Worst Dynasty Ever (WSM 2009) - Clueless on the Pitch - Retired

[EagleFan]

I have decided to try a Dynasty using WSM 2009. Be forewarned, I suck at this game and at understanding soccer tactics enough to win at this game.

I used to play soccer when I was younger so I understand it from an onfield perspective but not very well from an overall strategic level. I hope that taking extra time to write up a dynasty will allow me to do a better job of putting together a winning strategy (at least I'm being optimistic about it).

Not sure the pace of this dynasty but I hope to be able to at least add something each day (hopefully multiple times).


Background:
- Using England, Spain and USA as the active nations and lowest level league for each nation (in case I get fired early, which is my MO). Medium database size.

- Using my existing coach profile which will be a 40 year old from The United States with a favorite team of Manchester United.

- Starting as manager of Cambridge United in England's Blue Square Premier League.

[EagleFan]

July 8, 2008

I have signed with the club for $1,400 per week through June 2009. It looks like I have one year to prove myself.

Some background that I have been given on the club tells me that Peterborough United and Histon are both a fierce rivalry for us.


Team Report:

I have been given a team report by Paul Carden who is both the assistant manager and a player (midfielder). Hopefully that is not a conflict of interest within his reports.

He feels that we shoud be able to challenge for the league title this season and that we have very good depth to our roster.

He feels that midfield is our weekest area (this helps me trust his reports a bit more).

He also feels that Andy Parkinson is one of our top players. Parkinson is a 29year old midfielder (attacking) and is playing his first season with our squad. He has 38 career goals but did not score any last season with Notts County, this worries me as he may be on the decline.

[EagleFan]

Roster:

GK - Danny Potter, 29, England, Entering his second season with the club, An eccentric player but his is quite agile and does a fine job of communicating with his defenders

SW, D C - Phil Bolland, 31, England, 1st season with Cambridge, a very good recentsigning and maybe our best defender, good heading the ball out of trouble, marking his player and tackling, very good verticle which helps even more with his heading ability which will help defending corners

D RC, WB/M R - Dan Gleeson, 23, England, believed to be a very promising young player but he gets into trouble if he has to think about what he is doing instead of reacting with his ability, solid tackler, entering his 3rd season with the club (2nd as a member as he was a loan player the first)

D R, DM, M C - Rory McAuley, 18, England, has potential to grow into a very good player, plays best as a defensive midfielder, looking for his first appearance which should be in the near future

D LC - Wayne Hatswell, 33, England, a very solid defender who is good nit he air but may take a few too many risks, 2nd season with Cambridge, has a lot of influence on the club

D L - Anthony Tonkin, 28, England, good all around defender, has a very good head for the game and uses that to his advantage, 1st season with the club

D C - Josh Coulson, 19, England, very average player with no real weaknesses but also no real strengths, 3rd season with Cambridge (played 13 games in 07/08)

D/M C - Ben Farrell, 21, England, solid player but not spectacular, needs to work on his positioning and stamina, 2nd season with Cambridge after playing 13 games in 07/08

DM, M C - Paul Carden, 29, England, good at passing and tackling and is in greath condition, slow and has issues off the ball, 2nd season with Cambridge (1st season as player/assistant manager)

M C - Darren Quinton, 22, England, a solid player who has flashes of creativity but lacks the pace and stamina to maintain that level, has just 1 career goal in 73 games

M C, ST - Mark Beesley, 26, England, good passer with good stamina and a very nice work ethic, 2nd season with Cambridge, 67 career goals (7 in 17 games with Cambridge in 07/08)

AM RC - Mark Convery, 27, England, decent passer but does not have the talent to be a regular 1st team player, 2nd season with Cambridge

AM RLC - Andy Parkinson, 29, England, has a work rate second to none and plays at a very high pace with the fitness level to back that up, 1st season with Cambridge

AM RC - Jon Challinor, 27, England, one of themost well rounded players on the team, has no obvious weaknesses, playes well off the ball, has a knack to make somke spectacular plays and wants to play at a high pace but does not have the stamina to do so for a long period of time, 1st season with Cambridge, has 55 career goals

AM LC - Daryl McMahon, 25, Ireland, okay at passing and tackling, has a great work ethic and is quite fit but is below average in most other areas, 1st season with Cambridge

ST - Scott Rendell, 21, England, on loan from Peterborough which will not make him a fan favorite, very good penalty taker and finisher, very good in the air, 33 career goals

ST - Danny Crow, 22, England, nothing stands out about Crow as he seems to be average or below in most areas, 1st season with Cambridge

ST - Chris Holroyd, 21, England, one of the fastest players on the club with solid passing and first touch skills, not good in the air, 1st season with Cambridge, only 4 career goals in 47 games

[EagleFan]

Expectations:

- The board expects us to contend for the title.

- We have $0 transfer budget and are right at our weekly payroll budget.

[EagleFan]

July 11, 2008

M C - Darren Quinton suffers damaged heel during training, expected to be out 11 days to 2 weeks


July 13, 2008

Friendly at Bedford.

Starting with a 4-4-2 formation with a strateg that leans towards defensive.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Challinor
MC - Farrell
MR - Parkinson
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Only Quinton not on the substitute list due to injury.

1st Half

- In the 20th minute and on goal by Bedford made it 1-0 Cambridge.
- In the 36th minute Challinor was setup beautifully to make it 2-0 Cambridge.

- Bolland and Holroyd were both shown yellow cards in the 1st half

- Crow was brought in to start the 2nd half to replace Holroyd at ST
- Carden was brought in to start the 2nd half to replace Farrell at MC
- Coulson was brought in to start the 2nd half to replace Bolland at DC

2nd half

- Convery came in to replace McMahon in the 59th minute at ML but moved to MR as Parkinson moved to ML
- Hatswell received a yellow card and was replaced by McAuley in the 59th minute at DC but McAuley moved to DR as Gleeson moved to DC
- Challinor was injured and replaced by Beesley at MC in the 67th minute

- Rendell scored in the 77th minute after a misplay by the Bedford goallie to make it 3-0 Cambridge


The game ended 3-0 as we went into a much more defensive style and held off a late full on attack by Bedford in which Potter made two very spectacular saves.

My first game ends in a win but it was a game we were supposed to win. More importantly everyone except Quinton (who was injured) got to see playing time. Keeper Potter earned man of the match honors.

[EagleFan]

July 15, 2008

Friendly at King's Lynn

We continue our busy schedule packed with friendlies trying to get the team into match shape.

We will ue a defensive 4-4-2 but shift our tactics a bit more towards center field on the narrow pitch at The Walks.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Convery
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

A couple of changes to the starting lineup to rest Parkinson and Challinor as they may see time late. Quinton still out with his injury.


1st Half

- Farrell starts the game out quickly as he finds the back of th net from 25 yards out in the 1st minute for a 1-0 lead
- Farrell is looking like this could be a fantastic game as he coms just inches away from his second goal of the game in the 4th minute bu puts it just wide
- Gleeson gets injured late int eh 1st half and will be replaced to start the 2nd half
- We go into the half up 1-0 as the remainder of the 1st half was payed fairly evenly

2nd half
- Gleeson is replaced by McAuley at DR to start the 2nd half due to injury
- Rendell is replaced by Crow at ST to start the 2nd half due to fatigue
- Farrell comes close yet again in the 53rd minute but the score remains 1-0
- Parkinson comes in to replace McMahon at ML in the 75th minute
- Carden comes in to replace Farrell at MC in the 75th minute
- Challinor comes in to replace Convery at MR in the 75th minute
- Tonkin scores on a perfectly placed free kick from about 25 yards out in the 80th minute to make it 2-0


The game ends in a 2-0 victory and a few players have shined but Tonkins comes away with man of the match honors.


We have now won two straight friendlies but we were supposed to win them so it is not a great achievement but it is providing valuable playing time. That playing time is helping team get familiar with each other as there are several players who have not played together before on the team.

Post match we have learned that Gleeson has suffered a thigh strain and may be out for three weeks. Hopefull the friendlies don't take too big of a toll on our health.

[EagleFan]

July 20, 2008

Friendly hosting Coventry

Staying with 4-4-2 with defensive posture.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Gleeson and Quinton are not active due to injury though Quinton is getting closer to returning.


1st half

- Coventry had the best of the play in the first half but our defensive posture combined with several outstanding saves by Potter kept it level at 0-0 at the end of the half

2nd half
- Carden come in to replace Farrell at MC to start the 2nd half
- We earned a corner kick in the 57th minute and Bolland finds the net with a header to break the scoreless tie and give us a 1-0 lead
- Coulson comes in to replace Bolland at DC in the 69th minute
- Crow comes in to replace Holroyd at ST in the 69th minute
- McMahon come in to replace Parkinson at ML in the 69th minute
- Convery comes in to replace Challinor at MR in the 69th minute

Coventry went into an all out attack for the remainder of the game and Potter stood strong against the onslaught, at one point making a spectacular series of three saves in short order, any one of which could have been a goal with no fault of his. Coventy outclassed us but we stood tall and scored a timely goal for the 1-0 victory. I am very proud of the team.

Bolland was given man of the match honors though I could have seen Potter getting the honors for his 9 save performance.

[EagleFan]

July 22, 2008

Friendly at Cambridge City

Staying with 4-4-2 defensive tactics

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Gleeson is not active due to his injury. Quinton is available sub but may only see limited time late as he is not yet in game shape.


1st half
- In the 5th minute Challinor made a great cross from the right wing into the box and Rendell headed it hom for the 1-0 lead
- In the 32nd minute Parkinson took a corner from the right wing, put it right to Bolland's feet who one touched it into the goal for the 2-0 lead
- The half ends with the 2-0 lead a we carried the play for most of the half

2nd half
- Carden replaced Farrell at MC to start the 2nd half as Farrell was injured late in the 1st half
- Convery replaced Challinor at MR to start the 2nd half
- In the 48th minute Carden made his presence known as he hit the crossbar with a shot from just outside the box
- In the 53rd minute Parkinson took a fine cross from McAuley and scored his first of the game to make it 3-0
- Quinton came on for his first appearance in a friendly to replace Beesley at MC in the 69th minute
- McMahon came on for Parkinson at ML in the 69th minute
- Coulson came on for McAuley at DR in the 80th minute
- In the 82nd minute McMahon made a very well placed cross from the left wing which Holroyd headed into the net for the 4-0 lead
- Crow replaced Holroyd at ST in the 83rd minute
- In the 90th minute Quinton played a wonderfully timed through ball that send Rendell one on one with the goallie, Rendell made quick work of firng the ball into the lower right corner for his second goal of the game and the 5-0 lead


Mercifully the game was soon over in a 5-0 victory for Cambridge.

Rendell was named man of the match for good reason as he scord twice and was always a threat.

Potter had his 4th clean sheet during the "preseason" friendlies.

[EagleFan]

July 25, 2008

The odds of promotion were announced today and we are co-favorites with Torquay at 7:4.


Friendly hosting the Bristol Rovers and are an underdog at home.

Staying with 4-4-2 defensive tactics

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Gleeson is inactive due to his injury.


1st half
- In the 33rd minute Duffy from Bristol took a pass behind the defense and quickly turned it into a 1-0 Bristol lead as that is the first goal Potter has allowed in these friendlies, Duffy clearly should have been called offsides on that play
- We weathered the storm and enter the half down 1-0

2nd half
- Carden in for Farrell at MC to start the 2nd half
- Quinton in for Beesley at MC to start the 2nd half
- Convery in for Challinor at MR to start the 2nd half
- Crow in for Holroyd at ST in the 83rd minute
- McMahon in for Parknson at ML in the 83rd minute
- Coulson in for McAuley at DR in the 83rd minute
- The game ends with a couple of chances for us but nothing terribly threatening as we fall 1-0


Bristol's Darryl Duffy earned man of the match honors.

[EagleFan]

July 30, 2008

Friendly hosting Huddersfield

We enter the game as a home underdog.

Keeping the same tactics, 4-4-2 defensive

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Gleeson remains inactive due to his injury.


1st half
- In the 7th minute Holroyd was injured and needed to be taken out, Crow was brought in for him at ST
- In the 25th minute Parkinson found Rendell with a cross who fired a shot into the right corner of the goal for the 1-0 lead
- The rest of the half was fairly even and we go to halftime up 1-0

2nd half
- Convery in for Challinor at MR in the 56th minute
- Carden in for Farrell at MC in the 56th minute
- In the 64th minute a misplay by McAuley setup Huddersfield's Denton for a point blank shot and a goal to tie it at 1-1
- Quinton in for Beesley at MC in the 69th minute
- McMahon in for Parkinson at ML in the 69th minute
- In the 80th minute things get worse as Tonkin misses an attempt at an interception which led to a cross to Denton who nailed his second goal of the game and a 2-1 Huddersfield lead
- We were unable to mount an atack for the remainder of the game and drop the game 2-1


Huddersfield's Tom Denton was named man of the match with his two goals.


This leaves us with one remaining friendly before the season begins.

[EagleFan]

August 1, 2008

Phil Bolland's contract is set to expire at the end of the month. Offered him an extension until June of 2010. The choice is now his.


Last friendly before the season as we travel to play at Mildenhall Town before having a week to prepare for the season to begin.

Staying with the formation that got us there 4-4-2 with a slightly defensive posture as we look to open it up a bit for our final friendly.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd


1st half
- In the 27th minute a barrage of chances led to Challinor firing home a rebound for a 1-0 lead
- The half ends 1-0 though we outshot them 12-1 and controlled the play

2nd half
- Convery in for Challinor at MR to start the second half
- Carden in for Farrel at MC to start the second half
- Quinton in for Beesley at MC in the 65th minute
- Crow in for Holroyd at ST in the 65th minute
- McMahon in for Parkinson at ML in the 65th minute
- Coulson replaced McAuley at DR in the 80th minute
- The game ends 1-0 with us dominating all aspects but only able to get one on the board as they played spirited desparation defense

Challinor earned man of the match honors.


Now it is time to begin preparing for the regular season...

[EagleFan]

August 2, 2008

Phil Bolland signs his contract extension to remain with the club until 2010.


August 5, 2008

Named Carden the team captain and Potter the vice captain.

Dan Gleeson has returned to full training.

[EagleFan]

August 8, 2008

First prematch press conference of the season as we prepare for our season opener against Northwich.

I got hammered with questions about everything from our opponent to my predictions for the season. I cam out with a bold statement that we will win the division and promotion this season. It may put a target on my forehead but I want the team to know that I believe in them.

A curious question was about the transfer market and if I thought we were ready to spend to improve the team. I have already been told that we have nothing budgeted for transfers at this time so I had to side-step that one.

[EagleFan]

August 9, 2008

League match at Northwich (Season Opener)

4-4-2 defensive posture

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Quinton, Coulson, Crow, Gleeson, Carden

- McAuley about to play his first competitive league game
- Tonkin to make his team debut
- Bolland to make his team debut
- Parkinson to make his team debut
- Challinor to make his team debut
- Holroyd to make his team debut
- Crow will be making league debut if brought on


1st half
- In the 19th minute Potter saved us from a poor start as he makes a spectacular save on a point blank shot
- In the 33rd minute we did not get so lucky as a Darryn Stamp header finds out net and we trail 1-0
- In the 36th minute Tonkin is injured and needs to be replaced, we move Hatwell to left defender and bring in Coulson to play a center defender
- In injury time we cams close to getting the equalizer but Holroyd just missed over the goal


2nd half
- In the 60th minute a fine touch from Holroyd set Rendell up for a shot but he missed just wide left from about 25 yards out
- In the 73rd minute Beesley just misses on a header off a cross
- Carden come on for Challinor as right midfield in the 73rd minute and we moved Beesley up to forward to shift to an attacking 4-3-3 to try to generate the tying goal
- In the 82nd minute Bolland received a yellow card for a hard challenge
- Quinton comes in for Bolland and movesto center midfielder as we change to a 3-4-3 to try to generate enough pressure in the 83rd minute
- In the 90th minute McAuley made a beautiful long pass to Rendell who blasted hom the goal but it was disallowed as they say he was offside
- The game ends in a very disappointing 1-0 loss to open the season


Post game reports show Tonkin having a thigh strain and will be out 3-4 weeks. That could be a tough loss for us.

The positive to take from the game is that Bolland looked very strong. He should anchor the defense quite finely for us this season.

[EagleFan]

Standings



| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Histon | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 3 |
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| 2nd | | Salisbury | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
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| 3rd | | Crawley | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
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| 4th | | Stevenage | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
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| 5th | | Barrow | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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| 6th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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| 7th | | Ebbsfleet | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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| 8th | | Kidderminster | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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| 9th | | Kettering | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
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| 10th | | Northwich | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
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| 11th | | Weymouth | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
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| 12th | | Altrincham | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 13th | | Woking | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 14th | | Lewes | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 15th | | Mansfield | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 16th | | Oxford | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 17th | | Rushden | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 18th | | Cambridge | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 19th | | Forest Green | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 20th | | Grays | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 21st | | Burton | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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| 22nd | | Wrexham | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 23rd | | York | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 24th | | Torquay | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 |
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[EagleFan]

Notable Games

Torquay, who was the co-favorite based on the betting lines for promotion got shocked by Histon on the road in an ubelievable 8-0 loss.

It looks like it was a bad day for league favorites, at least we didn't lose 8-0.

[EagleFan]

August 11, 2008

We prepare for our home opener against Kidderminster who beat Lewes at home in their opener. We enter the game as the home favorite and looking to put the memory of our poor opener behind us. I have apologized to the team for over-reacting and changing to an untestested tactic out of panic.

The prematch press conference went by with no tough questions.


August 12, 2008

League match hosting Kidderminster (Home Opener)

4-4-2 defensive posture

G - Potter
DL - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Quinton, McMahon, Crow, Gleeson, Carden

- Crow will be making league debut if brought on
- McMahon will be making league debut if brought on


1st half
- In the 15th minute defender Kieth Lowe of Kidderminster received a yellow card for a hard foul
- In the 21st minute Challinor just missed the go ahead goal wide left on a blast from just inside the box
- In the 32nd minute Parinson took a corner from the right wing and Bolland heads it into the net for our first goal of the season and gives us a 1-0 lead and brings the crowd to life
- The joy was short lived as a mistake on defense allowed a cross to be drilled home by Martin Riley to tie the game at 1-1
- The half came to an end tied 1-1

2nd half
- Gleeson came in for Coulson to start the 2nd half and moved to center defender while Hatswell moved to left defender
- In the 48th minute Bolland is given a yellow card for grabbing an attacker
- In the 58th minut Hatswell made an incredible shot from about 50 yards out that hit the crossbar near the right corner and almost gave us the lead
- In the 59th minute Beesley was injured and replaced by Carden at center midfield
- In the 65th minute Kidderminster goalkeeper Adam Bartlett receives a yellow card for handball outside of the box
- In the 67th minute a bad offside call on Holroyd nullified what would have been a good scoring chance
- In the 79th minute McMahon came in to replace a tired Farrell at center midfielder and we increased our pressure a little more
- In the 79th minute Holroyd hit the crossbar on a lob over the head of the goalkeeper who was moving forward for another missed opportunity
- After a few more close calls we were unable to break the 1-1 tie and the game ends in a draw

- McMahahon made his first league appearance with us

- Martin Riley of Kidderminster was named man of the match


We learned that Beesley will be out for about 6 days after being injure in a collision in the game.

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Histon | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 |
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| 2nd | | Crawley | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
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| 3rd | | Ebbsfleet | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
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| 4th | | Stevenage | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
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| 5th | | Altrincham | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
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| 6th | | Kidderminster | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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| 7th | | Weymouth | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
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| 8th | | Burton | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
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| 9th | | Grays | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
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| 10th | | Salisbury | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
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| 11th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 12th | | Forest Green | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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| 13th | | Barrow | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
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| 14th | | Kettering | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
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| 15th | | Northwich | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
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| 16th | | Woking | | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 17th | | Oxford | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
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| 18th | | Cambridge | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
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| 19th | | Wrexham | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
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| 20th | | York | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
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| 21st | | Torquay | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |
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| 22nd | | Mansfield | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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| 23rd | | Rushden | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
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| 24th | | Lewes | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
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[EagleFan]

ohh when the u's
go marching in
ohh when the u's go marching in
i wanna be in that number ohh when the
u's go marching in
OHHH WEN THE U'S
ohhh wen the u's
GO MARCHING IN
go marching in
ohh when the u's
go marching in
ohh when the u's go marching in
i wanna be in that number ohh when the
u's go marching in

[EagleFan]

August 16, 2008

Still struggling and loking for our first win of the season we are home to host Barrow. Barrow has one win and one loss but are -2 in differential.

We will remain with a 4-4-2 formation but will try to keep our defenders back deep or try to trap the Barrow strikers offsides as they tend to look for counterstriking long ball opportunities.

G - Potter
DL - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: McMahon, Gleeson, Crow, Carden, Convery

- Holroyd to make his 50th league appearance
- Crow to make his leaguedebut with us if brought on
- Carden to make his 325th league appearance if brought on

1st half
- In the 16th minute a defensive lapse led to Barrow midfielder Paul Brown scoring to gve Barrrow a 1-0 lead, fans are beginning to get restless and my honeymoon with the squad may be over
- In the 25th minute the Barrow pressure looked certain to make it 2-0 but Potter made a wonderful save to keep it only 1-0
- In the 29th minute apoorly execued offside trap led to a through ball hitting Barrow striker Jason Walker in stride and he put a well placed touch just off the inside of the left post and into the net for a 2-0 lead and we are in trouble
- Following the goal I have changed our approach to an al out attacking mentality
- In the 35th minute this paid off as Farrell hit Holroyd down the right wing with a long outlet pass, he raced ahead of he defender to get the ball and curved a beautifal cross right to Rendell's feet who found the net to narrow the gap to 2-1
- The half ends with us trailing 2-1 bu having gained some late momentum


2nd half
- In the 51st minute McAuley picked up a yellow card for a trip
- McMahon came in for Farrell at center midfield in the 51st minute
- In the 63rd minute we got burnt on a counter attacking long ball to Walker for his second goal of the game to make it 3-1, this after we had 3 straight corners and were turned away on several chances
- Convery came in for a tired Challinor atright midfield in the 67th minute
- Crow came in for Quinton and moved to the front line and we moved McAuley to centr midfield as we changed to a 3-4-3 attacking in the 67th minute
- The changes paid off it the 69th minute as Convery made a high arcing cross from the right wing and found Parkinson who scored to make it 3-2
- In the 79th minute Crow found Rendell on a through ball and he just missed to the right of the goal for what would have been the equalizer
- Though we had several chances in extra time we could not find the tying goal and would lose 3-2, this season is not starting off well and it may be time for a change of approach


- Crow made his league debut for us when he came on in the 2nd half

- Jason Walker earned man of the match honors with his two goals


I may want to sit with my back to the wall when I go to a restaurant if we don't get a win soon.

