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Report By Alex
Lee
Manor Manager
Kevin Durrant his assistant Nick Clark and coach Paul
Norris all agreed that given the uneven surface at Clapton
the Manor needed to be more direct in their approach
play and not be caught out playing too much football
in the wrong areas.
Their thinking
was spot on and the Manor soon took control and bombarded
the Clapton goal and it was only the brilliance of their
keeper that kept out the Manor.
Save after save
was made and great efforts by Courtney Linton, Neil
Barrett and Jordan Childs were denied. Joe May was having
an excellent game down the right flank and just when
it seemed that the Manor would have nothing to show
for their total domination, Joe May received a ball
just inside the Clapton box, instantly controlled it
with his first touch and then volleyed it past the despairing
keeper, 1-0 to the Manor.
Half time came
with no addition to the score. Shortly after the start
of the second half the Manor replaced Jordan Childs,
who is, although still not 100% match fit, gradually
recovering his flair. Jerry Naramatt came on for his
first game and his determined running soon unnerved
a hesitant Clapton defence and it was no surprise when
Dean Frett ran from midfield and cooly slotted the ball
past the keeper, 2.-0 to the Manor.
Shortly after
this the Manor allowed Clapton back into the game after
an under-hit back pass left Manor keeper Nick Wilson
stranded. Claptons joy was short lived however as Neil
Barrett capped an excellent game by flicking on a header
and Dean Frett made no mistake to put the Manor 3-1
up. The fight had by now almost gone from Clapton and
the Manor dominance was even more apparent now and soon
Courtney Linton scored a superb lobbed goal after an
excellent through ball.
Manager Kevin
Durrant , mindful of a tough upcoming league game against
Basildon this coming Monday, bought on substitutes Ben
Thomas and Sam May. They both dove tailed in very well
and Young Ben soon made his mark with a telling pass
to Courtney Linton who drove an unstoppable shot into
the bottom corner for his second goal to make it
5-1 to the Manor and this was the final score.
MAN OF
THE MATCH Joe May for his excellent wing play
allied to good defensive cover.
00Above
: Joe May
Manager Kevin
and his staff were obviously delighted with the result
and Kevin said " We are steadily improving all
round and although I was without Richard Simpson today
who was injured, we had enough depth in our squad to
fashion an excellent result and this takes us into our
next game against Basildon in good form"
The Manor's next
game is at Home to Basildon on Monday 20th October Kick
off at 19:5.
Manor
Team:
Ross
Frew, Jason Fox, Reiss Sinclair, Jamil Sylla, Joe Ellul,
Bradley Wigington, Fabio Jesus, Danny Dobson, Josh Coulson,
Jakovo Ukueku, Liam Allen.
Subs used, Kieren King,Ricardo Amado, Ali Mounter.
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