An all too familar story.
The Reserves dominate much of theh match playing some excellent football in spells, miss a crucial penalty and lose.

A very young side with 3 freshers and 4 second years played well enouggh to win but were left frustrated and despondant. On the positive side freshers Andy Smith at full back, central midfielder Chris Pearce and striker Craig Allen all looked good prospects for the future. On another day Allen woiuld ahve had a hatrick, missing a one on one, having his well struck and placed penalty superbly saved and hitting the post.

The back four was once again rock solid, keeping the dangerous Medicals strike force quiet for much of the game. Until Medics left back Ben Scott drove a free kick around the wall in 74th minute, keeper Kevin Harty had not been seriously tested. With the Reserves desperately pushung forward for a deserved equaliser, Medicals broke away 2 v 1 and star striker Daniel Donaghue, who had previously been superbly shackled by Adam Alexander, took his only chance of the game with aplomb.

On the negative side, the Reserves now have 2 points from 5 games and missed 3 consecutive penalties. In the latter stages too many silly free kicks were given away and Alexander picked another uneccessary booking for dissent.

I am still confident that we will turn this around as the spirit and general quality of play is good but we must take our chances toi relieve pressure on our back four.

Author: Pad

Team: K.Harty, A.Smith (MoM), B.Ramsay (M.Pollard), N.Heslop, A.Alexander, M.Laws, G.Hopkins (c), C.Pearce C.Allen, T.Penn, Andy Bell

NB: The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the
views of the Gosforth Garnett Bohemian Football Club as a whole.