[EagleFan]

(ooc)Wow, I do really suck at this game. I could probably manage Man U to a last place finish. Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?(/ooc)

[Rawhide]

Probably just need a bit of patience mate...especially with a 46-game league schedule!

[EagleFan]

Probably just need a bit of patience mate...especially with a 46-game league schedule!

Hopefully that's it. :)

[EagleFan]

August 23, 2008

We head on the road with hopes that we finally get our season on track. We face Eastbourne Boro and are heavy favorites though we actually trail them in the standings.

I am staying with a 4-4-2 formation but increasing our attacking pressure a bit from the start of the game (not heavy attack but leaning towards attack).

G - Potter
DL - Hatswell
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Beesley, Gleeson, Crow, Carden, Convery

- Potter is about to make his 125th caree league appearance
- Carden will make his 325th league appearance if he is brought on


1st half
- In the 42nd minute Holroyd took a through ball from Quinton inside the box and one touched a shot just past the keeper before he could react to give us a 1-0 lead
- The half ends with us maintaining a 1-0 lead

2nd half
- Carden replaces Quinton who was fatigued to start the second half and we adopt a diamond midfield formation with Carden playing the defensive center position
- In the 53rd minute it came undone a bit as Paul Armstrong had a deflected shot end up at his feet in space in the box and fired it home for the tying goal
- In the 58th minute we almost respond but Farrell hit the crossbar from about 25 yards out and the game remained tied
- In the 71st minute Convery came in for Farrell at the atacking midfield spot in the diamond
- In the 73rd minute Armstrong scores his 2nd of the game with a header off a cross, he did not have much of an aerial game according to our scout but you wouldn't know it on that play
- In the 80th minute Coulson picked up a yellow card with a trip
- The nail was placed in our coffin by an unreal shot from almost the on the right wing that found it's way jus inside the right post, a one in amilion shot by defender Paul Austin and we trail 3-1
- The game ends in disappointment yet again


- Paul Armstrong earned man of the match honors


We are in disarray andwe need to turn this around soon as it is snowballing out of control.

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Crawley | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 |
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| 2nd | | Ebbsfleet | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 |
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| 3rd | | Barrow | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
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| 4th | | Weymouth | | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 |
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| 5th | | Burton | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 |
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| 6th | | Histon | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 |
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| 7th | | Oxford | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
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| 8th | | Salisbury | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
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| 9th | | Kidderminster | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
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| 10th | | Stevenage | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
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| 11th | | Grays | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
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| 12th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
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| 13th | | Forest Green | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
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| 14th | | Rushden | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
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| 15th | | Kettering | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
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| 16th | | Northwich | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
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| 17th | | Altrincham | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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| 18th | | York | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
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| 19th | | Mansfield | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
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| 20th | | Torquay | | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 3 |
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| 21st | | Woking | | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 2 |
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| 22nd | | Cambridge | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
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| 23rd | | Wrexham | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
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| 24th | | Lewes | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
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[EagleFan]

August 23, 2008

It has been announced that Rome will host the 2016 olympics.


August 25, 2008

We return home with a lot of pessure on us as we host Kettering. We are yet again the favorite but that has not done us a lot of good so far.

Back to a 4-4-2 with a slight lean towards attacking.

G - Potter
DL - Hatswell
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Beesley, Gleeson, Crow, Convery, McMahon

- Quinton is going to make his 75th career league appearance
- Convery will make his 25th league appearace if brought on


1st half
- In the 4th minute Parkinson took a corner from the right wng and Holroyd headed it just wide of the right post and the game remained scoreless
- In the 21st minute Andre Boucaud fired a shot into the top right corner to give Kettering a 1-0 lead and get the fans turnign against us
- In the 23rd minute Holroyd took a pass near the top of the box, did a fine job of making space for himself and fired a shot past the diving keeper to tie the game at 1-1 and get us right back into it
- In the 29th minute Rendell almost gave us the lead wth a header off a cross but a great save by the keeper kept it tied at 1-1
- The half ends all even at 1-1


2nd half
- Beesley comes in for a banged up Quinton at center midfielder to start the second half
- In the 64th minute Kettering defender Dale Bennett is given a yellow for bringing down Beesley
- Convery comes in for an exausted Challinor at right midfielder in the 80th minute
- The game ends with no real threat from either side in a 1-1 draw as we still have not found a win


- Andre Boucaud earns man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

August 26, 2008

I tried to tap into the free market a bit and offered American midfielder James Prosser a two year contract. He has very good offensive skills and could jump start our team a bit, I hope.

I await his decision and hope we can get his permit approved.

[EagleFan]

August 29, 2008

Prosser has accepted our offer, now we just need to wait for the work permit decisionto be made.

We are informed the decision will be made on the 31st.


August 30, 2008

Our next game we travel to Weymouth and are a slight underdog.

We stay with a 4-4-2 with a slight lean towards attacking.

G - Potter
DL - Hatswell
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Carden, Gleeson, Crow, Tonkin, Beesley

- Potter will be making his 50th league appearace for Cambridge


1st half
- After holding off an eary eymouth atack we settle down and establish an attack, Parkinson ribbles from the left wing towards the ceter and fires a well placed shot from about 20 yards out into the corner for the 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute
- We held off a late attack and endte halftime up 1-0


2nd half
- Carden comes in to replace Quinton at center midfield to start the second half
- In the 51st minute Potter makes an incredible save off a one touch shot from a cross to keep usup 1-0, play of the game so far
- Gleeson comes in for Challinor at right midfield in the 76th minute
- Beesley comes in for Farrell at center midfield in the 76th minute
- We maintained for the rest of the game and get our first victory of the season


- Weymouth midfielder James Coutts was named man of the match, I disagree and feel that Potter should have been given those honors



August 31, 2008

Bad news as Prosser's work permit has been turned down. We appeal but I am not optimistic about the results of the appeal. He would have been a great addition to the cub.

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Ebbsfleet | | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 14 |
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| 2nd | | Crawley | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 |
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| 3rd | | Forest Green | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 |
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| 4th | | Rushden | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 12 |
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| 5th | | Barrow | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| 6th | | Burton | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 11 |
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| 7th | | Oxford | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 |
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| 8th | | Salisbury | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 |
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| 9th | | Kettering | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 |
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| 10th | | Stevenage | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
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| 11th | | Grays | | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
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| 12th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 |
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| 13th | | Weymouth | | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 8 |
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| 14th | | Histon | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 |
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| 15th | | Mansfield | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
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| 16th | | Kidderminster | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
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| 17th | | York | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
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| 18th | | Torquay | | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
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| 19th | | Northwich | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
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| 20th | | Altrincham | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
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| 21st | | Cambridge | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
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| 22nd | | Wrexham | | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
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| 23rd | | Lewes | | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 2 |
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| 24th | | Woking | | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 2 |
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[EagleFan]

September 1, 2008

As expected Prosser's work permit was turned down. I have begun looking in other directions in the free transfer market.

We have contacted 30 year old midfielder Dean Bennett from England a 2 year contract. He is athletic and very fit. He accepted our offer and has joined out club.

[EagleFan]

September 2, 2008

We travel to Ebbsfleet in what will be a tough match as they enter the match unbeaten and in 1st place.

Bennett is recovering from an injury and should be ready in another week to begin training, part of the price you pay for getting a bargain off the transfer wire.

We remain 4-4-2 but will narrow our approach a bit on the narrow pitch at Ebbsfleet.

G - Potter
DL - Hatswell
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Convery, Gleeson, Crow, Tonkin, Beesley

- Bolland is going to make his 350th league appearance
- Hatswell is going to make his 25th league appearance with Cambridge


1st half
- In the 14th minute a defensive lapse let midfielder Ricky Shakes get an open look from inside the box and he put it just pst Potter's reach to give tem a 1-0 lead, we now have our work cut out for us to penetrate their well organized defense
-Their defense stonewalled us the rest of the half and we enter halftime down 1-0


2nd half
- Convery comes on for Challinor at right midfield to start the second half
- Beesley comes in for Farrell at center midfield in the 68th minute
- Crow comes in for Quinton and moves forward for a 3rd forward in the 68th minute
- We are unable to crack their defense and our winning strek ends at one as we fall 1-0


- Ricky Shaks of Ebbsfleet was awarded man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

September 13, 2008

Our long time off betwee matches hs allowed us to enter our next match well rested. We are home to host Torquay and both of our teams have been struggling to live up to expectations.

We widen out a bit with our tactics but remain 4-4-2, though I am thinking of going with a 5 midfield formation soon with our depth that we have at the position.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: McAuley, Crow, Hatswell, Beesley, Bennett

- Rendell has a goal drought of 415 minutes
- Bennett will make his first appearance for Cambridge if brought on


1st half
- In the 8th minute Rendell almost ended his goal drought but a great save by the keeper kept it scoreless
- In the 18th minute Rendell had another good chance but was called just offside
- The half ends with few other chances with no score


2nd half
- In the 48th minute Kevin Nichollson of Torquay broke the scoreless tie wth a free kick placed into teh left corner of the goal and we trail 1-0
- Bennett makes his Cambridge debut as he is brought in for Farrell at center midfield in the 49th minute
- In the 50th minute Holroyd had the tying goal on hs foot only to shoot high and wide
- In the 53rd minute Parkinson headed a corner but right at the keeper as we continue to trail 1-0
- In the 63rd minute Rendell ended his scoreless drought as he headed a cross into the goal to tie the game at 1-1
- Beesley comes on for Quinton at cente midfield in the 64th minute
- In the 69th minute Holroyd blasted a shot off the keeper and the rebound went right to Rendell who sent it into the goal for his second tally of the game to give us a 2-1 lead and send the crowd into a frenzy, the play was setup on a fine header forward to Holroyd from Bennett as he makes his presence known
- In the 72nd minute Challinor received a yellow card for a shirt tug
- McAuley comes in for Challinor at right midfield in the 78th minute
- In the 90th minute Beesley sent Redell running clear with a perfect counter attacking though ball and Rendell fires the ball into the left corner of the net for his third goal of the game as we now lead 3-1 as that should have wrapped it up for us
- The game ends 3-1 as we get our 2nd win in the last 3 games


- Rendell was named man of the match to no surprise as he ended his goal drought in a big way (as I had considered starting Crow over him due to his play recently)

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Ebbsfleet | | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 20 |
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| 2nd | | Oxford | | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 18 |
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| 3rd | | Salisbury | | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 18 |
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| 4th | | Rushden | | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 18 |
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| 5th | | Burton | | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 17 |
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| 6th | | Crawley | | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 16 |
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| 7th | | Kettering | | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 15 |
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| 8th | | Grays | | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 15 |
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| 9th | | Forest Green | | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 15 |
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| 10th | | Barrow | | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 15 |
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| 11th | | Stevenage | | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 14 |
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| 12th | | Weymouth | | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
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| 13th | | Histon | | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 11 |
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| 14th | | Mansfield | | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
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| 15th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
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| 16th | | York | | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
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| 17th | | Wrexham | | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 |
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| 18th | | Kidderminster | | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
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| 19th | | Torquay | | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 10 |
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| 20th | | Cambridge | | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 8 |
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| 21st | | Lewes | | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 8 |
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| 22nd | | Altrincham | | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 6 |
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| 23rd | | Northwich | | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 6 |
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| 24th | | Woking | | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | -17 | 3 |
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[EagleFan]

September 16, 2008

Bolland and Rendell were selected to the Blue Square Premier Team of the Week.

[EagleFan]

September 17, 2008

We host Wrexham for our next league match. They play a 4-1-4-1 attacking style. We will counter that with our 4-4-2 with a counter attack approach which worked well against Torquay.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Carden, Crow, Hatswell, Beesley, Bennett


1st half
- In the 5th minute Rendell was sent ahead on a counterattack and beat the keeper to the ball outside of teh box, dribbles past him and scored into the gaping goal to give us a 1-0 lead
- We had several chances but were unable to increase the lead so we enter halftime up 1-0


2nd half
- Bennett in for Challinor at right midfield to start the second half
- In the 52nd minute Holroyd made a great move to get past the defense and ripped a shot just off the keeper's fingertips and deflected over the goal as the score remains 1-0
- In the 62nd minute Potter made a huge mistake trying to go after a ball out of the box and was beaten to the ball as striker Patrick Suffo ties the game 1-1
- Hatswell in for Tonkin at left defense in the 63rd minute
- Carden infor Quinton at center midfield in the 81st minute
- Neither team is able to mount another strong attack and the game ends tied 1-1


- Quinton was named man of the match, a surprising choice

[EagleFan]

September 20, 2008

Next up we travel to Mansfield where we are a slight underdog. A win here could do wonders for our team as it would bring our unbeaten streak to 3 and would give us 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 tie in the last 5 games which would be a huge improvement on how we started.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Farrell
MR - Challinor
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Carden, Crow, Hatswell, Beesley, McAuley

- Rendell needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals with Cambridge


1st half
- In the 6th minute Rendell almost put us on the board with a header off a free kick from Tonkin but he put it just over the net
- In the 38th minute Potter made a fine save off a header to keep the game scoreless
- The half ends in a scoreless tie


2nd half
- Carden replaced Quinton at center midfield to start the second half
- McAuley in for Gleeson at right defense in the 69th minute
- Beesley in for Farrell at center midfield in the 69th minute
- In the 89th minute Parkinson has to come off the pitch with an injury and we have to go one man short as we are out of subs
- Neither team can break the draw and it ends scoreless as we get a point


- Bolland earns man of the match honors

- The post game report shows Parkinson sprained his ankle and will be out 5-6 weeks

[EagleFan]

September 23, 2008

We travel to league leading Oxford as the underdog.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MC - Carden
MR - Convery
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Bennett, Crow, Hatswell, Beesley, McAuley

- Holroyd has a goal droght of 428 minutes
- Rendell needs 3 goals to reach 25 career league goals with Cambridge
- Beesley will make his 25th appearance with Cambridge if brought on


1st half
- In the 42nd minute midfielder Lewis Haldane of Oxford headed the ball into the back of our net to give them a 1-0 lead
- The half ends with us trailing 1-0


2nd half
- Crow brought on to replace an ineffective Holroyd to start the second half
- In the 49th minute Convery hit the post and the rebound ends up on Crow's foot and he one touches it into the goal to tie the game 1-1 with his first league goal with us
- In the 51st minute Haldane takes a pass clearly offside and scores his second of the game to put Oxford up 2-1, no call made on the offside, terrible, just terrible
- In the 65th minute Carden found Convery behind the defense but offside is called, no different than what Oxford scored on, not sure i I can bite my tongue after this game
- In the 67th minute Convery finds McMahon with a cross from the right wing and McMahon scores his frst ever goal with Cambridge to tie the game 2-2
- Beesley in for Quinton at center midfield in the 69th minute
- Bennett in for an exhausted Convery in the 80th minute
- The game ends in a 2-2 draw


- Haldane earned man of the match with his two goals for Oxford

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Oxford | | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 22 |
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| 2nd | | Rushden | | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 22 |
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| 3rd | | Grays | | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 21 |
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| 4th | | Ebbsfleet | | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 21 |
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| 5th | | Salisbury | | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 19 |
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| 6th | | Crawley | | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 19 |
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| 7th | | Kettering | | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 18 |
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| 8th | | Forest Green | | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 18 |
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| 9th | | Barrow | | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 18 |
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| 10th | | Burton | | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 17 |
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| 11th | | Histon | | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 17 |
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| 12th | | Stevenage | | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 17 |
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| 13th | | Weymouth | | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
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| 14th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 14 |
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| 15th | | York | | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
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| 16th | | Mansfield | | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
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| 17th | | Kidderminster | | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
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| 18th | | Torquay | | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 13 |
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| 19th | | Wrexham | | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| 20th | | Cambridge | | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 11 |
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| 21st | | Lewes | | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 9 |
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| 22nd | | Northwich | | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 9 |
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| 23rd | | Altrincham | | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 8 |
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| 24th | | Woking | | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 5 |
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[EagleFan]

September 27, 2008

We return home to face the Grays who are currently 3rd in the league. A win would be huge for us as we have an unbeaten streak of 4 games but only 1 of them were victories.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MC - Carden
MR - Convery
ST - Rendell
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Farrell, Crow, Hatswell, Beesley, Challinor

- Coulson is about to make his 25th league appearance for Cambridge
- Convery is about to make his 175th league appearance
- Carden is about to make his 25th appearance for Cambridge
- Holroyd has a goal drought of 473 minutes
- Rendell needs 3 more goals to reach 25 league goals for Cambridge


1st half
- In the 26th minute a finepassing combination from Holroyd to Convery across to Rendell for the goal gives us a 1-0 lead and gets our crowd behind us
- In the 37th minute Tonkin took a corner from the left wing and placed it ito the box where Bolland came forward with a header into the back of the net for a 2-0 lead
- The half ends with us doing well and up 2-0


2nd half
- Crow on for an injured Rendell at striker to start the second half
- In the 59th minute Gray's striker Jamie Taylor one touched a shot into our goal to cut our lead in half and make it 2-1 and the stadium has gotten a little bit more tense
- Challinor in for Convery at right midfielder in the 60th minute
- Beesley in for McMahon at left midfielder in the 60th minute
- In the 89th minure Challinor hit Holroyd with a through ball in the box but Holroyd fired his shot off the keeper and his goal drought continues
- We held off any attack the Greys mounted and gain a 2-1 victory as we are now unbeaten in 5 straight and ave hopefully begun to turn things around


- Bolland earned man of the match honors as he defended well and picked up a goal


We find out after the game that Rendell injured his knee (though not seriously) and will be out between 3 and 4 weeks.

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Rushden | | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 25 |
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| 2nd | | Oxford | | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 22 |
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| 3rd | | Salisbury | | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 22 |
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| 4th | | Ebbsfleet | | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 22 |
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| 5th | | Kettering | | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 21 |
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| 6th | | Grays | | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 21 |
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| 7th | | Forest Green | | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 19 |
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| 8th | | Crawley | | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 19 |
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| 9th | | Barrow | | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 19 |
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| 10th | | Burton | | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 18 |
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| 11th | | Histon | | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 18 |
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| 12th | | Stevenage | | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 18 |
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| 13th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 17 |
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| 14th | | Weymouth | | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
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| 15th | | Wrexham | | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 15 |
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| 16th | | York | | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 15 |
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| 17th | | Cambridge | | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 14 |
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| 18th | | Mansfield | | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 13 |
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| 19th | | Kidderminster | | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 13 |
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| 20th | | Torquay | | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 13 |
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| 21st | | Lewes | | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 12 |
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| 22nd | | Northwich | | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 10 |
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| 23rd | | Altrincham | | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 8 |
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| 24th | | Woking | | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -17 | 6 |
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[EagleFan]

September 30, 2008

Three of our players are named to the Blue Square Premier Team of the Week:

G - Potter
D - Bolland
M - McMahon


October 1, 2008

It looks like the board is not happy with the team's performance and my job is no longer secure. I had hoped that our recent streak coul help my status but it looks like I need to keep us winning to get better footing with the board.

[EagleFan]

October 4, 2008

We travel to play at York who is one point ahead of us in the standings as we have a chance to go ahead of them with a win. We are going to have to find a new way to forge an attack with Rendell out, hopefully Crow can answer the call.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MC - Carden
MR - Convery
ST - Crow
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Farrell, Bennett, Hatswell, Beesley, Challinor

- Holroyd has not scored in 563 minutes


1st half
- In the 2nd minute a corner led to a foul being called on York in the box giving us a penalty kick, Convery took the kick and hit the crossbar to be denied and keep the game scoreless
- In the 31st minute striker Scott McGliesh received a pass inside the box and fired a one touch shot into the right corner to give York a 1-0 lead
- In the 40th minute Crow took agreat pass from Carden inside the box but turned and fired the ball just wide a he had a goal at his feet but failed to come through
- Our poor finishing led to us trailing 1-0 at the half


2nd half
- Challinor in for an underachieving Convery at right midfield to start the second half
- Beesley in for an underachieving Crow at striker to start the second half
- In the 52nd minute Holroyd breaks his goal drought as he received a corner, dribbled around the defender markign him and fired a shot off the keeper and in to tie the game 1-1
- Our lead was short lved as in the 56th minute midfielder Christian Smith took a shot from about 35 yards out and just put it under the bar for the goal to give York a 2-1 lead
- Bennett in for Quinton at center midfield in the 56th minute
- In the 57th minute Bennett hit Holroyd with a trough ball who one touched it to Beesley for the shot but he put it just wide of the left post
- In the 84th minute Holroyd crosssed from the right wing to Beesley who headed it into the goal for what we thought was the tying goal only to be waved off for offside. The defender was right next to him the entire time, bad call. McMahon gets a yellow card for arguing the call.
- We are unable to get the equalizer and fall 2-1 to end our streak an fall furhter back in the standings


- Holroyd was given man of the match honors


Carden was injured late in the game. He may be out for three weeks.

[EagleFan]

(ooc)wow, that last game was very frustrating. Between watching several chances blown and then seeing the tying goal get waved off...(/ooc)

[EagleFan]

October 11, 2008

We return home to host Weymouth in a game that we hope is just what the doctor ordered as they are stuggling like we are and we have already beaten them 1-0 on the road this season.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MC - Beesley
MR - Challinor
ST - Crow
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Farrell, Bennett, Hatswell, McAuley, Convery

- Tonkin is about to make his 275thleague appearance


1st half
- In the 26th minute Crow one touched a through ballto Holroyd who made it into the box and fired a shot off the keeper and cameup empty as the game remained scoreless
- In extra time we mounted a bit of an attack but coul never quite get a shot on goal and the half ends scoreless


2nd half
- Bennett in for Quinton at center midfield in the 81st minute
- A boring match ends scoreless


- defender Santos Gaia of Weymouth named man of the match

[MacroGuru]

(ooc)wow, that last game was very frustrating. Between watching several chances blown and then seeing the tying goal get waved off...(/ooc)

Trust me...it constantly gets that way for me...I hate seeing the blown chances...and goals get waved off (mostly I am happy there cause it is for the other team)

[EagleFan]

Trust me...it constantly gets that way for me...I hate seeing the blown chances...and goals get waved off (mostly I am happy there cause it is for the other team)

I have to say that this game can be very addictive and that says a LOT about the quality of the game since I still feel like I have no idea what I am doing and usually that is enough to keep me away from a game after a few tries.

