Chester & District League (19 September 2010)
Waverton Scorers (season's total in brackets)
Matt Sheen - 3 (8)
Alex Wilkinson - 2 (6)
Sam Jones - 1 (4)
Cameron Faulkener - 1 (1)
Report
A real game of two halves. With both sides struggling to come to terms with a heavy pitch a disappointing first half ended 1-1, but in the second half Waverton recaptured their form, outmuscled and outplayed the Colts and eventually ran out very comfortable 7-1 winners.
On a heavy Waverton pitch, with two games played on it earlier in the day, both sides struggled to put together any good passing football in the first half. Waverton were well on top in terms of possession, but failed to convert any of their chances, and then fell behind after half an hour as Jack Powell fired home a trademark bullet shot from wide out, albeit from a slightly dubious free kick award. The Wasps though didn't panic at falling behind, and just before the break they got a well deserved equaliser as Cameron Faulkener latched on to a defensive error to slot home from close in.
Waverton built on this as the second half started, and they were immediately back on top. When Alex Wilkinson was fouled in the box, Sam Jones scored from the resultant penalty, keeping up his usual habit of scoring against his Kings schoolmates. Soon afterwards Matt Sheen scored his first of the afternoon for the Wasps to take a 3-1 lead, and with Waverton now looking by far the stronger team on the difficult pitch it was largely one way traffic from there on in.
The home team scored at regular intervals therafter, with Matt Sheen completing yet another hat-trick and Alex Wilkinson continuing his good early season goal scoring form with another double. So, despite being level at the break, Waverton's usual strong second period saw a complete turnaround and they eventually registered another very convincing victory by a margin of 7-1. That's now three wins out of three in the league, and a very encouraging record of 20 goals scored and just 3 conceded by an increasingly strong looking defence.
Next up it's the "old enemy" Boughton, and if Waverton can continue their winning ways in that game it should set them up well to retain their league title.
Manager's MoM - Cameron Faulkner
Supporter's MoM - again given as a joint team award for a strong fighting display from the whole squad
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