Years 8 and 10 Thrive
in the Sun
Tonight
year 7, 8 and year 10 football teams battled it out with Shavington.
Photo: Mr Donnelly
gives his team his pre-match team talk.
The bright
and sunny late afternoon weather allowed perfect conditions for the spectators
to watch both year 7 and year 10 teams (as year 7 were playing away) but year 10 manager Mr Donnelly said that the pitch being
boggy would make it hard for his team to play their attractive passing style. He
was also hoping for a better first half than when the two teams met earlier
this season which saw CHS 2-1 down at half-time despite winning the match 6-2.
However, that was the past. Tonight, it took just 7 minutes for CHS to find the
breakthrough when a neat dink from Conor Docherty in midfield, found the
running Reece Carbutt, who had escaped the defence. He then coolly put the ball
over the Shavington keeper from the left edge of the area. Immediately from the
kick-off, CHS broke and Jay McEleer put the ball in the back of the net on his
return to the side. He has previously played as a forward and centre-back for
the year 10 side but today played right wing and it was a neat finish to slot
it home. Two well worked goals caught Shavington out and put them onto the back
foot.
Just before
half-time, Conor Docherty made it 3-0 with a deserved goal, in a clustered
area, having been influential throughout the match creating several chances and
assisting a few goals. Mr Donnelly would have been pleased with his side’s
performance in the first half with Shavington not troubling Jake Duckworth’s
net once although you may count a header from just inside the area but it was a
routine save for Duckworth. There was no need for any ‘hair dryer treatment’
today with CHS comfortably leading but Mr Donnelly was looking for even more
goals in the second half.
CHS started
the second half brightly with Conor Docherty forcing the Shavington goalkeeper
into a great save at the near post, to turn the ball around the post. Morgan
Bratt made it 4-0 soon after with a shot from close range Unmarked on the six
yard box the ball came to him before slotting it home. He then grabbed another goal
in quick succession as within a minute of the restart Bratt secured his brace,
after a superb through ball from Morgan Buckley in midfield to leave Bratt to
power the ball beyond the goalkeeper. CHS could have got another but Conor
Docherty’s shot from a tight angle narrowly went wide of the far post, with the
goalkeeper scrambling. Reece Carbutt then made sure that he got his second of
the game and added CHS’ sixth, the same amount as their last meeting, with a
very good goal. A long ball was played up the pitch with Carbutt involved in a
race with the goalkeeper and the defenders to get to the ball first, Carbutt’s
pace saw him have the advantage but still had to put the ball into the back of
the net. Leaping, in a group of defenders, from the edge of the area he headed
the ball above and beyond the on-rushing goalkeeper and it rolled into the back
of the net which rounded off a comfortable victory for CHS.
It was a well
deserved victory considering the tricky pitch conditions, which caused the ball
to bobble and on a few occasions caused players to fall over. CHS dominated the
possession statistics as well as attempts with Shavington only really having
the one half-chance, which didn’t cause any problems. If the pitch had been
better than it could have easily been eight or nine goals with CHS going close
a few times.
Also playing
tonight were year 8 with CHS having fond memories of the last time the two
teams met with CHS triumphing 7-0. Although, tonight’s victory was not as
emphatic it was still comfortable with CHS winning 5-0 thanks to braces from
George Johnson and Finley Jackson and a goal from Elliott Darmon. George
Johnson won the Man of the Match award with a great individual performance on a
bobbly pitch. It wasn't a clean sweep of wins as unfortunately the year 7's narrowly lost away 4-2.
Written by Adam Bailey
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