Hopefully I'll figure it out (and soon before I get fired from this team; I would think getting fired at this level means it will be a while before I can get a job with another club).

[EagleFan]

October 13, 2008

Fourth Round Qualifying draw for English FA Cup. We draw a road match against Northwich which will be set for October 25th.

We have already lost 1-0 on the road to Northwich this season, the game which started our disappointing season.


October 14, 2008

Prematch press conference for our upcoming match against Lewes, a team which we should be able to handle but may have to ue a different approach with Rendell out.

No major curveballs thrown to me today. I did sidestep the final question which dealt with the current instability of my place with the club.

[EagleFan]

October 15, 2008

We host Lewes, who is one spot behind us in the standings and are favorites. We have devided to go with a 4-5-1 approach and sit Crow as he has been a disappointment in Rendell's absence.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MC - Bennett
MC - Beesley
MR - Challinor
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Farrell, Crow, Hatswell, McAuley, Convery


1st half
- In the 13th minute a corner from Tonkin got deflected to Challinor just inside the box and he fired a shot into the top left corner to give us a 1-0 lead as we get on te board early and get the fans behind us
- In the 17th minute Holroyd one touched a pass to Bennet just outsde the six yard box and Bennett redirects it past the keeper for his first goal for Cambridge to give usa 2-0 lead
- In the 20th minute Quinton is taken down hard and looks like he may be seriously injured, he is replaced by Farrell at center midfielder
- In the 33rd minute Holroyd misses just wide left on a quick shot from inside the box and the score remains 2-0 and we are clearly in control so far
- Leses had just one decent chance in the remainder of the half and we go in leading 2-0 as Challinor and Bennett stand out as the top two players of the half


2nd half
- In the 54th minute Holroyd has some room on the left side of teh box and tried to go top far corner but missed just wide
- Convery in at right midfield to give Challinor a rest in the 76th minute
- In the 80th minute after much pressure McMahon got the ball in space on the left wing and hit Holroyd with a perfect cross; Holroyd one touched it into the goal for the 3-0 lead wich should wrap ths game up for us
- McAuley in for Bennett at centr midfield to give him a rest in the 81st minute
- Lewes mounted some offense for the rest of the game but nothing that tested Potter as we cruie to the 3-0 win


- Challinor is named man of the match to no real surprise as he looked dominant during the time he played before being replaced late in the game

[EagleFan]

October 16, 2008

Conference League Cup North 3rd round draw today. We draw a home match against Barrow for November 4, 2008. We have played them one time this season and lost 3-2 at home.


October 18, 2008

We travel to play at Forest Green aswe face them for the first time this season.

We enter the game usng a 4-5-1 formation with Rendell still recovering. He could play but we would rather allow him another week to recover.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Farrell
MC - Convery
MC - Beesley
MR - Challinor
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Quinton, Crow, Hatswell, McAuley, Bennett

- Potter has not allowed a goal in 214 minutes of play
- Farrell is making his 25th league appearance for Cambridge


1st half
- in the 21st minute defender Darren Jones pulled Holroyd down just outside of the box and is given a yellow card, another foot and it would have been a penalty kick, it is still a good freekick position
- On the ensuing free kick the ball is laid off to Tonkin wo ripped a shot off the crossbar in the upper right corner and the ball go cleared to keep the game scoreless
- In the 31st minute Holroyd took a pass slightly on the left wing an came towards the middle a little but fired a shot fro 30 yards out and hooked it into the left corner for the goal as we take a 1-0 lead
- We go into the half leading 1-0


2nd half
- In the 64th minute a cross from the left wing found midfielder Adriano Rigoglioso with a header to tie the game 1-1
- Challinor is replaced by Bennett at right midfield in the 64th minute
- Convery is replaced by McAuley at center midfield in the 64th minute
- We each exchange a couple of chances but nothing serious as the game ends 1-1


- Holroyd earns man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

October 21, 2008

Potter and Bennett have been named to the Blue Square Premier Team of the Week.


Carden and Parkinson have both resumed full training, they will be ready for our next league match which is not for over a week.

[EagleFan]

October 25, 2008

We travel to Northwich for an FA Cup match. We faced them to open our season, also on the road, and lost 1-0.

We have decided to stay with a 4-5-1 for the time as it has been working well recently. Rendell is back but not at full strength and Holroyd has been plahyig well so we will keep Holroyd in to start and have Rendell to come in off the bench.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Farrell
MC - Convery
MC - Beesley
MR - Challinor
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Quinton, Carden, Hatswell, McAuley, Bennett, Parkinson, Rendell


1st half
- Challinor was injured and eventually replaced by Bennett at right midfield in the 17th minute
- Bennett had two chances within a couple minutes of each other late in the half, the first he was robbed on a great save by the keeper and the second he was flagged offside
- The game goes to the half scoreless


2nd half
- In the 49th minute Holroyd first from just inside the box on the right wing side and just misses the left corner to keep the game scoreless
- Rendell in for Holroyd at striker in the 64th minute
- Quinton in for Convery at center midfield in the 64th minute
- In the 73rd minute McMahon with a freekick from about 35 yards out goes just high and the game remains scoreless
- Farrell gets shown a yellow car in the 74th minute after what was deemed a hard foul
- In th 76th minute midfielder Matty Crowell received a corner from the right wing and directed it into the left side of the goal to give Northwich a 1-0 lead
- We had a couple decent chances but nothing that coudl even the score as wel fall 1-0 to Northwich on the road for the second time this season, this time eliminating us from the FA Cup


- Matty Crowell was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

November 1, 2008

We host first place Rushden. I feel that we should be able to beat them in front of our fans as we have been plahying quite well at home as of late. The biggest question is to stay with 4-5-1 or shift back to 4-4-2. I have decided that having both Holroyd and Rendell on the field together gives us a great offensive threat and that cannot be passed up.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Farrell
MC - Convery
MR - Parkinson
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Beesley, Hatswell, McAuley, Bennett

- McMahon will be making his 150th career league appearance
- Rendell needs 2 more goals to reach 25 with Cambridge


1st half
- In he 3rd minute Rendell almost made that strategy pay off as he received a throuh ball and fired one off the keeper and out for a corner
- On the ensuing corner Rendell headed the corner from Convery into the net to give us a 1-0 lead
- In the 12th minute McMahon took the ball down the left wing and sent a cross into the box where Rendell directed it just wide right, he seems to be back at top form
- The half ends with us up 1-0


2nd half
- In the 55th minute the ball found Holroyds foot inth box and he fired i off the keeper and it was cleared to keep the score 1-0
- Rob Elvins took across and one touched it into the goal to tie the game 1-1 in the 60th minute
- Bennett in for Parkinson at right midfield in the 60th minute
- In the 67th minute Bennett hit Holroyd with a cross but Holroyd heads it just wide right to keep the game tied at 1-1
- Beesley in for Farrell at center midfield in the 68th minute
- Carden in for Convery in at center midfield in the 68th minute
- Bolland is given a yellow card in the 79th minute for a trip
- In th 82nd minute Bennett intercepts a pass, dribls pst a defender down the right wing, sends a fine pass all the way to Tonkin at left wing, Tonkin with a one touch pass to Holroyd who scores... GOOAALLLLLLL... but wait, a flag was up, offside, goal disallowed
- In the 84th minute Holroyd cuts into the top of the box from left wing and instead of passing to Rendell near the center as everyone expected he passes to Bennett sneaking in on the right wing foran onside play, Bennett one touches it into the goal.... GOOOALLLLLL... this one stands and we take a 2-1 lead
- The best chance in the remainder of the game was from Beesley in extra time as he directed a shot just wide left as the game endswith us victorious 2-1


- Bennett impressed enough coming off the bench and getting the game winner that he earned man of the match honors


We have now had 2 wins and 2 draws in our last 4 league games. In out last 10 league games we have 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. We need to turn mor of those draws into wins. We have gone 7 straight home games without a loss as well.

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Oxford | | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 32 |
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| 2nd | | Salisbury | | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 31 |
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| 3rd | | Burton | | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 30 |
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| 4th | | Kettering | | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 30 |
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| 5th | | Rushden | | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 30 |
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| 6th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 29 |
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| 7th | | Stevenage | | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 28 |
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| 8th | | Histon | | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 27 |
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| 9th | | Forest Green | | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 27 |
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| 10th | | Ebbsfleet | | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 27 |
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| 11th | | Grays | | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 26 |
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| 12th | | Wrexham | | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 22 |
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| 13th | | Cambridge | | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 22 |
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| 14th | | Kidderminster | | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 22 |
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| 15th | | Crawley | | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 22 |
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| 16th | | Barrow | | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 22 |
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| 17th | | Torquay | | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 21 |
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| 18th | | Weymouth | | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
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| 19th | | York | | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 20 |
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| 20th | | Mansfield | | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
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| 21st | | Northwich | | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 17 |
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| 22nd | | Woking | | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -15 | 16 |
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| 23rd | | Lewes | | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 14 |
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| 24th | | Altrincham | | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 9 |
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[EagleFan]

November 3, 2008

Bennett was named to the Blue Square Premier Team of the Week.


November 4, 2008

We host Barrow in a Conference League Cup match. We lost 3-2 to Barrow early in the season. Since that game we have lost just twice in fourteen league games.

We are staying with the 4-4-2 formation for this game.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Farrell
MC - Convery
MR - Parkinson
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Beesley, Hatswell, Quinton, Bennett


1st half
- In the 2nd minute Holroyd passed to Gleeson in the middle at about 20 yards out and he put the ball just over the goal to keep the game 0-0
- In the 16th minute Rendell took a pass inside the box and redirected it on goal, it hit the let post and bounced perfectly to Holroyd who sent it into the gaping net for the goal to give us a 1-0 lead
- In the 21st minute Convery was injured and unable to contiue, he was replaced by Beesley at center midfield
- In the 41st minute a free kick was laid off to Rendell who sent a through ball to Holroyd in the box, Holroyd sent the ball into the lower lft corner of the goal.... GOOOOALLLLLL... for the 2-0 lead, Barrow complained that the play was offside and it was very close
- We enter the half up 2-0


2nd half
- Bennett in for Parkinson at right midfield in the 64th minute
- Carden in for Farrell at center midfield in the 64th minute
- In the 67th minute Rendll fed Holroyd just outside the box but Holroyd missed the hattrick just wide
- In the 76th minute Bennett received a pass in the atack zone, turned to find to his surprise that he was given space, dribbled to the top of the box and fired a shot that hit the bar and went wide
- We had a couple of chances the rest of the way and came out with a 2-0 victory


- Holroyd was named man of the match to no-one's surprise



- Convery will be out for about 4 weeks with a pulled hamstring

[EagleFan]

November 9, 2008

Conference League Cup 4th round draw. We draw a home game agaist rival Histon. The atmosphere should be electric in the stadium. The game will be played December 2.


November 15, 2008

We travel to play at Crawley, who are two places behind us in the standings. They have been over-achieving and we should have a good oportunity to pick up some points.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Farrell
MC - Quinton
MR - Parkinson
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: McAuley, Beesley, Hatswell, Challinor, Bennett

- Parkinson is making his 350th career league appearance
- Rendell needs one more goal to reach 25 league goals with Cambridge


1st half
- In the 12th minute Potter comes up HUGE as Mark Duffy was sent in alone thanks to a breakdown in defense to keep the game scoreless
- In the 25th minute Mark Duffy made more trouble for us as he broke down the right wing and made a perfect cross to Jon Shaw who headed it in for the first goal of the game and put us down 1-0
- In the 40th minute Parkinson made a run down the right wing and crossed to Holroyd but his header went wide right
- The first half ends with us trailing 1-0


2nd half
- In the 58th minute Holroyd takes a pas in the box and one touches it into the net for the goal... but it's called off for offside
- Quinton is replaced by Challinor at center midfield in the 72nd minute
- Parkinson is replaced by Bennett at right midfield in the 72nd minute
- Beesley in for Farrell at center midfield in the 87th minute
- Tonkin took a free kick on the left wing side of the goal, found Holroyd in the box who turned and fired it past the keeper for the equalizer, game tied 1-1
- In the 90th minute Bennett finds McMahon on the left ie of the box (with a cross from the right wing) but only a great fingertip save by the keeper kept the game tied
- The ensuing corner saw Holroyd with a well placed header also ending in a great save an keeping the game tied
- The ensuing corner saw Tonkin find Beesley who was not robbed as he found the back of the net in injury time to give us a 2-1 lead!!!!


- Tonkin was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Oxford | | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 32 |
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| 2nd | | Eastbourne Boro | | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 32 |
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| 3rd | | Salisbury | | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 31 |
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| 4th | | Stevenage | | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 31 |
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| 5th | | Rushden | | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 31 |
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| 6th | | Burton | | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 30 |
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| 7th | | Histon | | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 30 |
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| 8th | | Kettering | | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 30 |
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| 9th | | Grays | | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 29 |
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| 10th | | Ebbsfleet | | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 28 |
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| 11th | | Forest Green | | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 27 |
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| 12th | | Cambridge | | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 25 |
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| 13th | | Weymouth | | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
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| 14th | | York | | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | -2 | 23 |
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| 15th | | Kidderminster | | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 23 |
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| 16th | | Mansfield | | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 23 |
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| 17th | | Barrow | | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 33 | -9 | 23 |
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| 18th | | Wrexham | | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 22 |
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| 19th | | Crawley | | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 22 |
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| 20th | | Torquay | | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 21 |
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| 21st | | Lewes | | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 17 |
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| 22nd | | Northwich | | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 35 | -14 | 17 |
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| 23rd | | Woking | | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -17 | 16 |
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| 24th | | Altrincham | | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -13 | 12 |
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[MacroGuru]

Awesome, it looks like your squad is starting to gel, especially that come from behind match winning in injury time...great news!

Were you pumping your hands in the air with the win like I do? LOL.

[EagleFan]

Were you pumping your hands in the air with the win like I do? LOL.

Yep!!!!!! :D

Had to try hard to keep the celebration from being a vocal "YES!!!" due to the very late time I was playing (couldn't get to sleep and I figured that was a good way to pass the time).

[EagleFan]

November 17, 2008

Blue Square Premier team of the week announced and defender Tonkin was named for the honor.


November 18, 2008

We have a short turn-around between games as we play host to York. York beat us 2-1 earlier this season when we played on their pitch.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - McMahon
MC - Challinor
MC - Bennett
MR - Parkinson
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, McAuley, Farrell, Hatswell, Beesley

- Rendell needs one more goal to reach 25 league goals with Cambridge


1st half
- In the 14th minute Gleeson found Holroyd who dribbled for space and fired a shot from the top of the box but it hit a defender on the way and deflected wide to keep the game scoreless
- In added time striker Richard Brodie received a pass deep in the box and fired a shot that Potter made a great save on, as it turns outthe play was whistled offside (which it should have been anyway) and the save did not matter
- We go to the half scoreless


2nd half
- Carden in for an injured McMahon in the 53rd minute, Carden to center midfield, Parkinson to left midfield and Challinor to right midfield
- In the 67th minute York is awarded a free kick about 20 yards out, Richard Brodie missed just wide right to keep it scoreless
- McAuley in for Bennett at center midfield in the 71st minute
- In the 88th minute Carden took a free kick from about 40 yards out and just skimme it off the crossbar
- In the 89th minute Rendell received a pass inside the box and redirected it just wide right
- Failed chances was the theme of today's game as we failed to gain the much needed victory with a 0-0 draw


- York defender Danny Parslow is given man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

November 22, 2008

We head back on the road to face last place Altrincham. We should be able to come away with the three points but we cannot take anything for granted.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Beesley
MR - Challinor
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Hatswell, Crow, Bennett, McAuley, Carden

- Rendell still needs just one more goal to reach 25 league goals with Cambridge


1st half
- We look very tired to star the game and within the first 10 minutes allow three very good chances to Altrincham but the game remans scoreless
- In the 16th minute we mount ourfirst attack and Beesley is found near the six with a pass that he blasts into the goal but it is quickly waved off as he was offside
- In the 19th minute Beesley takes a pass at the top of the box just outside the left post and flips a shot that just misses the right corner
- In the 20th minute Quinton finds Holroyd atthe top of the box with some space but Holroyd got a little too excited about the chance and blasts the ball quite high over the goal
- In the 30th minute Coulson gets shown a yellow for a trip
- We are quite disappointed to not be leading at the half in this game as we are scoreless


2nd half
- In the 49th minute Parkinson takesthe corner from the right wing and fires a low pass which the defender tries to take but misses and it finds Beesley's foot and then the back of the net as Beesley puts us up 1-0
- In the 56th minute Challinor is injured and replaced by Bennett at right midfield
- Hatswell in for Coulson at center defender in the 69th minute
- The game ends 1-0 as we gain the three points on the road


- Parkinson earns man of the match honors


Challinor has a broken collarbone and may be out for 2 months.

[EagleFan]

November 25, 2008

The Blue Square Premier Team of the Week was announced. Danny Potter earned the honor of being named to the ToW.



The English FA Trophy 1st Round draw was today. We draw a home match against Chasetown on December 13th.

[EagleFan]

November 29, 2008

We host Ebbsfleet today in a league match. They beat us 1-0 on their field in early September. They are one position ahead of us us in the standings and we could leap frog them with a win.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Beesley
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Crow, Hatswell, Farrell, McAuley

- Potter has not allowed a goal in 245 consecutive minutes
- Gleeson will make his 125th league appearance for Cambridge
- Rendell still needs just one more goal for 25 league goals with Cambridge
- Rendell has not scored in 447 minutes


1st half
- In the 2nd minute early pressure almost paid off as Bennett went just wide right from inside the box
- In the 6th minute Tonkin made a cross from the left wing and Rendell headed it toward the net but a great save by the keeper kept the game scoreless and continued his goal drought
- In the 7th minute Holroy sidestepped a defender and ripped one off the keeper as the game remained scoreless
- In the 13th minute Holroyd sent a cross from the left wing to the right side where Bennett redirected it on goal but another save kept the game scoreless
- In the 20th minute a great cross from Bennett was headed over the net by Rendell
- In the 25th minute Benett passed to Rendell in the box but Rendell was pulled down and a penalty has been called, Rendell blsted the kick into the goal to end his droughtm get his 25th career for us and give us the 1-0 lead
- In he 30th minute another steak is ended as a freak series of deflections led to the bll on midfielder Craig Stone's foot and he buried it to tie the game at 1-1 and ending Potter's scoreless streak
- In the 40th minute Parskinson fired a shot from the left side of the box and it was saved by the keeper, the rebound found Holroyd but he put it just wide right to keep the game tied 1-1
- We go to the half tied 1-1 and have missed too many chances, we should be easily in control of this match


2nd half
- In the 57th minute Parkinson took a free kick from the right wing, about 6 yards from the goal line, placed it perfectly to Holroyd but he headed it over the goal
- In the 66th minute a nice sequence of passes led to a chance by Rendell but it got blocked wide for a corner
- In the 68th minute Quinton went high on a shot from about 25 yards out
- In the 70th minute Rendell again gets puled down int he box and another penalty is called, after having just one PK chance all season we have two in one game
- On the ensuing penalty kick, Rendell fired te ballinto the bottom right corner to give us a 2-1 lead!!!!!!
- Carden in for Quinton at center midfield in the 77th minute
- We hang on for the 2-1 win and we continue to play well after a horrible start to the season


- Rendell named man of the match with his two goals

[EagleFan]

December 1, 2008

The Blue Square Premier League names it's Team of the Week. Danny Potter and Scott Rendell each find their names on the list.



*** - I have been named the Blue Square Premier Manager of the Month for November. In league games this month we had 4 victories and 1 draw in the 5 league games that we played (outscoring our opponents 9-3). Hopefully this helps my standing with the club.

[EagleFan]

December 2, 2008

The stadum will be electric with excitement as we host bitter rivals Histon in a League Cup Match. We have not yet played Histon this season but including this match we play them 3 times in the next 30 days.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Beesley
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Crow, Hatswell, Farrell, McAuley


1st half
- In the 12th minute Gleeson played a perfect long ball to Rendell who threaded the deefense to the right of the box and fired a shot which rebounded off the keeper right to Holroyd on the left who put it right ito the gaping net for the early 1-0 lead as the stadium erupts to life
- In the 17th minute Gleeson displayed wonderful passing skills as he lobbed a ball ahead into the box and Holroyd converged with the pass in front of teh keeper with a header into the net for his second goal of the game and we lead 2-0!!!!!
- In the 29th minute Bennett took a free kick from the right wing, a clearing attempt went right to Quinton who blasted a shot high and the score remains 2-0
- In the 32nd minute Parkinson received a yellow card for tripping
- In the 36th minute Tonkin fired a free kick from about 25 yards out but it went wide right
- In the 43rd minute Holroyd made a great one touch pass to Rendell who took a couple strides and directed the ball just wide right
- A spirited 1st half ends with us up 2-0


2nd half
- In the 50th minute Rendll took a pass near the six and fired ashot off the keeper but the flag was up for offside, rightfully so
- Farrell in for Quinton at center midfield in the 67th minute
- Carden in for Bennett a right midfield in the 67th minute
- In the 69th minute Histon won a corner from the right wing but missed the chance as a header went well wide of the goal
- In the 89th minute Histon's defender Marlon Patterson hit a shot from about 25 yards out and far to the left wing that curled perfectly ito the top right corner of the goal, a one in a million shot, to make it 2-1 and cut our lead in half
- The game ends in a 2-1 victory as we bet our rival Histon in the League Cup match


- Holroyd earns man of the match honors to no-one's surprise

[MacroGuru]

December 1, 2008

The Blue Square Premier League names it's Team of the Week. Danny Potter and Scott Rendell each find their names on the list.



*** - I have been named the Blue Square Premier Manager of the Month for November. In league games this month we had 4 victories and 1 draw in the 5 league games that we played (outscoring our opponents 9-3). Hopefully this helps my standing with the club.

Awesome! Congrats to the MoM for you...it's a good feeling...

[EagleFan]

Awesome! Congrats to the MoM for you...it's a good feeling...

Usually I am being fired by this point. :)

I think doing this as a dynasty has made me take it slower and think about it more. At least that's my current theory...

