Saturday, November 05, 2005
OLD BOYS TAKE DERBY POINTS
Bolton Men's 6s 1-2 Bury Grammar School Old Boys Men's 1s
The Old Boys approached their first derby game looking to claim a victory that would send them into the top three.
The game started evenly with both sides using the ball well when in possession, but also standing firm in defence.
After fifteen minutes however, a well drilled ball into the Bury ‘D’ was turned in from point blank range, to edge Bolton in front.
Bury responded by upping the tempo and having their best spell of the game. With 28 minutes gone, a good move on the right from Tariq Sheikh and David Hodbod resulted in a free hit at the top of the ‘D’. Spencer struck the ball towards goal and Joe Ainscow was on hand to deftly deflect the ball past the stranded Bolton keeper
The Old Boys pushed for a second, but were made to wait until the 60th minute before breaking through. Good work from Robinson on the left saw the ball shifted to Ainscow. His pass was touched on by Hodbod to Aitken, who finished well for his third of the season.
Bury were indebted to Hugh Bearn whose fine double save kept the score at 2-1, as Bolton pushed for an equaliser. However, Bury held firm to take the points and move into third place.
Match Day Squad: Bearn, T. Sheikh, Cheung, Cooke, S. Sheikh, Hodbod, Hillary, Foster, Berry, Robinson, Spencer, Ainscow, Aitken.
The Old Boys approached their first derby game looking to claim a victory that would send them into the top three.
The game started evenly with both sides using the ball well when in possession, but also standing firm in defence.
After fifteen minutes however, a well drilled ball into the Bury ‘D’ was turned in from point blank range, to edge Bolton in front.
Bury responded by upping the tempo and having their best spell of the game. With 28 minutes gone, a good move on the right from Tariq Sheikh and David Hodbod resulted in a free hit at the top of the ‘D’. Spencer struck the ball towards goal and Joe Ainscow was on hand to deftly deflect the ball past the stranded Bolton keeper
The Old Boys pushed for a second, but were made to wait until the 60th minute before breaking through. Good work from Robinson on the left saw the ball shifted to Ainscow. His pass was touched on by Hodbod to Aitken, who finished well for his third of the season.
Bury were indebted to Hugh Bearn whose fine double save kept the score at 2-1, as Bolton pushed for an equaliser. However, Bury held firm to take the points and move into third place.
Match Day Squad: Bearn, T. Sheikh, Cheung, Cooke, S. Sheikh, Hodbod, Hillary, Foster, Berry, Robinson, Spencer, Ainscow, Aitken.
