that went in off the post.
The Chawton attacks kept on coming and Rietzler and Furey almost repeated their first goal, when the winger beat his marker again down the right. But this time Furey had strayed marginally offside and the goal was correctly ruled out.
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| Kyle Bale not afraid to put his foot in! |
A third goal did come soon after though from a well taken Jake Channon corner. The in-swinger was met with his left foot on the volley by
Marc Taylor, his shot hitting the back of the net between the static keeper and defender on the post. Taylor's third goal of the season already, a fine tally for the centre back.
Kyle Bale was putting his foot in and winning the ball consistently from left back. One such tackle saw the ball slip away from him and in over-stretching for it he slipped and caught the Cougar midfielder's leg, earning him a yellow card.
A quick fire double from
Rietzler rounded off the half. A well played one-two with Hodkin saw him slip the ball past an advancing keeper, while
Rietzler's second was a well hit volley that nudged the post on the way in. Channon was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet too, with his well hit dipping twenty five yard shot tipped over the bar by the Cougars' keeper.
5-1 at half time and the Yellows were cruising.
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| Chawton's right hand side, Jamie Oakley and Will Rietzler. |
Camberley looked to start the second half in a better fashion, but they found themselves further behind as
Furey hit his second of the game, beating the home side's centre back to the ball and slotting it into the bottom corner.
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| Rietzler scores the Yellows' fourth goal. |
With the side already assured of victory, player-manager Taylor shuffled his pack with Martin Booth coming on up front. Hodkin dropped into midfield, with James Harvey shifting to left back in place of the departing Bale. Five minutes later, the second change with Pete Goodall coming on for Reitzler, who had picked up a knock.
Hodkin knocked the seventh goal in soon after. He played the ball to Booth, who knocked it over a defender for Hodkin to volley it home into the bottom left corner with quite some pace. Again Channon came close to scoring as he hit a low shot that the keeper did well to get down to, tipping it past the far post.
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| James Harvey, concentrating! |
After Ashley Brooks came on for Mikey Phillips, Ryan Furey completed his hattrick. He beat the defence again and produced another tidy finish inside the near post.
Hodkin returned the favour to substitute
Booth for Athletic's eighth. His original shot was saved, but he made the keeper pay for not holding it.
Another substitute round off the scoring, ensuring the Yellows hit double figures in the league for the second time this season. Martin Booth's looped corner found it's way to the feet of
Pete Goodall, taking a slight touch off the Camberley defender on its way. He beat the right back hit a low, hard shot that beat the goalkeeper at his near post.
The referee blew the whistle fairly soon after with the final score
10-1 to Chawton.
The
Elstead Lighting man of the match was a tough one, with the whole team producing a fine performance from start to finish. Will Rietzler tormented the opposition defence in the first half, who couldn't cope with his pace. But the honours went to
Jake Channon who dominated the centre of midfield. He broke up the attacking play of the home side and was unlucky not to be on the scoresheet himself.
Goals: Furey (3), Hodkin (2), M Taylor, Rietzler (2), Booth, Goodall
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| Man of the Match, Jake Channon, on the ball. |