[EagleFan]

dola: Forgot to add, thanks. :)

[EagleFan]

December 6, 2008

We travel to play at Torquay. Though they were co-favorites before the season they have played poorly and are in 18th place.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Beesley
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Convery, Hatswell, Farrell, McAuley


1st half
- In the 14th minute striker Elliot Benyon scores from the center of the box as our defense was a man short with Gleeson on the sideline with an injury and we fall behind early 1-0
- McAuley in for an injured Gleeson at right defender in the 14th minute
- In the 26th minute Potter makes a fine save to keep our deficit at just 1-0
- In the 30th minute Bolland is shown a yellow card for holding Benyon
- In the 33rd minute Benett goes just wide right from about 20 yards out
- In the 36th minute Holroyd sends Rendell into the box where he gets off a quick shot but goes wide right
- We are unable to get the equalizer and trail 1-0 at the half


2nd half
- After I handout a halftime verbal thrashing (very different from my normal approach) we head back out with no lineup changes but some slight tactic changes (shortening the gap between midfield and defense for one as we have given them too much room to operate)
- In the 54th minute a misplay by a defender put the ball on Holroyd's foot with a great chance but he shanked it wide
- In the 55th minute a fine long pass to Rendell gave him a ahcne just inside the box but a fine save by the keeper kept us down 1-0
- Also in the 55th minute Holroyd had a fine chance but put it right at the keeper and the rebound was cleared
- Convery on for Beesley at center midfield in the 56th minute
- In the 59th minute Benyon took a barely onside pass inside the box and one touched it past Potter into the lower left corner of the goal for the 2-0 lead
- In the 69th minute Coulson is shown a yellow for a hard tackle
- Carden in for Convey who was injured at center midfield in the 75th minute
- In the 82nd minute Parkinson crossed from teh left wing to Bennett on the right with a one touch shot but he put it over the goal
- We are unable to get on the sheet and our streak ends in a 2-0 loss to Torquay


- Benyon was the man of the match, no surprise

[EagleFan]

December 8, 2008

The Blue Square Premier League named it's team of the week. Danny Potter has been named to the team.


December 9, 2008

We travel to Burton to play them for the first time this season as our congested schedule continues in December. They are currently in 4th in the league. We need to bounce back quickly from that last game. Burton striker Shaun Harrad is the man to watch as he leads the league with 18 goals.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Farrell
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Beesley
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Convery, Hatswell, Crow, McAuley

- Bennett is abut to make his 325th league appearance


1st half
- In the 12th minute Coulson takes Harrad dwn int eh box and a penalty is called
- Surprisingly defender Aaron Webster takes the kick and deposits it in the left side of the goal to give Burton a 1-0 lead, we are looking quite tired early in the match
- From about the 30th to the 34th minute we had a sustained attack but could not generate any good chances in that time period, just a lot of possession and we trail 1-0 at the half


2nd half
- In the 47th minute a Burton counter attack sent Harrad down the right wing well beyond the defense (offside?) as he cut towards the goal he fed striker Martin Butler for the easy tap in to take a 2-0 lead
- In the 51st minute Parkinson gets called for a trip on Harrad in the box for another penalty, a very questionable call; Webster again takes the kick and it looks like a repeat of the first as he rips it into the left side of th goal for the 3-0 lead, we are in a world of trouble in this one
- Crow on for Coulson and moves to striker and McAuley on for Farrell at right defender as we go with a 3-4-3 in the 54th minute
- In the 56th minute Potter with a fine save against Harad to keep it 3-0
- In the 57th minute on a counter attack Holroyd got the ball with space to shoot from 20 yards out and put it into the top left corner of he goal to make it 3-1
- In the 59th minute Harrad sends Butler in alone on Potter and he puts it into the right side of the goal to make the score 4-1 just as we started to feel better after making it 3-1
- In the 64th minute Bolland gets shown a yellow for tripping Harrad, that will give him a suspension this season
- In the 76th minute Harrad gets the pass in the boxand rips his 19th goal of the season and it is now 5-1, we are looking to crawl away and hide at this point
- We give up yet another before the final whistle and walk away with our heads hung low after a 6-1 defeat, our low point of the season as of late


- Aaron Webtster won man of the match for Burton

[EagleFan]

December 13, 2008

A home FA Trophy match against Chasetown. We are a heavy favorite and have something to prove after our last game.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DR - Farrell
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Beesley
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Convery, McMahon, Crow, McAuley


1st half
- In the 29th minute we finally started to up the pressure and Bennett had a chance in side the box to the right side but hit the outside of the goal
- In the 42nd minute Beesley had a free kick from about 25 yards out and went well wide
- We sleep walk our way to the half in a scoreless match


2nd half
- In the 46th minute Bennett hit a fine cross to Holroyd in thecenter of the box but he drilled it straight into the keeper to keep the game scoreless
- In the 47th minute Holroyd gets the ball in the box and finds the back of the net but the goal is disallowed for offside, rightfully so
- In the 54th minute a long header sent Rendell past the defense and he tried to chip a shot over the keeper but it went wide
- Convery in for Quinton at center midfield in the 54th minute
- Carden in fo an injured Bennet in the 58th minute and moves to center midfield as Convery moves to right midfield
- In the 85th minute Parkinson takes a pass in the left of the box and rips a shot into the goal to break the scoreless tie and put us up 1-0 finally
- Late in added time Beesley finds a rebound at his foot and he directs it into the goal for the 2-0 win


- Andy Parkinson earns man of the match

[EagleFan]

December 20, 2008

We come home for a huge game, one that we need to get back on track. We host surprise Salisbury who find themselves in 5th place in the league to everyone's surprise.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - McMahon
MC - Beesley
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Carden, Quinton, Gleeson, Crow, Farrell

- Rendell is making his 125th career league appearance
- Rendell is on a goal drought of 380 minutes


1st half
- In the 9th minute Holroyd got a pass just outside the box, turned and fired but it wet off the keeper and was cleared as teh game remains scoreless
- In the 14th minute Bennett makes a high cross from the right win to Tonkin sneaking in from the left wing but his shot was saved by the keeper and cleared
- In the 30th minute a rebound off the post comes to Holroyd's feet and he puts it in the goal with authority for th 1-0 lead
- Holroyd is injured late in the half, in added time
- We go to halftime up 1-0


2nd half
- Crow in to replaced the injured Holroyd at striker to start the second half
- In the 49th minute Beesley is injured by a hard challenge, yet another that did not receive a booking, and is replaced by Carden at center midfield
- In the 56th minute midfielder Michael Fowler deflected a shot past Potter to tie the game 1-1
- In added time Tonkin takes a free kick from aout 30 yards out and places it perfectly in the upper left corner of the goal for the 2-1 lead
- Gleeson in for an injured Bennett (on the tackle that led to the above free kick) at right midfield in added time
- The whistle goes and we earn the 2-1 victory


- Tonkin earned man of the match for his solid play all around


Holroyd with a twisted knee and may be out 3 to 4 weeks

Bennett may be out 2 to 3 weeks with a gash in his leg


The next couple weeks may be tough with Bennett, Holroyd and Challinor all out.

[EagleFan]

December 22, 2008

The Blue Square Premier team of the week was named. Danny Potter found his name on the team yet again.


Carden pulled a goin muscle during training and will be out 2 to 3 months. The injuries are comin fast and furious now and could affect our chances.



December 25, 2008

We travel on the road for a huge league rivalry game against Histon. They will be looking for revenge from our 2-1 victory in the Conference Cup.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - McMahon
MC - Beesley
MR - Gleeson
ST - Crow
ST - Rendell

Subs: Convery, Farrell, Bolland, Quinton

- Rendell is making his 50th league appearance for Cambridge
- Rendell has not scored in 470 minutes of play


1st half
- In the 9th minute Hatswell is shown a yellow for a trip
- In the 11th minute Parkinson finds Beesley near the top of the box, turns and fires just wide
- In the 19th minute Potter made a great fingertip save off a headed cross to keep the game scoreless
- In the 31st minute a fins through ball sends Rendell in with a chance but he places it wide left and his drought continues
- The half ends scoreless


2nd half
- In the 47th minute McMahon dribbles past a defender and finds Crow just inside the box, Crow gathers the ball, shoot, and SCORES!!!! He placed it inside the left post to give us a 1-0 lead
- In the 53rd minute Rendell passes to Gleeson on the right wing, Gleeson makes one man mis as he cuts into the box and fires a shot near side into theupper right corner of the goal... GGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLL!!! We take a 2-0 lead over our rivals and silent their crowd
- Bolland in for Parkinson an drops back to sweeper as McMahon moves over to left midfield as we change to 5-3-2 in the 69th minute
- Convery in for an injured Crow and moves to center midfield a Beesley moves forward in the 79th minute
- We hold on for the rest of the game and are victorious 2-0, well earned 3 road points


- Gleeson earned man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

December 28, 2008

The very rough patch of the schedule continues as we are in the middle of playing 3 games in 6 days. This time we are home to host Stevenage who are 2nd in the league.

The day is cold and sleeting. We must fight fatigue and the cold as well as Stevenage in this one.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MR - Gleeson
ST - Beesley
ST - Rendell

Subs: Convery, Farrell, Bolland, Crow

- Rendell has not scored in 560 minutes
- Beesley is set to make his 250th career league appearance
- Bolland will make his 25th league appearance if brought on


1st half
- In the 9th minute Gleeson crossed from the right wing and found Beesley who hammered it to the back of the net for the GGGOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! to give us a 1-0 lead
- In the 30th minute Parkinson finds Beesley in the left of the box, Beesley shots far side and hits just inside the right of the goal to give us a 2-0 lead with his second goal of the game
- In the 34th minute striker Steve Morison dribbles past Coulson in the box and fires left side for the goal to cut our lead to 2-1
- In the 39th minute Parkinson did a great job getting into the left side of teh box and crossing to Rendell but Rendell headed it right into the chest of the keeper and his drought continues
- We hang on until halftime up 2-1


2nd half
- In the 56th minute Tonkin took a corner from the left wing and Beesley headed it towards the left side of the goal but a GREAT save sent the ball wide for another corner and kept Beesley from the hat trick
- Convery in for Gleeson at right midfield in the 63rd minute
- Bolland in for Parkinson and moves to sweeper as McMahon moves to left midfied ad we switch to 5-3-2 in the 63rd minute
- In the 74th minute offensive pressure led to a save and then an own goal by Stevenage defender John Ashnton to put us up 3-1
- In the 80th minute Potter with a fine save on a point blank shot to his left to keep the two goal lead
- In the end a wonderful 3-1 victory


- Beesley earns man of the match with his dominant performance

[EagleFan]

December 29, 2008

The team of the week is announced and Danny Potter finds his name there once again, it may be time to ink that name in.

[EagleFan]

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!!! We get to play yet another game against rival Histon as we try for three wins over them in a very short time frame. We host them in the league match.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MR - Gleeson
ST - Beesley
ST - Rendell

Subs: Convery, Farrell, Bolland, Crow, Bennett

- Rendell's goal drought has reached 650 minutes


1st half
- In the 2nd minute arkinson had a free kick from the right wing and sent it into the box but midfielder Neil Andrews directe the ball into his own goal to give us a 1-0 lead, we'll take them any way we can get them
- In the 15th minute our defense breaks down a bit and Neil Andrews makes up for his mistake byripping a shot from 20 yards out into the rightof the goal to tie the game 1-1
- In the 37th minute Rendell shoots wide left from the top of the box to continue his drought
- The half ends tied 1-1


2nd half
- In the 55th minute McMahon puts a free kick from aout 30yards out just over the left corner of the goal
- In the 70th minute a wonderful one touch pass from Gleeson puts Rendell into the box in a great position and places the ball just inside the left of the goal for the 2-1 lead as Rendell ends his goal drought at a great time
- Bolland in for Parkinson and moves to sweeper as McMahon moves to left midfield as we switch to a 5-3-2 in the 72nd minute
- Farrell in for Quinton at center midfield in the 72nd minute
- In the 85th minute Rendell takes a st from just outside the box on the right wing and curls it into the upper right corner for the 3-1 lead and his second goal of the game to send the crowd into a frenzy as we are very close to three wins over our bitter rivals in a one month time period
- We hold out the rest of the way for the 3-1 win


- Rendell earns man of the match honors with his 2 goal performance

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Oxford | | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 55 |
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| 2nd | | Kettering | | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 47 |
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| 3rd | | Cambridge | | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 |
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| 4th | | York | | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 43 |
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| 5th | | Stevenage | | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 43 |
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| 6th | | Rushden | | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 42 |
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| 7th | | Burton | | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 41 |
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| 8th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 41 |
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| 9th | | Wrexham | | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 41 |
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| 10th | | Ebbsfleet | | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 41 |
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| 11th | | Salisbury | | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 41 |
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| 12th | | Grays | | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 35 | -1 | 38 |
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| 13th | | Histon | | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 36 |
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| 14th | | Torquay | | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 36 |
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| 15th | | Forest Green | | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 40 | -3 | 36 |
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| 16th | | Weymouth | | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 25 | -1 | 34 |
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| 17th | | Crawley | | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 40 | -7 | 34 |
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| 18th | | Kidderminster | | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 37 | -2 | 32 |
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| 19th | | Barrow | | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 31 |
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| 20th | | Mansfield | | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 30 |
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| 21st | | Northwich | | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 48 | -18 | 27 |
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| 22nd | | Woking | | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 39 | -22 | 24 |
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| 23rd | | Altrincham | | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 44 | -16 | 22 |
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| 24th | | Lewes | | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 46 | -21 | 22 |
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[EagleFan]

(ooc)Would have never guessed that we would ahve reached 3rd at this point in the season the way we started out. Now I just need to work through this injury problem.(/ooc)

[EagleFan]

January 3, 2009

Our insane schedule continues as we travel to Barrow for our next league match. They sit in 19th in the league and have not been playing well as we look to secure some road points to try to cut into our 11 point deficit behind league leading Oxford.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - McMahon
MC - Quinton
MR - Convery
ST - Beesley
ST - Rendell

Subs: Gleeson, Farrell, Hatswell, Crow, Bennett

- Farrell will make his 75th career league appearance if brought on


1st half
- In the 9th minute midfielder Mark Boyd shoots from about 25 yards out and places it perfectly into the top right corner as Barrow takes an early 1-0 lead as we are looking quite ragged so far
- Farrell on for an injured Quinton at center midfield in the 19th minute
- In the 32nd minute Rendell goes just wide left from just outside the box
- The half ends with little else as we trail 1-0 at the half


2nd half
- Gleeson in for Convery at right midfield to start the second half as Convery was injured in the first half
- Hatswell in for an exhausted Parkinson abd he moves to defense as we switch to a 5-3-2 and try to slow the game down as much as possible as we are looking exhausted out there
- In the 62nd minute McMahon received a fine pass in the box and ripped a shot off the crossbar and out as we still remain down 1-0
- In the 71st minute McAuley with a nice touch to Rendell in th box, he took a step and placed the ball just past the keeper and into the left side of the net to tie the game 1-1
- In the 84th minute Potter makes an outstanding save diving to his left to keep the game even at 1-1
- In added time Rendell found himself in on goal after a rebouded shot came back to him and he rushed the shot wide
- An offside call late in added time kept us from having one more chance as the game ends 1-1


- Mark Boyd was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

January 6, 2009

Danny Potter once again sees his name in the Blue Square Premier team of the week.



January 8, 2009

We have been told that our League Cup match against Wrexham on January 13th will be televised live.


Danny Crow has suffered a groin injury (gr-gr-groin injury) and will be out 3 to 4 weeks. The injuries keep mounting.

[EagleFan]

January 10, 2009

We play at Ebbsfleet in an FA Trophy match. We have split the league series with them this season, each winning at home. Though there is a lot of pressure from our board to do well I don't realistically see it with all the injuries that we have and our recent schedule from hell.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - McMahon
MC - Farrell
MR - Convery
ST - Beesley
ST - Rendell

Subs: Gleeson, Hatswell, Bennett, Challinor, Holroyd (both Chalinor and Holroyd have not recovered fully from their injuries and will most likely not see any time)


1st half
- In the 2nd minute Parkinson crossed to Rendell; his header went off the crossbar, as Beesley tried to go for the rebound he was mugged and a penalty was called
- Rendell took the penalty and blasted into the left side of teh goal for the 1-0 lead!!!!!!!!!
- The joy did not last too long as in the 9th minute midfielder Stacy Long redirected a long outlet pass into the net behind Potter to tie the game 1-1
- Bennett in for an injured McMahon at center midfield in the 26th minute
- The half ends with no further incident and tied at 1-1


2nd half
- In the 48th minute a missed interception by Coulson let to midfielder Robbie Lawton having room to shoot from about 25 yards out and he fired a shot into the upper left corner for the 2-1 leaqd for Ebbsfleet
- In the 60th minute Lawton finds an offside midfielder Ricky Shakes right in front who fires it home for the goal and no offside call, we now trail 3-1
- Gleeson on for an exhausted Convery at right midfield in the 76th minute
- Hatswell on for an ineffective Coulson at center defender in the 76th minute
- In added time Beesley had a free kick from about 25 yards out but on the right wing, he put it just high
- We go on to lose 3-1 and are out of this competitiion


- Robbie Lawton is named man of the match


McMahon will be out between 5 and 6 weeks.

[EagleFan]

January 13, 2009

Conference League Cup quarter final at Wrexham. We played them to a 1-1 draw in a league game at home early in the season. Now we have a very tired team playing on the road in a televised game and we really want to put on a good show for our fans and supporters.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Challinor
MC - Farrell
MR - Convery
ST - Beesley
ST - Rendell

Subs: Bennett, Holroyd, Hatswell, Gleeson, Quinton


1st half
- We weather a storm in the first 15 minutes which saw several shots go wide of their mark as Wrexham was attacking all out early trying to get the early lead
- In the 29th minute Potter makes an outstanding save diving to his right on what should have been called an offside play
- The half ends scoreless, we are going to look for a good counterattack opprtunity and try to turn that into a go ahead and hopefully game winning goal


2nd half
- Hatswell in for an injured Bolland at center defender to start the second half
- Bennett in at right midfield for an exhausted Convery to start the second half
- Gleeson for and exhausted Challinor and moves to right midfield while Bennett moeve to center midfield to start the second half
- We hopefully don't shoot ourselves in the foot by using 3 subs but we have two players who can't keep up due to being worn out and another that can't because of injury so it has to be done
- In th 74th minute Bennett sends Rendell through the middle and he shoots at the top of teh box just before defenders converge on him but it goes just over the goal
- In the 75th minute a scramble in front of our goal led to Potter making back to back saves before the ball got cleared, the ball came within inches of the line each time
- In the 78th minute defender Simon Spender snuck in and received a cross on the left side and buried it into the goal to give Wrexham a 1-0 lead
- We are unable to get the equalizer and fall 1-0


- Simon Spender was named man of the match


Tonkin and Bolland both were injured in the game but it seems to be nothing serious (thankfully, if they were both going to be out were would be in SERIOUS trouble).

[EagleFan]

January 17, 2009

We host 21st pace Woking in a game that we are a heavy favorite. Hopefully we can get through this game healthy and with 3 points in our pocket. Though the fans my feel differently I am not worried about style points in this game and just want a win (even if it's a 1-0 snooze fest).

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Convery
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Bennett, Quinton, Challinor,Coulson, McAuley

- Potter to make his 150th league appearance
- Holroyd to make his 25th league appearance for Cambridge


1st half
- In the 5th minute Holroyd made his presence known with a chance in front which bounced off the keeper and back to him, he tried a second shot but a defender blocked it and it was cleared
- In the 14th minute Parkinson's shot from teh left side of te box whistled just outside of the right post
- In the 22nd minute Convery had a free kick from about 30 yards out but put it wide right
- In the 43rd minute Holroyd received a pass about 12 yards in front, turned and fired but a fine save deflected the ball over the top of the goal for a corner
- Though we controlled the first half it ends scoreless (we outshot them 8-1 and had 7 corners to 1 for Woking)


2nd half
- Bennett in for an exhausted Convery at right midfield in the 55th minute
- In the 78th minute the crowd is silenced when midfielder Paolo Vernazza slices a free kick from 35 yards out just inside the upper left corner to give Woking a 1-0 lead
- Coulson in for Tonkin and moves to cenger defender while Hatswellmoves to left defender in the 79th minute
- Challinor in for Farrell at center mifield in the 79th minute
- We are unable to mount an attack and fall 1-0 in a bad defeat


- Paolo Vernazza was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

January 24, 2009

We travel to Wrexham in need of an upset victory to grab 3 much needed points as Oxford continues to pull away from the pack and we need to try to keep pace (or get back on a roll to keep pace).

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Hatswell
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Farrell
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: McAuley, Challinor, Convery, Coulson, Quinton

- Gleeson is about to make his 150th career league appearance


1st half
- In the 8th minute Holroyd had the ball down the left wing, passed to Parkinson just inside the box, Parkinson one touched to Rendell who quickly shot but it went off his foot weakly and wide right
- In the 23rd minute Rendell was found in a glorious position but the flag was up for offside
- In the 39th minute a long ball to Rendell sent him in on goal, he quickly fired and put it just off the inside of the left post and in the net for a GOAL!!!! We take a 1-0 lead.
- In the 42nd minute Tonkin was injured and had to be replaced, Coulson came on and went to center defender as Hatswell went t Tonkin's place at left defender
- In the 45th minute Potter misplayed a ball and the ball ends up in the goal as he is given an own goal and we are now tied 1-1, the low point of the game so far and a rare mistake by Potter
- The half ends tied 1-1


2nd half
- Challinor in for an injured Farrell at center midfield in the 71st minute
- We withstood a late offensive in added time but kept them from getting off any good shot on goal in that barrage
- The game ends 1-1


- Dan Gleeson is named man of the match


Farrell suffered a thigh injury and will be out 3-4 weeks.

Tonkin suffered a twisted knee and will be out 3-4 weeks.

[EagleFan]

January 27, 2009

We are a home underdog as we host league leading Oxford. e trailOxford by 15 points and need to take 3 from them today.

G - Potter
DL - Hatswell
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Convery
MR - Bennett
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Quinton, Challinor, McAuley, Crow, McMahon (Crow and McMahon are emergency reserves as they are not fully recovered)

- Potter is making his 75th league appearance with Cambridge
- Parkinson is making his 25th league appearance with Cambridge


1st half
- Coulson is shown ayelow card in the 45th minute for a trip
- Action was minimal as the half ends 0-0 as th fans are not happy


2nd half
- Challinor comes in for an ineffective Rendell and move to center midfield as Beesley moves to striker in the 55th minute
- Bennett is injured and replaced in the 75th minute by Quinton, Quinton moves to center midfield and Challinor moves over to right midfield
- Late in added time Coulson is shown his second yellow as he pulled down an attacker at midfield so he couldn't get a run past their defenses, we are down a man for the remainder of added time
- Nothing further happens as the game ends scoreless


- Oxford defender Chris Willmot earns man of the match honors


Coulson is suspended for a match.

Bennett will be out 3-4 weeks with a knee injury.


I promote midfielders Courtney Pitt and Robbie Willmott from our reserves.

