Mens 2nd XI
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Sat 04 Dec 2021  ·  Midland Men's North East 6
Loughborough Students' 5
5
1
Barton Hockey Club
Mens 2nd XI
G Palmer (68')
Battling 2’s fall to Loughborough Uni

Battling 2’s fall to Loughborough Uni

Ian Stott4 Dec 2021 - 15:28
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It was always going to be a tough game against Loughborough University, but today it was made that little bit harder as the 2’s were down to 10 men against a full squad of 16 Loughborough students.

All the way through the game, the 2’s defensive structure looked really strong, with Dave, Grant, Louis and Rad with Nick moving from up front to give the team defence in depth.

Loughborough’s first goal at 5 minutes was really unfortunate, a deflection off one of our own sticks.

A brilliant run up the wing and deflection from the silky hands of John Palmer almost equalised at the 8 minute mark, sadly the ball found the side rather than the back of the net.

Loughborough managed to win a penalty corner which was saved off the line by Nick’s thigh, unfortunately their second PC found the back of the net – a superb deflection from a Loughborough forward.

The battling 2’s continued to worry the Loughborough defence with another brilliant run from John who unleashed a rocket of a shot which sadly just went wide.

Loughborough added a third goal at 21 minutes with the first half ending 3-0.

The second half started with Loughborough trying to dominate, the quickly added a fourth to their tally.

Loughborough continued to press hard, winning three penalty corners and a number of shots on goal all kept out of the net by the 2’s defence and a number of great saves from X. Loughborough added they fifth with just 12 minutes to go.

John was the lone striker and throughout the game he made some incredible runs outpacing the Loughborough defence but on this occasion it wasn’t to be for our hat-trick hero; Grant managed to beat the Loughborough keeper with a couple of minutes to go to end the game, 5-1 to Loughborough Uni.

Dick of the Day: It was a great team performance today and no one deserves that award.

Honourable Mentions:
Grant Palmer – our goal scorer
John Palmer – for all those incredible runs and never giving up on a single ball
James Ridley – for his half time team talk
Louis Bloomfield – for his defensive structure and the multiple superman dives to get to the ball

Man of the Match
Xavier Stott – for some great saves

Match details

Match date

Sat 04 Dec 2021

Kickoff

10:30

Competition

Midland Men's North East 6

League position

3
Loughborough Students' 5
8
Barton 2
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