Men's 4th XI Vs Derwent 4

M4s Match report from Greg Cadman:

South Nottingham’s 4th team was more  confident coming into today's days match against Derwent 4s after a good training session on Thursday.

The game started off very tightly for South under the clear direction from James Fildes in goal. The team all played very well, not giving the opposition any room to find each other. Adam Board again was a wall in defence and played really well, robbing the opposition of the ball on numerous occcasions. Up front, Paul, Stan and Cole had some good early chances but in the first half South could not get a goal despite several chances.

The team went into the second half focused on keeping it tight but looking to make even more opportunities up front to  convert into goals. The combinations up front and midfield started working well with some fantastic intercepts and runs by Fletcher Burton and Paul Hollingworth.

A short time into the second half South were rewarded with a great goal from Paul who picked and converted a ball rifled into the D by Ken Shapland. The pressure was kept on Derwent with most of the play in the second half of the game being in their half of the pitch. This pressure led to a few players ending up in the wars with Norman Buttery taking a deflected ball to the head for the team. Ken Shapland and Paul Hollingworth had enforced tumbles but Ken was rewarded in the half with the second goal for South through a strong strike into the goal after an ideal pass from Dan Pearson. With the continued pressure South were awarded a penalty flick which Paul Hollingworth converted confidently into South’s third goal. South’s defence and James Fildes in goal kept us safe with a clean sheet.

South 4s achieved their second win of the season. 3 - 0, a great result being the reward for a great whole-team performance.