[EagleFan]

January 31, 2009

We travel to play Rushden on the road. We beat them 2-1 earlier in the season at home as we try to sweep the season meetings.

Coulson is suspended for the game making us even more short handed.

G - Potter
DL - Hatswell
DC - McAuley
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Beesley
MC - Convery
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Quinton, Challinor, Crow, Pitt, McMahon

- Holroyd is going to make his 75th career league appearance


1st half
- In the 19th minute Willmott made a fcross from the right wing which Holroyd headed towards the goal but the keeper did a fine job of tipping it over the goal
- We each exchange a couple chances but the half ends scoreless


2nd half
- Challinor in for Willmott at right midfield in the 65th minute
- Quinton in for Convery at center midfield in the 65th minute
- In the 68th minute Challinor found Holroyd in the box with a long outlet but the play was called offside
- Neither team can break the scoreless tie and the game ends 0-0


-Defender Gareth Jelleyman of Rushden is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

February 7, 2009

Small write up on this one as almost all the way through the game I must have hit somehting that cleared everything that I had typed.

At Kidderminster in a league game, we were hoping to get off the draw streak and gain ground in the standings. I put Rendell on the bench to start the game due to his recent lack of performance.

We started out poorly falling behind 2-0 in th efirst 20 minutes. We fought back to tie the game with 2 goals by Holroyd and the game ended 2-2. Sadly we also had 2 goals disallowed due to offside or we could have turned a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 victory.

Holroyd earned man of the match with his two goal performance.

[EagleFan]

February 14, 2009

We are home to host Mansfield in a match which we should be able to win. We played them to a scoreless draw on the road early in the season.

G - Potter
DL - Hatswell
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Beesley

Subs: Crow, Coulson, McMahon, Pitt, Rendell


1st half
- In the 2nd minute we start out quickly and Holrody picks up a pass down the left wing and fires a low cross into the box that Beesley redirects into the goal for the 1-0 lead
- In the 16th minute Holroyd receives a pass in the cente of the box, dribbled around the defender and shot it off the crossbar and it was cleared
- The remainder of the half Mansfield had a few chances but nothing seriously threatening as we go into the half up 1-0


2nd half
- McMahon in for Willmott and moves to center midfield as Challinor moves to right midfield in the 63rd minute
- In the 65th minute Parkinson had a chance just to the left of the goal at the top of the box but fired it over the goal
- Rendell in for Challinor and moves to striker as Beesley moves to right midfield in the 75th minute
- In the 80th minute Holroyd gets tied up with a defender at the top of the box and the ball bouces free to McMahon who blasts a shot into the right side of the goal for the 2-0 lead
- In the 82nd minute Potter makes a fine fingertip save to keep the game 2-0
- The game ends with us up 2-0 for the victory!!!


- Mark Beesley earns man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

February 21, 2009

Lost much of what I was writing so I will go with the short version. We played at Lewes who is in last place in the league in a game that we needed to win.

We started out early with a penalty kick goal by Challinor. Holroyd added a goal to make it 2-0 which we held at the half.

In the second half Lewes cut the lead in half but then another penalty kick goal, this one by Beesley gave us the 3-1 lead which was the final score.

Beesley was named man of the match.

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Oxford | | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 69 |
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| 2nd | | Kettering | | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 58 |
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| 3rd | | York | | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 58 |
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| 4th | | Stevenage | | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 57 |
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| 5th | | Cambridge | | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 55 |
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| 6th | | Ebbsfleet | | 35 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 54 |
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| 7th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 53 |
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| 8th | | Burton | | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 42 | +22 | 51 |
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| 9th | | Salisbury | | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 50 |
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| 10th | | Rushden | | 35 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 50 |
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| 11th | | Torquay | | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 50 |
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| 12th | | Histon | | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 48 |
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| 13th | | Wrexham | | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 48 |
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| 14th | | Crawley | | 35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 55 | -9 | 47 |
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| 15th | | Kidderminster | | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 46 |
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| 16th | | Forest Green | | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 46 |
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| 17th | | Barrow | | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 55 | -14 | 42 |
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| 18th | | Woking | | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 43 | -17 | 40 |
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| 19th | | Weymouth | | 35 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 39 |
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| 20th | | Grays | | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 49 | -12 | 39 |
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| 21st | | Mansfield | | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 45 | -17 | 37 |
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| 22nd | | Northwich | | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 58 | -21 | 36 |
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| 23rd | | Altrincham | | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 53 | -20 | 29 |
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| 24th | | Lewes | | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 60 | -29 | 29 |
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[EagleFan]

February 24, 2009

We travel to face the Grays who are in 20th in the league and have lost 4 straight. We would love to stretch their streak to 5 straight and extend our unbeaten streak to 7 games.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Beesley

Subs: Bennett, Coulson, McMahon, Farrell, Rendell

- Beesley needs 2 more goals to rach 75 career league goals


1st half
- In the 11th minute on a counter-attack Willmott made his way round a defender and down the right wing and fired a perfect cross to the top of the box that Holroyd stopped and ripped into the left side of teh net... GGOOOOALLLL!!!!! We take the 1-0 lead
- In the 32nd minute Beesley had the ball just to the right wing side of the gal, he crossed to the left wing to Parkinson with a beautiful lob, Parkinson one touched it into the goal!!!! 2-0 we lead!!!
- In the 38th minute Beesley had a free kick from about 30 yards out near the right of the box and hit the crossbar to keep the game 2-0
- The half ends with us up 2-0


2nd half
- Rendell in for Challinor and moves to striker as Beesley moves back to center midfield in the 61st minute
- McMahon in for Parkinson at left midfield in the 61st minute
- Bennett in for Willmott at right midfield in the 61st minute
- In the 88th minute things get a little trickier as a scamble in front of our net led to Gleeson putting it in for an own goal and now our lead is just 2-1
- We hold on for the remainder of regulation and stoppge tme for the 2-1 win


- Andy Parkinson wins man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

February 28, 2009

We return home to host 14th place Crawley. We beat them 2-1 on their home field earlier in the season and hope to continue our unbeaten run with another win.

I am a little concerned with the booking happy referee that we will be getting in this game. David Richardson has only done 9 games this season and has handed out 48 yellow cards (3rd most mong all referees but he has dne a third of the games) and 2 red cards (5th most) in that short time. He has one of the worst ratings among all referees. I don't like adding this unknown wild card into the mix.

We are going with the same lineup as last game but tweaking our strategy just a little to defend against the speed of the Crawley strikers.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Beesley

Subs: Bennett, Coulson, McMahon, Farrell, Rendell

- McAuley is making his 25th league appearance
- Beesley needs 2 more goals for 75 league goals in his career
- Beesley is making his 50th league appearance for Cambridge
- Quinton is making his 100th league appearance


1st half
- In the 4th minute Parkinson crosses from the left wing all the way to Willmott on the right who one touched it towards the goal but it went just wide of the left side
- In the 26th minute Bolland received a yellow card for a trip
- In the 30th minute after a corner rebounded with to Willmott he fired the ball just over the top, he had a lot behind that one
- In the 39th minute Parkinson sent a perfect pass through the middle to Willmott who one touched it and again it went just wide of he mark
- In the 44th minute Beesley gets mugged in the box on a corner and a penalty is called
- Challinor took the penalty kick and deposited it n the left side of the goal for the 1-0 lead!!!!!
- We go into the half up 1-0 but should be up by much more, I hope the missed chances do not come back to haunt us


2nd half
- In the 52nd minute Holroyd received a cross from Parkinson just to the left of the net and redirected it home forthe GGGOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!! 2-0 and we are starting ths half out right and want tokeep our foot on their throat now
- Coulson in for Bolland at center defender in the 75th minute
- Rendell in for Beesley at striker in the 75th minute
- Bennett in for Quinton at center midfield in the 75th minute
- In the 81st minute a scramble in the box led to Holroyd tapping the ball to an open Rendell who fired the ball into the lower leftcorner of the goal for the 3-0 lead!!!!!
- The game ends 3-0


- Andy Parkinson is named man of the match for the second straight match

[EagleFan]

March 1, 2009

I am named the Bue Square Premier Manager of the Month for February as we were unbeaten in our 5 games during the month, 4 wins and 1 draw.

[EagleFan]

(ooc)I am finally back to stable for job security, now if I can keep it there(/ooc)

[EagleFan]

March 7, 2009

Revenge is on our mind as we host Burton. Burton gave us our low point of the season as we lost 6-1 on the road to them earlier this season. We want to continue our current run though so winning will be our first goal.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Beesley

Subs: Bennett, Coulson, McMahon, Farrell, Rendell

- Beesley needs 2 more goals to reach 74 career league goals
- Rendell needs 3 more goals to reach 50 career league goals


1st half
- In the 25th minute Beesley sent Holroyd through the middle of the defenders with a great pass, Holroyd controlled it and shot from about 8 yards out and into the left side of teh net... GGOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!! We take the 1-0 lead
- In the 27th minute Bolland received the ball with space in front of him and fired a shot frmo about 30 yards out but went high and wide
- In the 32nd minute a corner kick rattled off the post and midfielder Danny Holmes put it into his own goal as he did not react to the rebound in time and we take the 2-0 lead
- In the 39th minute striker Shawn Harrad took a pass in the box and before we knew it the ball was in the back of the net as he scored his league leading 26th goal of the season to cut the lead to 2-1
- We answer quickly in the 43rd minute as McAuley made a pefect cross from the right wing and Holroyd headed it into the goal to take the 3-1 lead!!!!!!!!
- We go to the half up 3-1


2nd half
- In the 46th minute Beesley made a great play stealing the ball shortly after kickoff and sent Holroyd into space near the top of the box for a good chance but he put it wide left
- Rendell in for Challinor and moves to striker as Beesley moves back to center midfield in the 56th minute
- Bennett in for Willmott at right midfield in the 56th minute
- In the 60th minute Holroyd had another chance frmo just inside the box and blasted it just wide left
- We hold on to the 3-1 win


- Chris Holroyd earns man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Oxford | | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 77 |
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| 2nd | | Kettering | | 37 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 65 |
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| 3rd | | Cambridge | | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 64 |
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| 4th | | Stevenage | | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 63 |
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| 5th | | York | | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 62 |
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| 6th | | Ebbsfleet | | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 60 |
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| 7th | | Histon | | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 58 |
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| 8th | | Salisbury | | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 56 |
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| 9th | | Burton | | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 55 |
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| 10th | | Rushden | | 37 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 |
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| 11th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 |
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| 12th | | Torquay | | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 53 | 56 | -3 | 54 |
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| 13th | | Crawley | | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 59 | -11 | 51 |
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| 14th | | Kidderminster | | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 50 |
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| 15th | | Wrexham | | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 50 |
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| 16th | | Forest Green | | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 55 | -5 | 48 |
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| 17th | | Barrow | | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 45 | 62 | -17 | 45 |
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| 18th | | Woking | | 37 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 48 | -16 | 43 |
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| 19th | | Grays | | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 52 | -13 | 41 |
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| 20th | | Mansfield | | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 40 |
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| 21st | | Weymouth | | 37 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 39 |
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| 22nd | | Northwich | | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 66 | -24 | 36 |
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| 23rd | | Altrincham | | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 54 | -19 | 34 |
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| 24th | | Lewes | | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 67 | -34 | 30 |
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[EagleFan]

March 18, 2009

After a week and a half off we travel to play at Stevenage who are currently one place ahead of us in the standings. A win here will allow us to leap-frog them.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Quinton
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Beesley

Subs: Bennett, Coulson, McMahon, Farrell, Rendell

- Beesley needs 2 more goals to reach 75 career league goals
- Rendell needs 3 more goals to reach 50 career league goals


1st half
- In the 7th minute Holroyd received a pass just inside the box, lost the ball, got it back and fired into the right side of the net... GGGOOOOOAAALLLLLL!!!! We lead 1-0
- In the 28th minute Beesley took advantage of a defensive misplayand sent Willmott forward into the box who placed the ball far side into the left corne of the net for his first goal!!!!! 2-0 lead and looking very strong
- In the 34th minute things got a little tighter as midfielder Andy Drury headed a ball past Potter to cut our lead to 2-1
- We had into the half up 2-1


2nd half
- Bennett in for a slightly banged up Quinton at cener midfield to start the second half
- McMahon in for an injured Parkinson at left midfield in the 66th minute
- In the 73rd minute Stevenage ha a free kick fromjust outside our box, the line blocked the kick but right to midfielder Scott Laird who fired the ball into the net to tie the game at 2-2
- Rendell in for Challinor and moves to striker as Beesley moves back to midfield in the 73rd minute
- Late in injury time Potter makes thesave of the game diving to his left and preserving a 2-2 tie, very disappointing after being up 2-0


- Andy Drury of Stevenage was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

March 19, 2009

I have been warned by FA for comments following a penalty that wasn't called in the last match.

[EagleFan]

March 21, 2009

Coulson has been injured durng training and will be out 4 weeks.

[EagleFan]

March 24, 2009

We return home to face Northwich who have been struggling badly as of late and have lost 4 straight. We have somehow lost twice to this team, both 1-0, this season. Once on the road in league competition and once on the road in the FA Cup.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - McMahon
MC - Carden
MC - Beesley
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Convery, Challinor, Hatswell, Farrell, Bennett

- Rendell needs 3 goals to reach 50 career league goals
- Beesley needs 2 goals to reach 75 career league goals


1st half
- In the 2nd minute Rendell receivd a pass near the toip o the box, dribbled to his right two steps and placed a perfect shot into the right corner of the goal.... GGOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Maybe he is back to form! 1-0 lead
- In the 19th minute Willmott made a fine play to get around a defender and place a perrfect pass to Rendell who got by he defense and in on goal, he placed the ball past the desperation save attempt by the keeper and into the goal for his second goal of the game!!!! 2-0 lead, no to do what we couldn't do last game and protect it
- In the 36th minute Willmott again threaned downthe right wing and crossed into the box for a header by Carden, the keeper made a great save but the ball rebounded right to Rendell who put it nto the goal to complete his hat-trick, 3-0 lead!!!!
- We hold the lead until the half, Rendel is on fire today; I guess sitting him had a positive impact


2nd half
- In the 51st minute a misplay by Carden led to a chance for striker Darryn Stamp from 20 yards out who placed a perfect shot by Potter and into the goal to make the score 3-1
- Challinor in for Carden at center midfield in the 52nd minute
- Bennett in for Willmott at right midfield in the 74th minute
- We hold out for the 3-1 win, fans probably wanted a couple more goals but I wanted the win


- Scott Rendell is named man of the match, welcome back Scott

[EagleFan]

March 28, 2009

As the season is slowly ticking away all games are must win with Oxford close to clinching the top spot. Today we face 18th place Woking on the road.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Beesley
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Convery, Carden, Hatswell, Farrell, McMahon

- Willmott is making his 25th career league appearance for Cambridge
- Beesley needs 2 more goals to reach 75 career league goals


1st half
- In the 4th minute Potter made a lng outlet pass that Holroyd caught up to bahid the defense and onside, he moved in on goal as the keeper tried to come out to cut down the angle and Holroyrd fired off the keeper and into the goal.... GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! 1-0 lead
- In the 18th minute Potter makes a great save diving to his right to keep a well placed shot fro about 25 yards out from getting past him and keeping the game 1-0
- In the 39th minute striker Joel Ledgister fired a shot from just inside the box into the left corner of the goal to tie the game 1-1
- In the 41st minute Bennett made a great one touch pass to Holroyd in the box who shot immediately and put it inside the left post for the goal!!!!! We are back on top 2-1, Woking is furious claiming offside but replay shows it was not as the left defender was deep and kept him onside
- In injury time another one touch pass to Holroyd gave him a chance but he put the ball about a foot wide left, he had little time to shoot on that one
- We go to half up 2-1


2nd half
- In the 58th minute striker Liam Marum got behind our defenders and beat Potter to tie the game 2-2, bad job defending the counter-attack
- McMahin in for an injured Beesley at left midfield in the 58th minute
- Convery in for Wimott at right midfield in the 58th minute
- The game ends with us missing a ocupl chances and ends in a 2-2 draw


- Chris Holroyd is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Oxford | | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 83 |
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| 2nd | | Cambridge | | 41 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 69 |
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| 3rd | | Kettering | | 40 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 68 |
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| 4th | | York | | 41 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 68 |
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| 5th | | Salisbury | | 41 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 68 |
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| 6th | | Stevenage | | 41 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 68 |
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| 7th | | Ebbsfleet | | 41 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 66 |
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| 8th | | Histon | | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 64 |
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| 9th | | Burton | | 41 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 61 |
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| 10th | | Crawley | | 41 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 55 | 60 | -5 | 60 |
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| 11th | | Torquay | | 40 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 56 | 59 | -3 | 56 |
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| 12th | | Rushden | | 41 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 55 |
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| 13th | | Kidderminster | | 41 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 54 |
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| 14th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 49 | -1 | 54 |
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| 15th | | Wrexham | | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 51 |
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| 16th | | Forest Green | | 41 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 51 |
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| 17th | | Woking | | 41 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 56 | -19 | 46 |
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| 18th | | Barrow | | 41 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 70 | -21 | 46 |
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| 19th | | Mansfield | | 41 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 49 | -17 | 43 |
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| 20th | | Weymouth | | 41 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 33 | 45 | -12 | 42 |
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| 21st | | Grays | | 41 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 57 | -16 | 42 |
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| 22nd | | Northwich | | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 69 | -25 | 39 |
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| 23rd | | Altrincham | | 41 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 41 | 63 | -22 | 37 |
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| 24th | | Lewes | | 41 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 68 | -31 | 37 |
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[EagleFan]

April 4, 2009

We host Forest Green who is currently in 16th place in the league. We are the favorite and expect to take this game but we cannot get complacent.

We did get some bad news earlier as our negotiations with Mark Convery are not going well. Part of that is because my hands are tied with what we can offer him.

A little concerned that Rendell seems to be acting overconfident again. This led to his poor performance before and I won't hesitate to take him out of the lineup again if this happens.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - McMahon
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Rendell

Subs: Quinton, Crow, Conery, Hatswell, Carden

- Bennett is making his 25th career league appearance for Cambridge
- Holroyd needs 2 more goals for 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 12th minute Holroyd received a pass from Willmott that split the defense into the box and fired fro about 15 yards out and into theright of the goal for the 1-0 lead!!!!!! Forest Green is complainign about offside but replay shows they have nothing to complain about
- In the 18th minute Tonkin took a corner from the left wing and Forest Green midfielder Chris Allen tried to had it away but put it into his goal for and own goal and giving us a 2-0 lead
- We go to the half up 2-0


2nd half
- Carden in for Bennett at center midfield in the 61st minute
- Crow in forRendell at striker in the 61st minute
- Convery in for McMahon and moves to center midfield as Challinor moves to left midfield in the 71st minute
- We hold on for the 2-0 victory though we were not that orgaized inthe second half and got complacent


- Forest Green midfielder Paul Stonehouse earned man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

April 11, 2009

We host 13th place Eastbourne Boro as we try to make a push to get to 2nd place. Prior to the game a report came out that Cambridge may lose me after this season and there is already speculation on my replacement. Hopefully this does not become a distraction.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - McMahon
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Crow

Subs: Parkinson, Rendell, Farrell, Hatswell, Beesley

- Tonkin is about to make his 300th career league appearance
- Holroyd needs one more goal for 25 career league goals
- Beesley needs two more goals for 75 career league goals


1st half
- In the 19th minute Challinor made a great cross from the right wing to McMahon on the left wing but he blasted it over the goal
- Parkinson in fo an injured McMahon at left midfield in the 38th minute
- In the 40th minute Holroyd received a pass just outside of the box, made one dribble to his right and lifted a shot into the left corner of the goal...GGOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! we take a 1-0 lead!!! He now has 25 career league goals and that was his 25th overall goal of the season
- We go into the half up 1-0 but not playing extremely well


2nd half
- In the 56th minute Beelsey in for an injured Holroyd at striker, we cannot afford to lose Holroyd now and the crowd seems to be collectively holdng their breath
- In the 66th minute Potter makes a nice quick reaction save after a missed chllenge led to a chance for Eastbourne Boro
- Rendell in for a very tired Crow at striker in the 82nd minute
- In the 84th minute Rendell found Beesley with space to shoot from about 25 yards out but Beesley put it about 2 feet wide left
- We have a couple chances late in the half but nothing comes of it and the game ends 1-0 as we win but another sloppy game


- Robbie Willmott earns man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

Holroyd will be out 2-3 weeks from his injury. There is a chance we could get him back to end the season which is good as it could have been much worse.

The best news of the day was Kettering lost and we jumped into second, one point ahead of them. This will mean little if we lost to them (we play them on the road in our next game, one of the biggest games of the season for us).

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | C | Oxford | | 43 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 67 | 34 | +33 | 89 |
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| 2nd | | Cambridge | | 43 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 75 |
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| 3rd | | Kettering | | 43 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 74 |
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| 4th | | York | | 43 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 72 |
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| 5th | | Salisbury | | 43 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 71 |
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| 6th | | Stevenage | | 43 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 71 |
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| 7th | | Histon | | 43 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 70 |
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| 8th | | Ebbsfleet | | 43 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 73 | 56 | +17 | 69 |
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| 9th | | Burton | | 43 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 62 |
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| 10th | | Torquay | | 43 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 62 | 63 | -1 | 62 |
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| 11th | | Crawley | | 43 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 64 | -6 | 61 |
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| 12th | | Kidderminster | | 43 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 60 |
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| 13th | | Rushden | | 43 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 58 |
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| 14th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 43 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 52 | -2 | 57 |
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| 15th | | Forest Green | | 43 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 60 | -5 | 54 |
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| 16th | | Wrexham | | 43 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 46 | 53 | -7 | 51 |
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| 17th | | Mansfield | | 43 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 50 | -12 | 49 |
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| 18th | | Barrow | | 43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 54 | 74 | -20 | 49 |
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| 19th | | Grays | | 43 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 58 | -15 | 46 |
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| 20th | | Woking | | 43 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 40 | 64 | -24 | 46 |
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| 21st | | Lewes | | 43 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 68 | -28 | 43 |
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| 22nd | | Weymouth | | 43 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 33 | 49 | -16 | 42 |
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| 23rd | | Northwich | | 43 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 78 | -34 | 39 |
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| 24th | | Altrincham | | 43 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 65 | -24 | 37 |
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[EagleFan]

April 13, 2009

Just 2 days between matches and we travel to play at Kettering. A win here puts distance between us and them.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Rendell
ST - Beesley

Subs: McMahon, Farrell, Crow, Hatswell, Quinton

- Potter has not allowed a goal in 213 minutes of play
- Beesley needs 2 more goals for 75 career league goals
- McMahon will make his 25th appearance for Cambridge if brought on


1st half
- A misplay by Gleeson led to striker Gareth Seddon having a point blank chance and he put it behind Potter to end his shutout streak and put us down 1-0
- In the 12th minute we had two quick chances off a corner but the first led to a save and the second sailed over the goal
- In the 23rd minute Potter made a great ave off a header from a corner and then Tonkin blocked the rebound and cleared
- We go to the halftime down 1-0butit could have been FAR worse if not for Potter, we were outshiot 14-1 in the half and 6-1 on goal


2nd half
- Hatswell in at center defender for Gleeson who had a poor first half to start the second half
- In the 48th minute we started where we left off as striker Craig Westcarr scores from about 10 yards out to make it 2-0
- Crow in for a tired Challinor an moves to striker as we change to a 4-3-3 in the 48th minute
- McMahon in for Tonkin and moves to center midfield as we change to a 3-4-3 in the 70th minute
- We can mount little offense and fall 2-0 to end out unbeaten streak



- Gareth Seddon is named man of the match

[bbgunn]

This is a far cry from the worst dynasty ever. If you want to see the worst dynasty ever, check out my current New Mexico State dynasty. :)

Cambridge is looking pretty good on the table. Good work!

