As so often happens when a team plays with less than eleven players, Barnstoneworth rocketed out of the stalls firing on all ten cylinders, each player putting in extra effort to make up for the shortfall. Unfortunately for the visitors, Woodbridge too, was determined to put on a great performance at this much more public Kettering ground, and having a full squad and a sub ended up making all the difference. By half-time Jack had put the ball into the net twice, once off his foot and once off his head, Dale had scored and so had Justin; Barnstoneworth had managed to get the ball past our keeper only once, so at the break the score stood at 4 – 1.
The second half began with an own-goal from the visitors, which was swiftly followed up by a series of Woodbridge goals, one each from Dalles, Owen and Ryan and another from Dale. The visitors managed to get the ball into the net at the correct end of the pitch once during the second half; but an hour and half of ten men doing the work of eleven had taken it's toll and Woodbridge, with its extra legs. was just warming up. The game ended with a score-line of 9 – 2 in Woodbridge's favour.
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Meanwhile, the women's team had journeyed to Blackman's Bay to take on top placed Southern FC. As often happens with a match up between the top and bottom team, the ladder-toppers emerged from the game with the win. The 4 – 0 loss for the Woodbridge girls however, improves dramatically on the 7 – 0 defeat suffered at the hands of Southern FC last time these two teams met.
The 3 goal win 'accidentally' predicted last week, may not have eventuated as such, but there was a 3 goal improvement in the score-line. This proves not only that the Woodbridge team has improved, but also suggests that it might be time to subject the ol' crystal ball to a bit of spit and polish before foreseeing a 3 – 1 win for Woodbridge at Kettering this coming weekend. Ooops.
Alio
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