Chester Nomads Colts 1 v 3 AFC Waverton Wasps

Chester & District League (17 October 2010)

Waverton Scorers (season's total in brackets)

Sam Jones  -  3 (9)

Report

In a match which was much more comfortable than the scoreline suggests Waverton cruised to their sixth straight league victory of the season, maintaining a six point advantage at the top of the table.

The team lined up with another new formation (with the manager clearly having too much time on his hands!), with Robbie Foster asked to take a "holding" role in front of the back four, and from the first whistle it appeared to work well with Waverton dominant from the start. The Colts were clearly keen to avoid the margin of victory they'd suffered earlier in the season and were set up much more defensively than usual themselves. As a result it took the Wasps around 20 minutes to take the lead their play deserved, with Sam Jones running on to an Alex Wilkinson through ball to slot home past the advancing keeper. The away team continued to dominate possession after their breakthrough, but coming up against some dogged defending from the Colts they were unable to add to their lead before half time.

There was no sense of panic from the Wasps about holding such a slender lead though, picking up exactly where they'd left off at the start as the second period got underway, and it paid dividends after just a couple of minutes. Another strong cross from the left from Matt Sheen was headed on by Aaron Hassall and scrambled home by Sam Jones to double the Wasps lead. Half way through the half Matt Sheen won a free kick on the left, and the Wasps dead ball specialist Sam Jones produced another great strike to complete his hat-trick, and to earn himself bragging rights all week at school!

At this point both sides seemed to accept that the contest was effectively over, and although Waverton continued to outplay their opponents there was little further goal threat at either end. Once again the Wasps had defended very solidly throughout the match, with the added protection of Robbie in front of them, and looked well set for their first clean sheet of the season until a mix up in a reorganised back line let the Colts in for a late consolation goal with just a couple of minutes to go. The game ended without further incident though, leaving Waverton with the following excellent record from the first half of their league campaign;

Played 6, Won 6, Goals For 32, Goals Against 9

Scorers; Matt Sheen 12, Sam Jones 9, Alex Wilkinson 6, Robbie Foster 2, Cameron Faulkner 1, Charlie Nicholson 1, Jordan Coxall 1

Manager's MoM: Aaron Hassall

Supporters' MoM: Robbie Foster