[EagleFan]

This is a far cry from the worst dynasty ever. If you want to see the worst dynasty ever, check out my current New Mexico State dynasty. :)

Cambridge is looking pretty good on the table. Good work!

This is going to be the first game that I have ever made it through the season without being fired. :)

I think it's because I am doing the dynasty and taking the season slower and looking at things more.

[EagleFan]

April 18, 2009

(I ran this game earlier but didn't end up writing up much on it due to other LOUSY events going on)

We played at Salisbury who was one point behind us going into the game. The game was huge fr us.

In the first half we played okay but gave up one bad scoring chance that led to a goal and we trailed 1-0 at the half.

In the second half we gota fluke goal by Parkinson on what clearly was a cross attempt but ended up s a well placed shot into the goal.

The rest of the half was not playd well for either side and ended 1-1.

We get a point from the game.

Parkinson was named man of the match.

[EagleFan]

Standings

With one game left to go...


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | C | Oxford | | 45 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 71 | 36 | +35 | 95 |
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| 2nd | Pl | York | | 45 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 78 |
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| 3rd | Pl | Kettering | | 45 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 78 |
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| 4th | | Cambridge | | 45 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 76 |
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| 5th | | Salisbury | | 45 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 75 |
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| 6th | | Histon | | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 74 | 52 | +22 | 74 |
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| 7th | | Stevenage | | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 74 |
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| 8th | | Ebbsfleet | | 45 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 76 | 59 | +17 | 72 |
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| 9th | | Crawley | | 45 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 64 | 67 | -3 | 67 |
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| 10th | | Kidderminster | | 45 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 63 |
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| 11th | | Burton | | 45 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 78 | 61 | +17 | 62 |
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| 12th | | Rushden | | 45 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 62 |
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| 13th | | Torquay | | 45 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 63 | 68 | -5 | 62 |
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| 14th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 45 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 53 | 57 | -4 | 57 |
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| 15th | | Forest Green | | 45 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 62 | -7 | 54 |
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| 16th | | Wrexham | | 45 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 54 | -7 | 53 |
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| 17th | | Grays | | 45 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 61 | -14 | 50 |
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| 18th | | Mansfield | | 45 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 39 | 54 | -15 | 50 |
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| 19th | | Barrow | | 45 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 56 | 80 | -24 | 49 |
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| 20th | | Weymouth | | 45 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 35 | 49 | -14 | 48 |
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| 21st | | Woking | | 45 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 40 | 65 | -25 | 47 |
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| 22nd | | Northwich | | 45 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 80 | -30 | 45 |
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| 23rd | R | Lewes | | 45 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 43 | 73 | -30 | 43 |
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| 24th | R | Altrincham | | 45 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 43 | 67 | -24 | 39 |
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[EagleFan]

April 25, 2009

We are at home for our final game of the regular season and host last place Altrincham. This looks like a present for us but we cannot go into the game over confident.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Gleeson
DC - Bolland
DR - McAuley
ML - Parkinson
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Rendell
ST - Beesley

Subs: McMahon, Coulson, Crow, McMahon, Quinton

- Beesley needs 2 goals for 75 career league goals
- Parkinson is about to make his 375th career league appearance
- Rendell has not scored in 370 minutes


1st half
- In the 16th minute Parkinson took a pass down the left wing, cut towards the box, passed out to Challino who was 20 yards out center and he blasted a shot into the right side of the goal to give u the 1-0 lead!!!
- We played with very little emotion for the remainder of the half and coast into halftime up 1-0


2nd half
- McMahon in at left midfield for an injured Parkinson in the 59th minute
- Crow in for Rendell at striker in the 67th minute
- In the 68th minute Altrincham defender Jack Wilson received his second yellow and is sentoff putting them a man down
- In the 71st minute McMahon brought the ball into the box from the left wing and crossed to McAuley who was sneaking in from the right side but McAuley was robbed by a great save by the keeper
- In the 78th minute Willmott gets called for a foul in the defensive box and Altrincham is awarded a penalty kick
- Midfielder Kevin Street silences the crowd as he scores on the penalty kick to tie the game 1-1, unbelievable
- In the 83rd minute Tonkin crosses from the left wing to Beesley in the box who directs it into the right side of the goal to give us the lead back 2-1
- We go on to win 2-1, not what we should have done but at least we got the win

[EagleFan]

Final Regular Season Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | C | Oxford | | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 98 |
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| 2nd | Pl | York | | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 79 |
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| 3rd | Pl | Cambridge | | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 79 |
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| 4th | Pl | Kettering | | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 78 |
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| 5th | Pl | Histon | | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 76 | 52 | +24 | 77 |
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| 6th | | Ebbsfleet | | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 59 | +18 | 75 |
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| 7th | | Salisbury | | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 75 |
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| 8th | | Stevenage | | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 77 | 65 | +12 | 74 |
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| 9th | | Crawley | | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 64 | 69 | -5 | 67 |
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| 10th | | Kidderminster | | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 66 |
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| 11th | | Rushden | | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 65 |
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| 12th | | Torquay | | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 67 | 70 | -3 | 65 |
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| 13th | | Burton | | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 80 | 65 | +15 | 62 |
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| 14th | | Eastbourne Boro | | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 55 | 59 | -4 | 58 |
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| 15th | | Wrexham | | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 49 | 54 | -5 | 56 |
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| 16th | | Forest Green | | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 55 | 62 | -7 | 55 |
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| 17th | | Mansfield | | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 57 | -14 | 53 |
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| 18th | | Grays | | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 47 | 61 | -14 | 51 |
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| 19th | | Barrow | | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 82 | -24 | 50 |
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| 20th | | Weymouth | | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 51 | -16 | 48 |
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| 21st | R | Woking | | 46 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 41 | 68 | -27 | 47 |
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| 22nd | R | Northwich | | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 50 | 83 | -33 | 45 |
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| 23rd | R | Lewes | | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 46 | 76 | -30 | 44 |
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| 24th | R | Altrincham | | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 69 | -25 | 39 |
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[EagleFan]

Playoff Draw

We face Kettering

May 7 - at Kettering
May 11 - vs. Kettering

[EagleFan]

May 1, 2009

Cambridge offers me a new contract but I have submitted a counter offer for a higher weekly salary as their offer was the same as my previous contract but this one is a two year deal.



May 2, 2009

Cambridge have agreed to my counter offer and we sign the deal to keep me with the club until 2011.

[EagleFan]

May 7, 2009

We open the playoffs on the road at Kettering. The other series has Histon hosting York.

We have not had a lot of luck with Kettering this season with a loss an a draw and being outscored 3-1.

We enter the game completely healthy and Chris Holroyd returns to the lineup!!!

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Bolland
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Beesley

Subs: Rendell, Hatswell, McAuley, Carden, Quinton


1st half
- In the 15th minute Potter made two great saves after a corner to keep the game scoreless
- In the 25th minute Beesley taps a pass to Holroyd but the flag was up for offisde when he took the pass inside the box
- In the 35th minute Kettering had a corner from the left wing, striker Craig Westcarr headed it into the goal to put us down 1-0
- Late in injury time midfielder Mark Bentley received a pass off a free kick and fired it into the goal from about 20 yards out to the left of the goal to give Kettering a 2-0 lead, I have an issue with this ever happening as tere was 1 minute of added time and the ref ended up extending it 4 minutes
- We go to the half down 2-0


2nd half
- Hatswell in for an injured Bolland at defender in the 47th minute
- Rendell in for an injured Beesley at striker in the 63rd minute
- In the 83rd minute Holroyd had a great chance to put us on the board but a save by the keeper kept it 2-0
- In the 87th minute Bennett received a pass inside the box off a free kick and directs it into the left side of the goal!!!!! We are on the board 2-1
- In added time Willmott gathers the ball down the right wing and crosses to Parkinson anglin into the box from the left side, he dribbles once and fires past the moving keeper... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! We tie it 2-2 in injury time!!!!
- The game ends 2-2, now we just need a home win


- Midfielder Mark Bentley was named man of the match



In other action, Histon and York tied 1-1.

[EagleFan]

May 11, 2009

The second leg of our playoff with Kettering and we play at home with the need of only a win (with no worry of goal differential) to advance. We have a couple of issues to work trough. Bolland is out and heis our best defender and has been our anchor on defense all season. Additionally Beesley i banged up and will not start but has not been playing well as of late. That leaves us with Holroyd as the only striker that I can depend on. Rendell has been playing poorly lately though he does have the ability to turn it on and crank out a multi-goal game but he his habit of coasting through games at a time is quite annoying. Crow has shown that he does not have what it takes to be anything but an emergency sub.

Because of this I have decided to go with a 4-4-1-1 formation to start the game.

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
AMC - McMahon
ST - Holroyd

Subs: Rendell, Farrell, Beesley, Convery, Quinton


1st half
- In the 6th minute Potter made a spectacular save diving to his right on a point blank shot to keep the game scoreless
- In the 9th minute Potter made another great save, this time diving to his right on a blast from the top of the box
- In the 14th minute Holroyd ran beteween the defenders to catch up to a perfectly placed forward lob, dribbled past the one defedner that caught him, angled toward the left of the box and placed the ball just past the moving keeper for the GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! we take the 1-0 lead as the crowd erupts
- In the 31st minute Parkinson receved the ball on the left wing, dribbles past several defenders as he cuts to the center and finds space to shot at the top of the box, he fires it into the left corner of the goal!!!!!! We take a 2-0 lead and hope to be that much closer to advancing
- We maintain and go to the half up 2-0


2nd half
- In the 56th minute midfielder Darren Wrack received a pass right outside of the six and put it into the left side of the goal to cut our lead to 2-1
- In the 58th minute Potter kept us up by one with a fingertip save
- Convery in for Willmott at right midfield in the 60th minute
- In the 77th minute Convery took a corner from the right wing and placed it perfectly to Holroyd but he headed it just over the goal
- Farrell in for a tired Challinor in the 77th minute
- In the 81st minute midfielder Calvin Cader receives a free kick and heads it into the left side of the goal to tie the game, they have do to us what we did in the first game as the game isnow tied 2-2
- Rendell in for a tired Parkinson as McMahon moves to left midfield and Rendell up to striker as we switch to a 4-4-2 in the 90th minute
- Regulation ends 2-2 as we try to change momentum with a few adjustments to our strategy for extra time


1st Overtime
- In the 92nd minute Potter makes a fine save point blank to keep the game tied
- In the 100th minute things get really bad as Rendell is unable to continue and we have no subs left, all this while McMahon is trying to shake off a injury
- The first overtime ends tied 2-2


2nd Overtime
- We hang on and don't allow a goal as the second overtime ends still tied 2-2 and we go to penalties



Penalties
- Convery takes the first penalty, he buries it to the left side 1-0
- Striker Craig Westcarr takes their first penalty, Potter makes a great save diving to his left to keep it out!!!!! 1-0

- Holroyd is up next, be blasts it over the goal, still 1-0
- Midfielder Andre Boucaud is up for Kettering, he scores to the right of the goal, 1-1

- Tonkin steps up next, he scores top left corner!!!! 2-1
- Midfielder Calvin Cader steps up next for Kettering, he scored the tying goal in the second half, he scores low left corner to make, 2-2

- Bennett is up next, the midseason acquisition has a chance to make a big play for us here, he scores just inside the left post!!!! 3-2
- Kettering's defender Dale Bennett steps up next, a save or misss here would be HUGE, he scores upper left corner, 3-3, Holroyd's complete miss is hanging over our head right about now

- Farrell is up next, one of the biggest kicks of his life, he blasts it upperleft corner!!!!! 4-3
- In comes down to this, we hope, midfielder Mark Bentley needs to score for Kettering or we win, HE PUT IT WIDE LEFT!!!!!! We win!!!!!



- Andy Parkinson is named man of the match


In other matches, York beat Histon 2-1 and moves on (3-2).


We will play York at Wembley in the Playoff Final on May 17th.

[EagleFan]

May 17, 2009

We play at Wembley against York in the playoff final. Unfortuately Rendell and Bolland will not be available (Bolland being out concerns me the most).

I have decided to go back to the 4-4-2 and give Crow a start in Rendell's absence (and leave Beesley for coming off the bench as he has not done well lately).

G - Potter
DL - Tonkin
DC - Coulson
DC - Hatswell
DR - Gleeson
ML - Parkinson
MC - Bennett
MC - Challinor
MR - Willmott
ST - Holroyd
ST - Crow

Subs: Quinton, McAuley, McMahon, Farell, Beesley


1st half
- No real chances for either team early as we are both trying to feel each other out to see if we can find a weakness
- Farrell on for an injured Hatswell at center defender in the 36th minute
- Beesley on for an injured Wilmott at center midfielder (Challinor moves to right) in the 36th minute (both Hatswell and Willmott were injured within about 2 minutes of each other but not serious enough to warrant a stoppage but they are both struggling)
- In the 42nd minute Parkinson crosss from the left wing to Beesley but he shot it over the net
- Two minutes into added time Tonkin made a great low cross to the far post and found Crow who headed it into the GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! We take a 1-0 lead and Crow has what we hope becomes the biggest goal of the year for us!!!
- The half ends with us up 1-0


2nd half
- In the 65th minute Potter makes a great diving save off a header from a cross to keep us up 1-0
- McMahon in for an injured Beesley at in the 73rd minute, injuries are really taking a toll and we go into a defensive shell to try to hang on
- We keep them from getting any good chances the rest of the way and come away with a 1-0 win!!!!


- Andy Parkinson is named man of the match


With this win we have won promotion to Coca-Cola League 2!!!!

[EagleFan]

Season Awards

Oxford manager Chris Wilder was named manager of the year for the Blue Square Premier League. I was second in the voting.



The Blue Square Players' Team of the Year:

G - Chris Day, Stevenage
D - Kevin Nicholson, Torquay
D - Danny Parslow, York
D - Dan Gleeson, Cambridge
D - Andrew Corbett, Burton
M - Craig Nelthorpe, Oxford
M - Simon Clist, Oxford
M - Robin Shroot, Forst Green
M - Antonio Murray, Histon
F - Shaun Harrad, Burton
F - Lee Matthews, Oxford


Top Goalscorer Award
ST - Shaun Harrad, Burton (28 goals)

[law90026]

Grats on the promotion to the league!

[EagleFan]

Grats on the promotion to the league!

Thanks, quite happy with how the season turned out. I guess patience is what I needed after struggling early. :)

[EagleFan]

England Rundown

Premier Division
Champion - Arsenal
Relegated - Middlesbrough, Wigan, Hull

Coca-Cola Championship
Champion - Ipswitch
Promoted - Ipswitch, Birmingham, Wolves
Relegated - Doncaster, Blackpool, Charlton

Coca-Cola League 1
Champion - Leeds
Promoted - Leeds, Millwall, Peterborough
Relegated - Yeovil, Hereford, Stockport, Northampton

Coca-Cola League 2
Champion - Bradford
Promoted - Bradford, Rochdale, Lincoln, Gillingham
Relegated - Barnet, Luton

Blue Square Premier
Champion - Oxford
Promoted - Oxford, Cambridge
Relegated - Woking, Northwich, Lewes, Altrincham

Blue Square North
Champion - Gateshead
Promoted - Gateshead, Tamworth
Relegated - Vauxhall, Gainsborough, Alfreton

Blue Square South
Champion - Chelmsford
Promoted - Chelmsford, Welling
Relegated - Fisher, Bognor Regis, Dorchester

Other Winners
English FA Cup - Manchester United
English League Cup - Manchester United
English Community Shield - Manchester United
Johnstone's Paint Trophy - Huddersfield
Conference League Cup - Wrexham
English FA Trophy - Torquay

Awards
Footballer of the Year - Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
Top Goalscorer - Robin van Parsie (Arsenal)
Players' Player of the Year - Carlos Tevez (Manchester United)
Player's Young Player - Marek Hamsik (Manchester City)
Manager of the Year - Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)

[EagleFan]

June 25, 2009

Chris Holroyd has been voted the Cambridge Player of the Year by the fans.



I have acceted a busy friendly schedule as I am looking to invite quite a few reserves up for these matches so I can see just what we have for the season before I decide on just who will be on our main squad.

[EagleFan]

July 10, 2009

The League Cup first round draw was held today and we drew a road game at Bristol City. This wll be a very tough match against a squad 2 levels above us.

[EagleFan]

Going through the "preseason" over the next couple days. Will post a summary of the friendlies and the roster highlights. There are a couple signings that I am quite happy about and I hope they will help us stay mid-table this season.

[EagleFan]

Finished the friendlies and will have a write up on the friendlies and my busy offseason signings. I have 7 new players and 5 of them will be upgraded starters.

Looking forward to the new season!

[EagleFan]

Friendies

Had a mixed result from our friendlies but most matches were against higher level opponents, only one was a cream puff. We played 6 friendlies and won 2, had 1 draw and lost 3.

Our best margin of victory was a 6-0 trouncing of a team that we outclassed by a wide margin. Holroyd made a statement in that game as he played only the first half and scored 4 goals.

Our most impressive was a 3-0 win over a team that was a level above us and we were down a man fro teh 40th minute on thanks to Hatswell picking up 2 yellow cards and being ejected in the first half.

[EagleFan]

Roster

G - Danny Potter, 30 years old, entering his 3rd season with the team, played every minute of every game last season, had 14 shutouts during the season, far and away our starting goallie

G - Alex McCarthy, 19 years old, signed as a free transfer in the off season to give us an emergency backup, has the potential to maybe even be better than Potter, will give him plenty of reserve playing time to keep him sharp and help him develop

D - Phil Bolland, 32 years old, solid player and will be a starting center defender, entering his 2nd season with the team, earned 3 man of the match honors last season

D - Dan Gleeson, 24 years old, solid player that will be sharig time at right defender, entering his 4th season with the team, had one of the better average ratings on the team last year and was man of the match 2 times

D - Jonathon Hogg, 20 years old, on loan for the season from Aston Villa, can play midfield or defender, will be sharing time at both, quick, solid tackler and very good endurance

D - Ben Mee, 19 years old, one of our best players and our best defender, will be the starting left defender, signed as a free transfer this off season

D - Wayne Hatswell, 34 years old, entering his 3rd season with the club, he should share time at defender, starting to get past his prime, played in 26 games last season

D - Anthony Tonkin, 29 years old, entering his 2nd season with the club, he is a solid all around player that is the definition of the phrase team player, played in 39 games last season and had 1 goal and 7 assists and was among the bet average ratings for the team

D - Josh Coulson, 20 years old, solid young player entering his 4th season with the club, should share time at defender, played in 35 games last season

M - Rory McAuley, 19 years old, young player that can play defender or midfield but is best as a defensive midfielder, has decent potential and will share time, entering his 4th season with the team, played in 34 games last season

M - Ben Farrell, 22 years old, quality midfielder that should see his share of playing time this season, enternig his 3rd season with the club, played in 22 games last season and struggled at times

M - Dean Bennett, 31 years old, played well for us last season as a free transfer but may be past his prime, played in 32 games and had 3 goals and 4 assists and rated out as one of our top players last season, did not look like the same player in the friendlies

M - Paul Carden, 30 years old, player/coach still in his 3rd season with the club, played in 16 games last season and may see a little time as a sub this season or as a injury replacement

M - Darren Quinton, 23 years old, solid central midfielder, should se his share of time, entering his 8th season with the club, played in 31 games last season

M - Sam Sheridan, 19 years old, solid young midfielder who should start his share of games for us and only get better, signed as a free transfer before the season

M - Mark Beesley, 27 years old, can play central midfielder or striker and gives us flexibility up front, enternig his 3rd season with the club, played in 43 games last season and scored 7 goals and had 7 assists

M - Andy Parkinson, 30 years old, quality midfielder who will start at right midfield, very quick and fit, entering his 2nd season with the club, played in 40 games last season with 5 goals and 8 assists, one of the top rated players from the club last season and was named man of the match 6 times

M - Jon Challinor, 28 years old, solid midfielder that will provide depth, he had not lived up to what we hoped for going into last season but still a good player, entering his 2nd season with the club, scored 4 goals and had 5 assits last season

M - Robbie Willmott, 19 years old, young player with the potential to be a starter, entering his 4th season with the club, provided us with a strong boost last season after coming up from our reserves and played in 18 games with 1 goal and 7 assists and one of the top rated players onthe team in that time frame

M - Adam Rundle, 25 years old, good player that will be a backup at left midfield, signed as a $5K transfer from Rochdale

M - Daryl McMahon, 26 years old, solid midfielder but unimpressive, entering his 2nd season with the club, played in 29 games last season with 2 goals and 3 assists

M - Robert Eagle, 22 years old, our starting left midfielder, signed as a $30K transfer fro Norwich, expecting a lot from this speedy and creative winger

F - Vincent Pericard, 26 years old, big time signing after his contract had run out with Stoke, predicted to be the star of our team and should give us a solid attack when paired with Holroyd, will be a starting forward

F - Danny Crow, 23 years old, striker that has not lived up to his potential, entering his 2nd season with the club, played in 14 games last season and scored 3 goals

F - Chris Holroyd, 22 years old, starting striker, became our best offensive threat last season, entering his 2nd season with the club, played in 42 games last season and had 22 goals and 5 assists

[EagleFan]

Yes, we have a lot of players, will send some to reserves though. :)

[EagleFan]

August 8, 2009

Our first game of the season and we travel to play at Brentford. We are teh underdog and I am taking a defensive approach until I can see just how we look against the new competition.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Andy Parkinson
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Mark Beesley

Subs - Ben Farrell, Vincent Pericard, Jonathon Hogg, Adam Rundle, Dean Bennett

- Mee is making his first competitive league appearance
- Beesley needs one more goal for 75 career laague goals
- Eagle is making his debut with Cambridge
- Sheridan is making his first competitive league appearance
- Holroyd needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals with Cambridge
- Pericard will make his debut for Cambridge if brought on
- Hogg will make his first competitive league appearance if brought on
- Rundle will make hs Cambridge debut if brought on


1st half
- In the 7th minute Brentford striker Nathan Elder put a rebound after a corner into our net and we fall behind 1-0
- In the 38th minute the siege continues as strikeer Charlie MacDonald receives a pass inside the box at about 15 yards out, turns and fires a perfect shot into the right side of the goal past Potter as we now trail 2-0
- We struggle into the half down 2-0 but are lucky that is all the deficit it, we are being outshot 13-2 and in shots on target the total is 5-0, we are being dominated


2nd half
- In the 49th minute Nathan Elder had a great chance as he got past the defense on a counter attack and fired a shot to Potter's right but Potter made a spectacular diving save to keep it 2-0
- Farrell in for Sheridan at center midfield in the 59th minute
- Rundle in for Eagle at left midfield in the 59th minute
- In the 63rd minute we had our first good chance after a free ick from teh right wing crossed into the box, Rundle had a shot saved and Holroyd put the rebound wide
- In the 64th minute Coulson trips Elder in the box for a penalty
- Charlie Macdonald takes the ensuing penalty and blasts it past Potter into the left corner to give them a 3-0 lead, his second goal of teh game and 100th career league goal
- Pericard in for Beesley at striker in the 65th minute
- In the 69th minute Rundle receives a pass in the left side of the box, dribbles forward and sneaks a shot into the left side of the goal, the keeper seemed to be expecting a cross to Pericard on that play.... GOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Our first goal of the season and Rundle's first with our club, 3-1
- In the 88th minute Holroyd sent a long pass to Pericard coming forward and he gained position to shoot as he entered the box, the save was made but the rebound came out far to the left where Rundle one touched it into the gaping net.... GOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!! His second goal of the game, 3-2 as we make it respectable late
- We are unable to threaten again as the whistle blows as we are about to mount our best effort in added time and we fall 3-2 but I am proud of the team for not giving up


- Adam Rundle is named man of the match, upsetting to the home Brentford fans as they felt MacDonald deserved the honor


Following a post match press conference I have been warned by FA for negative comments about the decision to award the penalty kick.

