Wyrley came up against a strong and determined Chasetown team as this scoreline would suggest, Louie Parish however maintained his excellent recent goalscoring run for United, with a great strike in the first half . Wyrley did put a few good passing passages of play together in this game but without reward, Tom Peacock was Wyrley man of the match. Wyrley were unlucky to conceed a penalty and the scoreline flattered Chasetown a little but we need to regroup from this result boys and keep working hard to improve.

Wyrley had a better first half than second in this match, leading 1-0 at half time through a good Danni Biggs strike, Wyrley also went close with efforts from Alicia Baker and Chloe Coldicott.  The second half was a scrappy one, both teams not finding any particular rhythm, Wyrley’s best spell in this half was the last 10 minutes or so Liz Scoines and Hayley Leese getting more possession for Wyrley. The tireless Abi Hall got Wyrleys second a minute before the end of the game, unluckily for Wyrley, deep into injury time Dosthill managed an equaliser.

MATCH REPORT 22/01/12

WYRLEY JUNIORS UNITED 2 v 5 CHASE ATHLETIC

United played their first game in this year’s shield against a quality and organised Chase Athletic side, however Wyrley more than played their part in this encounter and got off to a terrific start, after weathering some early pressure Wyrley began to get a bit more possession, A hand ball on the edge of the box by an unlucky Chase defender gave Sam Foreman an opportunity to open Wyrley’s account and he duly abliged, slotting his kick just wide of the keepers left hand. A few minutes later,  another Foreman free-kick was spilled by the Chase keeper and Tom Peacock followed up well to make it 2-0 to United. Chase raised their game a little from this point on and it must be said took their chances well when they arose, two excellent strikes bringing Chase level just before half time. Chase started the second half brightly and with United under pressure a miscued clearance by Wyrley gave Chase the lead by virtue of an own goal. A further two half chances were snapped up by Chase to run out 5 – 2 winners  but there were some good consistant performances from a few Wyrley players today however United’s  man of the match  was Jack Addison for his excellent play in the United goal.

Thought they would beat us did they??? ….. think again!!!!!!!!!!!

 BEACON COLTS 2 v 1 WYRLEY JUNIORS UNITED

  First game into the new year couldn’t have been a closer one, Wyrley keen to get back into action. were the more dominant in the first half, Louie Parish putting United ahead after the first quarter of the game, Parish was unlucky to double his tally later in the half and Elliot Crook at the far post just failed to get enough on the ball to steer it goalbound. Colts were restricted to just a couple of breaks during the first half which was credit to the teamwork of the United boys. The second half and Wyrley were stunned by a excellent 10 minute purple patch for the opponents, Jack Addison who had been solid in the Wyrley goal was unlucky to be beaten at his near post for Beacons first, their second coming a few minutes later, this time the shot was hit accurately just inside the far post to give Addison no chance. Wyrley however rallied for the last quarter of this match and were unlucky not to at least get a point from the match, Tom Wheeldon and Lewis Hall just seeing their efforts somehow go wide of the target. Tom Peacock was Wyrley man of the match for his determined approach in midfield and excellent distribution of the ball.

Unlucky boys on another day this could have easily been a victory, however it wasn’t to be today, football is a fascinating team game and one to enjoy keep your heads up and lets give it the same effort next week.

Just a short post to congratulate the girls for their hard work and endeavour this weekend, The girls dug deep and worked their socks off to get a point out of this competitive encounter, Not a lot of clear cut chances in this match but Lucy Wells deserves a mention for carving out a couple of opportunities during this game and was despeartely unlucky not to get herself on the scoresheet, Chloe Coldicott hit the bar and was again unlucky, Liz Scoines deputised brilliantly in goal to keep a clean sheet, and there were many positive performances to take forward from this game into next weeks game, Wyrley man of the match was Hayley Leese who never stopped running during this match.

James Babb

James Babb