[EagleFan]

August 12, 2009

We are a HUGE underdog as we play at Bristol City in a League Cup match. I am looking to play a defensive style and hopefully we can capitalize on a couple counter atack opportunities.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Andy Parkinson
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Mark Beesley

Subs - Jonathon Hogg, Adam Rundle, Vincent Pericard, Rory McAuley, Robbie Willmott, Alex McCarthy, Wayne Hatswell


1st half
- In the 5th minute Potter makes a fine save but the rebound finds midfielder Lee Johnson who one touches it home to give Bristol City the 1-0 lead
- In the 22nd minute Potter made an error in judgement and tried to get to a loose ball but striker Nicky Maynard beat him to it and placed the ball past the sprawling keeper to give Bristol City a 2-0 lead
- In the 30th minute Holroyd had a quick look chance inside the box but the keeper made a save diving to his right to keep us off the board
- In the 34th minute following a corner that was directed off the crossbar and back out defender Liam Fontaine tapped snuck up into the play and tapped it into the gaping net for the 3-0 Bristol City lead, we canot keep up with them
- One minute into injury time Parkinson made a long run down the right wing and crossed into the box where Holroyd made a diving redirection into the left of the goal, just inside the left post, we are on the board!!!!! now we trail 3-1
- We go into the half down 3-1, we are being outclassed, they are out-shooting us 12-3 and shots on target are 6-1


2nd half
- In the 49th minute we lost any momentum that we had as a save by Potter bounced off Gleeson and into our net as Gleeson is given an own goal and we trail 4-1
- In the 54th minute Holroyd got just past the defenders briefly and had a chance from the top of the box but hit the crossbar
- Rundle in for Eagle at left midfield in the 69th minute
- Willmott in for an injured Parkinson at right midfield in the 69th minute
- Pericard in for Beesley at striker in the 69th minute
- In the 73rd minute Sheridan took a corner from the right wing, passes it into Holroyd in the lower right corer of the box, as the defense moves to him he kickes it out to Willmott near the center of the box for a blast that hits the inside of the crossbar and bounces down and into the goal, we are back to 4-2, if that own goal wasn't in the mix it would be a close match now
- In the 75th minute Tonkin crossed from te left side to Willmott in the right side of teh box for a one touch shot but the keeper made a fine save to keep us from making it a one goal game
- In the 87th minute Willmott turned playmaker and found Pericard in the box for the one touch goal but the flag was up and the goal won't count
- In the 88th minute Coulson sent Holroyd on a run with a long outlet pass, Holroyd caught up to it and dribbled to teh top of the box before firing a shot just off the top of the crossbar and over the goal
- In the 89th minute the game is put out of reach on a header by striker Lee Trundle off a cross as we now trail 5-2
- The game ends 5-2, we were outclassed but we made some chances for ourselves in the second half


- Liam Fontaine was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

August 15, 2009

First up is the draw for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. We draw a home match against Southend United.

Next up for the day, we have our first home league game for the season. We host Aldershot as we try to gain at least our first point of the season though we are hoping for our first win.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Andy Parkinson
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Mark Beesley

Subs - Adam Rundle, Vincent Pericard, Rory McAuley, Jon Challinor, Robbie Willmott

- Coulson is about to make his 50th league appearance for Cambridge
- Beesley needs 1 more goal to reach 75 career league goals
- Holroyd needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals for Cambridge
- Rundle needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 32nd minute after a scramble for the ball in our box Aldershot got a great chance point blank on Potter but he made the save and pushed it wide to keep the game scoreless
- In the 36th minute Parkinson made a fine through pass to Beesley in the box but he did not have enough time to get off a good shot and the keeper made the easy save
- We go into the half in a scoreless tie


2nd half
- In the 46th minute Aldershot had a corner from the left wing and Potter makes a great save off a header pushing it over the top
- In the 66th minute Parkinson crossed from the right wing to Eagle for a one touch shot but a fine save by the keeper kept the game scoreless
- Rundle in for Eagle in the 62nd minute
- Pericard in for Beesley in the 62nd minute
- Willmott in for Parkinson in the 62nd minute
- Neither team can get on the board and it ends in a scoreless draw


- Aldershot striker John Grant was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

August 22, 2009

We play on the road in a league match against Yeovil who have won both of their league matches so far this season.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Andy Parkinson
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Mark Beesley

Subs - Adam Rundle, Vincent Pericard, Rory McAuley, Wayne Hatswell, Robbie Willmott

- Beesley needs one more goal for 75 career league goals
- Holroyd needs 3 more goals for 25 career league goals with Cambridge
- Rundle needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 31st minute Eagle took a free kick from about 20 yards out but put it over the goal to keep the game scoreless
- In the 41st minute a misplay by Gleeson on defense led to Yeovil midfielder Richard Langley getting an easy chance in the box and directing it into the goal for the 1-0 lead
- We hold on until half and go into the half down 1-0


2nd half
- In the 46th minute a misplay by Sheridan gave midfielder Kieran Murtagh a clear shot from inside the box and he buried it in the left side of the goal for the 2-0 lead
- Willmott in for Bolland and moves to right midfield as Parkinson moves inside as we change to 4-4-2 in the 47th minute
- In the 49th minute Gleeson sent a foward ball into the box where Willmott redirected it into the back of the net but he was called offside and the goal was disallowed
- Rundle in for Eagle at left midfield in the 53rd minute
- Pericard in for Rundle and moves to striker while Beesley moves to midfield in the 53rd minute
- In the 68th minute Willmott sent Pericard into the box and he dreicts it into the goal... but again a goal for us gets waved off for offside
- In the 75th minute Parkinson dribbles past a defender, angles into the left side of the box and bends a shot into the right corner of the goal.... GOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!! We narrow the gap to 2-1 as this one stands
- In the 85th minute Gleeson sent the ball into the box from the right side and Parkinson heads it past the keeper for the GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! He has tied it with his second goal of the game!!!! 2-2
- We mount pressure but cannot get a good scoring chance as the game ends in a 2-2 draw, we will take that after being down 2-0


- Andy Parkinson is man of the match with his 2 second half goals

[EagleFan]

August 24, 2009

The Coca-Cola League 2 team of the week has been announced. Andy Parkinson was named to the team.



August 25, 2009

Andy Parkinson has been diagosed with a virus and has been sent home to recover. His recovery time may be a couple weeks and we don't want anything spreading to the team. His presence on the fied will be missed.

[EagleFan]

August 28, 2009

We host Wycombe who have been underachieving early this season but they are still the favorite. They have been predcted to be a promotion contender this season, hopefully they don't pull it together for this game.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Mark Beesley

Subs - Adam Rundle, Vincent Pericard, Rory McAuley, Wayne Hatswell, Ben Farrell

- Boland is about to make his 50th league appearance for Cambridge
- Beesley is about to make his 275th career league appearance
- Beesley needs 1 more goal to reach 75 career league goals
- Holroyd needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals for Cambridge
- Rundle needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 8th minute Potter made a great reactive save on a header off a corner to keep the game scoreless
- In the 11th minute striker Chris Zebroski redirected a cross into the goal to give Wycombe a 1-0 lead
- In the 21st minute Sheridan took a free kick, passed to Holroyd in the box backto the goal who dribbled to his left to get a shooting lane, turned and fired into the right side of the goal... GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL as Holroyd ties the game 1-1
- In the 29th minute Mee is called for a foul in the box for a penalty kick, lousy call as he was playing good defense on the ball!!!
- Potter makes a save on the penalty kick and the ball is cleared!!!! Score remains tied 1-1
- In the 35th minute Wycombe was given a free kick from about 25 yards out and midfielder Tommy Doherty placed it perfectly into the left corner of teh goals to give Wycombe a 2-1 lead
- We go to the half down 2-1


2nd half
- Pericard in for Beesley in the 64th minute
- Rundle in for Eagle in the 64th minute
- McAuley in for Bolland and oves to center midfield as we shift to a 4-4-2 in the 64th minute
- In the 66th minute Culson shoots from abotu 35 yards out, the ball hits the crossbar and rebounds off the keeper and in for an own goal to tie the game 2-2! We'll take it!!!
- In the 75th minute Tonkin made a great lon cross from the left wing to the right side of the box to Willmott, he dribbled a couple feet forward and fired the ball into the right of the goal... GOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! We take a 3-2 lead!!!!
- In the 87th minute Pericard makes a cross from the right wing to McAuley in the box but he missed just wide right with the redirect
- We hang on and get our first victory 3-2!!!


- Robbie Willmott earns man of the match

[BYU 14]

Awesome to see Leeds and Millwall get promoted to the Championship and congrats on promotion to League 2!

[EagleFan]

Awesome to see Leeds and Millwall get promoted to the Championship and congrats on promotion to League 2!

Thanks, now I just need to avoid one season relegation... :)

[EagleFan]

August 30, 2009

Sam Sherdan has been called up to play for Ireland's Under 19's squad. They will be facing Cyprus on September 3rd.



September 1, 2009

We host Southend in the first round of the Johnstone' Paint Trophy South. We are a huge underdog even though we will be playing at home. I can only hope for a good showing and we'll see where things fall.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Mark Beesley

Subs - Adam Rundle, Vincent Pericard, Jon Challinor, Danny Crow, Ben Farrell


1st half
- In the 14th minute Southend had a corner from the left wing, midfielder Kevan Hurst placed it into the box and defender Osei Sankofa snuck in and headed it into the goal to give them a 1-0 lead
- We had a couple chances during the first half but end up on the defensive for most of it and trail 1-0 at the half


2nd half
- In the 53rd minute striker Francis Laurent received a pass in the box between the defense and placed it past Potter into the left side of the goal to put us down 2-0, it is time for us to take risks
- Pericard in for Beesley in the 53rd minute
- Rundle in for Eagle in the 53rd minute
- Challinor in for Coulson and moves to center midfield as Bolland moves to center defender in the 53rd minute
- In the 57th minute midfielder Simon Francis heads a cross into our net for the 3-0 lead
- In the 65th minute Potter came out to take a free kick and hit Pericard in stride past the defense,he put it past the keeper and into the goal.... GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!! 3-1 as we are on the board and Pericard has scored for the first time for us
- In extra time striker Alex Revell ended out hope with a header off a cross into the net, 4-1
- We fall 4-1


- Defender Osei Sankofa was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

September 5, 2009

We travel to play against our "promotion partners" Oxford. We played them twice last season while in the BSPL and both games ended in draws.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Mark Beesley

Subs - Adam Rundle, Vincent Pericard, Rory McAuley, Jonathon Hogg, Ben Farrell

- Potter is about to make his 175th career league appearance
- Beesley needs 1 more goal to reach 75 career league goals
- Beesley has not scored in 409 minutes of play
- Holroyd needs 2 more goals to reach 25 career league goals for Cambridge
- Rundle needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Hogg will play his first competitive league game if brought on


1st half
- In the 36th minute striker Jack Jeffrey headed a cross into our goal to give Oxford the 1-0 lead
- In the 42nd minute Potter kept the game close with 2 great saves in about a 10 second span
- We go into the half down 1-0


2nd half
- Pericard in for Sheridan and moves to strike as Beesley moves to midfield to start the second half
- Rundle in for Eagle at left midfield to start the second half
- Hogg in for Coulson and moves to midfield as Bolland moves up to center defender as we switch to a 4-4-2 with a more attcking style for the second half
- In the 48th minute a bad decision by the Oxford defense to make a bad pass back to their keeper, Holroyd was able to get to the ball at the same time the keeper did, get the ball from him, pass him and score into the gaping empty net!!!! GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! game tied 1-1
- Tonkin makes a FINE defensive play in the 56th minute as he was covering the far post on a free kick that was directed towards a sure goal got he blocked it and cleared to keep the game tied at 1
- In the 59th minute Jack Jeffrey took a pass behind our defense for a golden chance but the flag was up for the offside
- In the 67th minute Beesley one touched a pass to Pericard into the bx, he fired a shot from about 14 yards out past the keeper and into the left side of the goal.... GOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!! Pericard puts us up 2-1!!!!
- We hang on for the 2-1 win


- Chris Holroyd is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Shrewsbury | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 |
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| 2nd | | Northampton | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 11 |
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| 3rd | | Brentford | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 |
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| 4th | | Stockport | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 |
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| 5th | | Port Vale | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 |
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| 6th | | Cambridge | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 |
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| 7th | | Rotherham | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
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| 8th | | Yeovil | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
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| 9th | | Chesterfield | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
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| 10th | | Darlington | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
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| 11th | | Morecambe | | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
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| 12th | | Bournemouth | | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
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| 13th | | Notts Co | | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
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| 14th | | Chester | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
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| 15th | | Accrington | | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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| 16th | | Hereford | | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 5 |
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| 17th | | Macclesfield | | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
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| 18th | | Aldershot | | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
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| 19th | | Grimsby | | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
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| 20th | | Wycombe | | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 4 |
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| 21st | | Dag & Red | | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
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| 22nd | | Bury | | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
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| 23rd | | Oxford | | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 2 |
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| 24th | | Exeter | | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
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[EagleFan]

Very surprised and pleased by our early results in the league. As long as we can avoid relegation I will be quite happy. Anything above that is just a bonus.

[EagleFan]

September 12, 2009

We look to keep our good run in league play going as we host a tough Darlington squad. After debating about switching to a 4-4-2 to start the game I have decided to remain with the same formation that we have been using to start games and will only change in the second half if needed.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Robert Eagle
MC - Mark Beesley
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Jonathon Hogg, Andy Parkinson, Ben Farrell, Jon Challinor, Dean Bennett

- Gleeson is set to make his 175th league appearance
- Beesley needs just 1 more goal to reach 75 career league goals
- Beesley has not scored in 499 minutes
- Holroyd needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals for Cambrdge


1st half
- In the 3rd minute Holroyd jumped a poor pass from defender to defender and had a quick opportunity from about 15 yards out to the left of the goal but put it just over the upper right corner of the goal to keep it scoreless
- In the 13th minute midfielder Jason Kennedy shoots fmo 25 yards out and put the ball perfectly into the left sid of our goal to give Darlington a 1-0 lead
- In the 22nd minute Willmott crossed from the right wing into the box and defender Clayton Fortune had the ball go off him and into the goal for a own goal to tie the game for us 1-1
- In the 39th minute Pericard sent Holroyd on a run into the box but the ball was ust too far forward and the keeper beat Holroyd to the ball
- We enter the half tied 1-1


2nd half
- Parkinson in for Eagle at left midfield in the 72nd minute
- Challinor in for Willmott at right midfield in the 72nd minute
- Farrell in for a tired Pericard and moves to center midfield as Beesley moves to striker in the 72nd minute
- In the 73rd minute defender Steve Foster snuck in and headed a corner into the goal to give Darlington a 2-1 lead
- Gleeson moves to right midfield in the 73rd minute as we change to a 4-4-2 attacking
- We are unable to mount an attack and fall 2-1


- Steve Foster is named mn of the match

[EagleFan]

September 19, 2009

We head back out on the road to face Dag & Red. They have not been much offensively but their defense is solid.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Andy Parkinson
MC - Mark Beesley
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Jonathon Hogg, Robert Eagle, Ben Farrell, Jon Challinor, Adam Rundle

- Potter is about to make his 100th league appearance for Cambridge
- Beesley needs 1 more goal to reach 75 career league goals
- Beesley has not scored in 589 minutes
- Holroyd needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals for Cambridge
- Rundle needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 5th minute Parkinson gets pulled doswn i teh box and a penalty is given
- Pericard blasts the PK into the right side of the net... GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!! We take the 1-0 lead
- No serious threats for the rest of teh half and we take a 1-0 lead into the half


2nd half
- Eagle in for Parkinson at left midfield in the 62nd minute
- Challinor in for Willmott at right midfield in the 81st minute
- Hogg in for Beesley at center midfield in the 84th minute
- Nothing major happens in the 2nd half and we hold on for the 1-0 win, we'll take a win anyway that we can


- Dag & Red midfielder Solomon Taiwo earns man of the match

[EagleFan]

September 26, 2009

We have a tough home match coming up against 2nd place Northampton. They have a strong defense which should be very tough to break through.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Andy Parkinson
MC - Ben Farrell
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Jonathon Hogg, Robert Eagle, Mark Beesley, Jon Challinor, Adam Rundle

- Holroyd is about to make his 50th league appearance for Cambridge
- Holroyd needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals for Cambridge
- Beesley needs 1 more goal to reach 75 career league goals
- Rundle needs 4 more goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 12th minute striker Leon Constantine drove a rebound back into the goal to give Northampton a 1-0 lead
- In the 14th minute Holroyd found room on the left wing and crossed to Pericard who redirected it past the keeper... GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! Game tied 1-1
- Each team had a couple of decent chances but we go to the half tied 1-1


2nd half
- In the 47th minute a defensive lapse gave Northampton a great chance from inside the box alone with Potter but Potter made a great save diving to his right and the ball was cleared
- In the 53rd minute striker Adebayo Akinfenwa received a one touch pass in the box and placed it past Potter into the left side of the goal to give Northampton a 2-1 lead
- Rundle in for Farrell and moves to left midfield while Parkinson moves to center midfield in the 53rd minute
- Beesley in for Coulson and moves to cetner midfield as Bolland moves up to center defender as we change to a 4-4-2 in the 53rd minute
- In the 60th minute Willmott was Johnny on the Spot as a failed clear rebounded off a defender and right to Willmott with an open goal in front as he tapped it in for the GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! game tied 2-2
- In the 69th minute Pericard played a through ball to Beesley into the box, he dribbled twice and fird past the keeper into the left side of the goal... GOOOOALLLLLLLLL!!!! Beesley scores his 75th career goal to put us up 3-2
- In te 87th minute Tonkin crossed from the left wing to Willmott who was open for a wonderful chance but he struck it poorly and it went wide for a goal kick
- We had a couple other close chances but we gladly end the game with a 3-2 victory!!!


- Robbie Willmott was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Brentford | | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 20 |
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| 2nd | | Darlington | | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 19 |
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| 3rd | | Northampton | | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 17 |
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| 4th | | Rotherham | | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 15 |
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| 5th | | Stockport | | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 14 |
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| 6th | | Port Vale | | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 14 |
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| 7th | | Cambridge | | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 14 |
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| 8th | | Chesterfield | | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
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| 9th | | Bournemouth | | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 |
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| 10th | | Morecambe | | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 |
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| 11th | | Shrewsbury | | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 |
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| 12th | | Hereford | | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
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| 13th | | Yeovil | | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
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| 14th | | Notts Co | | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 |
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| 15th | | Aldershot | | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 9 |
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| 16th | | Grimsby | | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
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| 17th | | Accrington | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
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| 18th | | Macclesfield | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
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| 19th | | Exeter | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
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| 20th | | Chester | | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 6 |
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| 21st | | Bury | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
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| 22nd | | Dag & Red | | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
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| 23rd | | Wycombe | | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 4 |
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| 24th | | Oxford | | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 3 |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[EagleFan]

Happy to see that we are doing much better than Oxford. :)

[EagleFan]

October 3, 2009

We travel to play at Macclesfield. They are struggling and have not won in their last 7 matches since winning their opening match of the season.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Ben Mee
DC - Wayne Hatswell
DR - Jonathon Hogg
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Andy Parkinson
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Ben Farrell, Jon Chalinor, Josh Coulson, Mark Beesley, Dan Gleeson

- Rundle needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Holroyd needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals with Cambridge


1st half
- In the 6th minute midfielder Eddie Hutchinson headed across into our goal to give Macclesfield a 1-0 lead
- In the 23rd minute Willmott swung a free kick into the box from the right wing but Tonkin headed it over the goal
- In the 32nd minute Parkinson headed a pass forward into space, Holroyd raced the keeper to it, got therejust before the keeper, dribble past the keeper and scored into the gaping net... GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!! game is tied 1-1 as Holroyd scores his 25th career league goal with us
- In the 36th minute Tonkin sent Runle streaking down the left wing, Rundle crossed into the box, Pericard headed it on goal but he keeper made the save, the ball rebounded to Holroyd who did not hesitate and placed it in the back of the net... GOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! We take a 2-1 lead!
- We take the 2-1 lead into the half


2nd half
- Gleeson in for Hogg at right defender in the 73rd minute
- Challinor in for Rundle and moves to center midfield as Parkinson moves to the left side in the 82nd minute
- We hang on for the 2-1 victory


- Chris Holroyd was named man of the match as he played his best game of the season thus far

[EagleFan]

October 10, 2009

Didn't save my write up (stupid).

Had an away match aganst Grimsby and played a tight match but lost 2-1. Pericard scored our goal but unfortunately Hatswell had an own goal or we may have salvaged a point out of the game.

[EagleFan]

October 17, 2009

Hoe match against 12th place Hereford. Coulson will get another chance in the lineup as Tonkin sprained his knee while practicing. (Practice? We talking practice?)

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DC - Wayne Hatswell
DR - Jonathon Hogg
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Andy Parkinson
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Ben Farrell, Jon Chalinor, Sam Sheridan, Mark Beesley, Dan Gleeson

- Bolland is making his 400th career league appearance
- Rundle needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Holroyd is making his 100th career league appearance


1st half
- In the 17th minute Holroyd had a glorious chance from deep inside the box but tried to place it too perfectly and hit the right post and the ball was cleared
- In the 23rd minute Pericard took the ball and cut down the right wing, he placed a perfect cross to Rundle who was sneaking into the box from the left wing and directed it into the goal... GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!! We take a 1-0 lead
- We take the 1-0 lead into the half


2nd half
- Sheridan on for a banged up Parkinson at center midfield to start the second half
- In the 52nd minute Potter makes a great save diving to his left on a point blank chance after we had a defensive lapse to keep us up 1-0
- In the 61st minute Hogg is called for a foul in the box, given a yellow and a penalty is awarded
- Potter makes the save diving to his right on the penalty kick from midfielder Andy Liddell and Willmott is quick to put the ball over the line for a corner to prevent any rebound chance
- Eagle in for Rundle at left midfield in the 65th minute
- Gleeson in for Hogg at right defender in the 65th minute
- In the 67th minute Potter comes through again with a save off a redirect from a corner
- In the 76th minute midfielder Toumani Diagouraga lobbed a shot just over Potter's head and into the goal as Potter was caught halfway out towards the shooter and the game it tied 1-1
- In the 88th minute Holroyd made a great play taking the ball away from a defender and passed the ball to Gleeson who had snuck in from the right, his shot was saved but Sherdan got there for the rebound put back into the goal... GOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! We are back on top 2-1 late
- In the 1st minuteof injury time midfielder Ritchie Jones found a rebound deep in the box and scored past Potter to tie the game 2-2, I am furious over the non-call on a play that was clearly offside which setup the goal!!!
- The games ends 2-2


- Toumani Diagouraga is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

October 20, 2009

We host Bury in a league match. They find themselves in 12th place in the league as we sitting presently in 8th.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DC - Wayne Hatswell
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Jon Chalinor, Andy Parkinson, Mark Beesley, Jonathon Hogg

- Rundle needs 2 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Parkinson will make his 50th league appearance for Cambridge if brought on


1st half
- In the 34th minute Gleeson crossed from the left wing after making a throw in and having it come back to him, he found Willmott in the box who headed it home for the goal.. GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!! We tae a 1-0 lead
- We go to the half up 1-0 though we have only managed 1 shot on target out of our 8 shots, Potter's 2 fine saves have kept us in the lead


2nd half
- In the 47th minute a wonderful passing play setup Bury with a chance from close in the box but a diving save by Potter kept us up 1-0
- Parkinson in for Willmott at right midfield in the 59th minute
- Eagle in for Rundle at left midfield in the 78th minute
- Beesley in for Sheridan at center midfield in the 78th minute
- We hang on against a late surge by Bury ad the game ends 1-0 as we earn a hard fought 3 points


- Robbie Willmott was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

October 24, 2009

We head on the road to play Shrewsbury. They are currently in 3rd in the league and have put together a 4 game winning streak in the league.

GK - Danny Potter
SW - Phil Bolland
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Josh Coulson
DC - Wayne Hatswell
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Dean Bennett, Andy Parkinson, Mark Beesley, Jonathon Hogg

- Rundle needs 2 more goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 22nd minute after we had weathered a storm thanks to key defensive plays and fine play by Potter we finally let one in as striker Liam Henderson shot from about 25 yards out and put it off the bottom of the crossbar and it bounces just over the goal line for the goal, we trail 1-0
- In the 34th minute Willmott crossed from the right wing, Rundle made a diving header that deflected off the keeper and Pericard was there to tap it into the goal... GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!! Tie game 1-1
- Inthe 38th minute striker Grant Holt directed a cross into our goal as Coulson went for the interception and missed and we trail 2-1
- We go to the half down 2-1 and are being badly outplayed as they are outshooting us 15-2


2nd half
- Parkinson in for Coulson and moved to center midfield to start the second half
- In the 47th minute a turnover led to a shot from defender en Herd from about 30 yads out and he found the back of the net as we now trail 3-1 and continue to be dominated
- Beesley in for Bolland as we take a gamble moving him to striker and change to a 3-4-3 in the 53rd minute
- In the 56th minute Willmott tried to head a corner behind but missed and put it in our own goal as we trail 4-1
- Hogg in for Sheridan at center midfield after he recieved a yellow and was tiring in the 57th minute
- In the 77th minute Hogg made a poor defensive play hat led to Grant Holt blasting the ball past Potter to give them a 5-1 lead, we nee to circle the wagons
- The game finally ends 5-1, we need to forget about this one


- Grant Holt was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

October 27, 2009

We look to forget about our last performance as we return home to face Chesterfield. We're not the only team that has had a recent rough loss as Chesterfield lost a road match to Accrington 5-0 a week ago.

I am sitting Coulson this game as is performance is unacceptable and is hurting the team.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Wayne Hatswell
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
DC - Andy Parkinson
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Dean Bennett, Rory McAuley, Mark Beesley, Jonathon Hogg

- Rundle needs 2 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Hatswell will be making his 50th league appearance with Cambridge
- Pericard needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Holroyd suffers a goal drought and has not scored in 414 minutes of game time


1st half
- In the 4th minute Pericard crossed from the right win to Rundle in the box who directed the ball into the goal... GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! We take a 1-0 lead!!!
- In the 27th minute Potter made an ill advised diving stop on a ball that was clearly going wide, the ball bounced off him to striker Martin Gritton who had the entire net to place it into to tie the game as Potter was well out of position after the dive, 1-1
- In the 1st minute of injury time Rundle crossed from the left wing into the box but Willmott headed it just wide to the left of the goal
- We go into halftime tied 1-1


2nd half
- Beesley in for Willmott and moves to center midfield as Parkinson moves to right midfield in the 66th minute
- Hogg in for Sheridan at center midfield in the 66th minute
- In the 90th minute Holroyd one touched a pass to Pericard in stride as he got past the defense into the box and he driected a shot past the moving keeper into the net... GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! We take a late 2-1 lead!!!
- We hang on for the 2-1 win!!!


- Adam Rundle is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Northampton | | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 32 |
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| 2nd | | Brentford | | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 29 |
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| 3rd | | Port Vale | | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 29 |
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| 4th | | Stockport | | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 27 |
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| 5th | | Shrewsbury | | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 27 |
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| 6th | | Darlington | | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 27 |
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| 7th | | Cambridge | | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 24 |
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| 8th | | Bournemouth | | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 23 |
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| 9th | | Chesterfield | | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 23 |
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| 10th | | Rotherham | | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 22 |
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| 11th | | Yeovil | | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 20 |
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| 12th | | Aldershot | | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
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| 13th | | Bury | | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
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| 14th | | Dag & Red | | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
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| 15th | | Hereford | | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 16 |
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| 16th | | Grimsby | | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
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| 17th | | Notts Co | | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
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| 18th | | Morecambe | | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 13 |
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| 19th | | Wycombe | | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 13 |
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| 20th | | Accrington | | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 12 |
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| 21st | | Chester | | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 12 |
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| 22nd | | Exeter | | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 11 |
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| 23rd | | Oxford | | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -14 | 8 |
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| 24th | | Macclesfield | | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -12 | 7 |
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[EagleFan]

October 31, 2009

We celebrate Halloween by hosting Port Vale in a tough league match. They are in 3rd place in the league and play a smothering defensive style as they have allowed only 9 goals in their 14 league games.

I thought about sitting Potter who has not been playing up to his usual level over the past few games but decided ths would not be the game to do so as we can't afford to give up anything against this team.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Wayne Hatswell
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
DC - Andy Parkinson
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Dean Bennett, Jon Challinor, Mark Beesley, Jonathon Hogg

- Rundle needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals
- Pericard needs 2 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Holroyd has not scored in 504 minutes of play


1st half
- In the 4th minute Parkinson found himself in the box with room to shoot, the keeper made the save but the ball rebounded right to Holroyd who placed the ball into the net to end his goal drought... GOOOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! We take the 1-0 lead!
- In the 6th minute our celebration ended as midfielder Louis Dodds directed a cross into our goal to tie the game 1-1
- In the 9th minute Gleeson crossed from the right wing right into the box and Holroyd was there to head it into the goal... GOOOOAAAALLL!!! His second gal of the game makes it 2-1!!! The Port Vale fans are shocked to see 2 goals scored on their club in the first 9 minutes of the game...
- In the 24th minute Gleeson tried to intercept a pass in the box but missed, that led to a scramble and Bolland putting the ball in for an own goal as our lead vanishes again, 2-2
- In the 30th minute Paricard took a pass at the top of the box, turned and fired and put it off the keeper's fingertips and into the goal.. GOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! We take a 3-2 lead, the offensive outburst is very unexpected but the fans are loving it...
- We go to the half up 3-2


2nd half
- In the 56th minute a misplayed pass led to a counter attack in which midfielder Simon Richman received a pass on the lef side of the box with an easy tap in for the goal to tie it 3-3
- In he 68th minute a long ball played into the left wing was run down by Holroyd, he dribbled towards the box and passed to Parkinson who one touched a pass to Sheridan who fired a shot past the diving keeper into the right of the goal to give us a 4-3 lead!!! No other team has scored this much in a single game against Port Vale this season...
- Hogg in for a tiring Bolland and moves to right defender as Gleeson moves to center defender in the 69th minute
- Eagle in for Rundle at left midfield in the 69th minute
- We hold up against a late surge for the 4-3 win


- Chris Holroyd was named man of the match as he breaks his goal drought with 2 goals

[EagleFan]

November 7, 2009

We are a huge underdog as we travel to play and FA Cup first round match at Huddersfield. Not only are they a level above us but they are in 7th in the league and have one of the higher scoring teams in the league which will test our defense. They have also not lost in their last 8 matches, with 6 of them victories.

I am listening to my gut and sitting Potter. He has not played well as of late and he needs something to think about. We need to play a perfect game to win this game anywa and to be honest (off the record) I would rather lose a non-league competition like this than a league match (since we would need a miracle run to actually do well in the FA Cup).

GK - Alex McCarthy
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Ben Mee
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
DC - Andy Parkinson
MC - Sam Sheridan
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Danny Potter, Danny Crow, Josh Coulson, Mark Beesley, Wayne Hatswell, Jon Challinor, Ben Farrell


1st half
- In the 3rd minute Holroyd took a shot from about 30 yards out trying to bend it into the upper left corner of the goal but skimmed it just off the top of the goal, that would have been HUGE if he could have given us an early lead
- In the 11th minute a corner from the right wing was headed into our goal by defender Nathan Clarke who had snuck into the box as Huddersfield takes the 1-0 lead
- In the 25th minute McCarthy made a great save on a shot from deep inside the box to keep the deficit at one
- In the 29th minute Rundle sent Holroyd running into the box on te left wing side, he closed toward the keeper and then passed to Pericard on the right side for the blast intto the goal... GOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Pericard has tied the game 1-1!!!!
- Our joy was shortlived as in the 32nd minute McCarthy made a nice save but the rebound was sent past him by midfielder Jim Goodwin to give tem a 2-1 lead
- In the 43rd minute Rundle crossed into teh box to Pericard but his header hit the post, the ball rebounded out to Holroyd and his shot hit the same post as we were unable to find the equalizer
- We go into the half down 2-1


2nd half
- Challinor in for Willmott in the 72nd minute
- Farrell in for Parkinson in the 72nd minute
- In the 76th minute Pericard sent Holroyd between the defense for a good chance into the box but the keeper made the save
- In the 82nd minute striker Keigan Parker headed a cross past McCarthy and into the net to give them a 3-1 lead and pretty much wrap the game up (barring a major miracle)
- Beesley in for Sheridan in the 83rd minute
- Holroyd has a chance in extra time but puts it over the goal and we go on to lose 3-1


- Nathan Clarke is named man of he match


I am proud of the team for their effort, though the board and fans are not exactly happy.

[EagleFan]

November 14, 2009

Back to our league schedule as we travel to 10th place Rotherham. The have not lost in their last 5 matches but they are a streaky team as that comes right after having lost 4 consecutive matches. I hope that our league leading attack will give them all they can handle as we currently have scored the most goals in league play.

McCarty has earned another chance to start. I told him to not let the outcome bother him but to do his best. I have placed him in the game now for two difficult contests but I didn't want to have the added pressure of the impatient home fans to worry about.

Sheridan has been called away to play for the Irish 19 and under squad.

GK - Alex McCarthy
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Ben Mee
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Andy Parkinson
MC - Mark Beesley
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Danny Crow, Josh Coulson, Ben Farrell, Jon Shcllinor

- McCarthy is making his debut for Cambridge
- Tonkin is making his 50th league appearance for Cambridge
- Rundle is about to make his 225th career league appearance
- Rundle needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals
- Pericard is about to make his 125th career league appearance
- Pericard needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 26th minute Parkinson took a corner from the right wing and found Holroyd in the box for a header but the keeper made the save to keep the game scoreless
- In the 27th minute a long pass sending Holroyd forward led to the defender making a bad play trying to pass the ball away from Holroyd before he got to it but he put the ball right to Pericard who wasted no time firing the ball into the right side of the net for the GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! We take a 1-0 lead as Pericard gets his 10th goal of the season and 25th career league goal
- We go into the half up 1-0


2nd half
- In the 61st minute on a set piece after an offside, Bolland sent Pericard on a run into the right wing corner, he got by the defender and cut towards the box, as the defenders started to converge on him he passed to Beesley who was pulled down in the box and a penalty is awarded
- Pericard takes the penalty and everyone is surprised as he is stopped, the rebound is put over the end line for a corner
- Challinor in for Willmott in the 70th minute
- Eagle in for Runde in the 70th minute
- Farrell in for an injured Eagle and moves to center midfield as Parkinson moves to left midfield in the 1st minute of injury time
- We hold on for the 1-0 victory


- Defender Ian Sharps is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

November 21, 2009

We hope to continue our nice little run as we travel to Bournemouth. They are 2 places behind us in the standings and could leap-frog us with a victory.

This game will be a battle of the irresistable force meets the immovable object as they hve allowed the 3rd fewest number of goals in the league and we lead the league in goals scored.

I have not been happy with Mee and Willmott as of late as they have not been playing at the same level they were early in the season. I am sitting hem to start this match and giving Sheridan and Coulson another crack at the starting lineup. Potter is also returning to the lineup, hopefully sitting a couple games got his head back together.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Anthony Tonkin
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MC - Mark Beesley
MR - Andy Parkinson
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Jonathon Hogg, Ben Mee, Robbie Willmott, Jon Challinor

- Rundle needs 1 more goal for 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 29th minute Bournemouth finally solved Potter (after he had made some very nice saves early) as midfielder scored into the left side of the goal from about 25 yards out to give them a 1-0 lead
- In the 43rd minute Rundle tooka corner from the left wing, sent it into the box to Holroyd who settled it, turned into space and blasted it into the left of the goal... GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Game tied 1-1
- In the 2nd minute of injury time our celebration ended as midfielder Danny Hollands shot from about 25 yards out to the left side and snuck the ball just inside the left post to give them a 2-1 lead
- We go to the half down 2-1


2nd half
- Mee in for Tonkin at left defender to start the second half as Tonkin did not have a good first half
- Challinor in for Sheridan in the 66th minute
- In the 69th minute Pericard had a one touch pass to Holroyd in the box and he fired it past the diving keeper to tie the game 2-2!!!!!!
- In the 71st minute a long pass ito our attacking zone on a set piece has Holroyd racingthe keeper to get to the ball outside of the box, they arrived at the same time and Holroyd got the pass past the keeper and had the entire empty net to tap the ball in for his hat trick!!! GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! We go up 3-2!
- Hogg in for a slightly injured Gleeseon in the 87th minute
- In the 88th minute Bournemouth had a wonderful chance from inside the box but Potter made an outstanding save diving to his right and the ball was cleared
- The game ends in a 3-2 win


- Chris Holroyd was easily named man of the match with his hattrick

[EagleFan]

November 24, 2009

We return home for a match against 20th place Morecambe. We are a favorite as we hope to keep our streak going.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MC - Mark Beesley
MR - Andy Parkinson
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Ben Farrell, Danny Crow, Jon Challinor, Anthony Tonkin, Robbie Willmott

- Rundle needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals
- Beesley is about to make his 75th career league appearance for Cambridge


1st half
- In the 4th minute Rundle took a corner from the left wing and hooked it into the box where Holroy headed it into the goal... GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! We take the 1-0 lead!
- In the 11th minute Pericard is mugged in the box and a penalty is called!
- Pericard scores on the penalty kick!!!! We're up 2-0 with our striers each giving us a goal!
- In the 44th minute our onslaught continues as Parkinson took a corner from the right wing and sent it into the box, Pericard knocked it down, found an open space and fired it into the right of the goal... GOAAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!! We are now up 3-0
- We go to the half up 3-0


2nd half
- Crow in for Holroyd in the 68th minute
- Willmott in for Parkinson in the 68th minute
- Farrell in for an injured Pericard and moves to midfield as Beesley moves to striker in the 71st minute as all Cambridge fans are holding their breath
- In the 90th minute Potter makes a great save on a shot from deep inside the box to keep the score 3-0
- We coast to the 3-0 victory


- Pericard is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

December 1, 2009

Chris Holroyd came in 3rd for player of the month for November.


I was named Manager of the Month for November in the Coca-Cola League 2. We had only 3 league matches in the month but won them all by a combined score of 7-2.

[EagleFan]

Decembe 5, 2009

We travel to play at under-achieving Accrington. They are in 15th place in the league. Prior to the game we made an offer for a defender as we are actively looking to improve the team once the transfer window opens in a month so we can make a legitimate run down the stretch. I credit our position to my finding and signing players who scouts think could play at a higher level than league 2 (Mee, Pericard, Sheridan and Rundle to name a few).

GK - Alex McCarthy
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MC - Andy Parkinson
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Danny Crow, Jon Challinor, Anthony Tonkin, Mark Beesley

- Rundle needs 1 more goal for 25 career league goals
- Willmott is about to make his 50th career league appearance, all for Cambridge


1st half
- In the 27th minute Parkinson had a fine chance inside the box but hit the crossbar
- In the 30th minute midfielder Andrew Procter headed a cross past a defensless McCarthy and into out net to give them a 1-0 lead, we have controlled the game yet now we trail
- We go to the half down 1-0 thanks to missed opportunities, Holroyd has missed several good chances and is not playing up to par


2nd half
- Crow in for Holroyd who ha played a poor game and missed many chance which should have given us a lead by now in the 65th minute
- Eagle in for Rundle in the 65th minute
- We are unable to convert a chance and lose 1-0


- Midfielder Andrew Procter is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Update

We now have signed 2 players that will be joining us once the transfer window opens in January. Center defender Sam Collins (32 year old, league 1, Hartlepool) and center midfielder Nicky Travis (22 year old, championship, Sheffield United).

Scouts feel Travis will become our best center midfielder as soon as he steps on the pitch. Collins should strenghten up our defense as he is rated at least as good as Mee.

[EagleFan]

December 12, 2009

We have just what the doctor ordered to get back into our winning ways. A home match against 22nd place Chester. They have been outscored 35-16 in league matches and look overmatched in most.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Sam Sheridan
MC - Andy Parkinson
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Jonathon Hogg, Jon Challinor, Anthony Tonkin, Mark Beesley

- Rundle still needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 10th minute Gleeson made a long cross into the box to Mee who snuck in from his defensive position and directedit into the goal... but it won't count as offside is called
- In the 35th minute Rundle crossed to Pericard in the box, he dribbled once into a shooting position and fired the ball off the crossbar and out as the game remains scoreless
- We go to the half with the game scoreless


2nd half
- Beesley in for Pericard at striker who had received a small injury late int he opening half to start the second half
- Challinor in for Willmott in the 82nd minute
- We play a very poor game and only come away with a scoreless draw, I let the team have it in the post game talks, we must perform better


- Robbie Willmott was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

December 19, 2009

We host Exeter, a team that has been on a roll as of late winning their last three matches. We, however, have not been playing well the last couple matches and need to shake things up a bit.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Ben Farrell
MC - Andy Parkinson
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Jonathon Hogg, Jon Challinor, Sam Sheridan, Mark Beesley

- Potter has not concededa goal in 225 minutes of play
- Rundle still needs 1 more goal to reah 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 13th minute Farrell had a chance from teh top of the box but hit the crossbar and it stayed out
- Sheridan in for an injured Willmott and moves to center midfield as Parkinson moves to right midfied in the 39th minute
- In the 45th minute Pericard did a fine job finding Parkinson for a run into the box but Parkinson was unable to get the ball past the keeper
- In the 1st minute of injury time Rundle found Pericard in the box, he turned and fired just inside the riht post... GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!! We take the 1-0 lead
- We go to the half up 1-0


2nd half
- In the 53rd minute striker Richard Logan redirected a cross into the goal as Potter's shutout streak ends an the game it tied 1-1
- In the 75th minute Sheridan fired a shot from about 25 yads out off the bar, Parkinson fired home the rebound but was called offside and the goal did not count
- Challinor in for Parkinson in the 76th minute
- Eagle in for a tired Rundle in the 1st minute of injury time
- The game ends tied 1-1, another lost opportunity


- Adam Rundle was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

December 26, 2009

We travel to play at Stockport who have been getting mixed results as of late. We need to pick our play up as we have not been getting the results tha we would like as of late. With less than a week left before our transfers come to play for us we hope that will give us a boost for the rest of the season.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Ben Farrell
MC - Andy Parkinson
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Robert Eagle, Danny Crow, Darryl McMahon, Wayne Hatswell, Mark Beesley

- Rundle still needs 1 more goal to reah 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 27th minute Rundle made a great cross from the left wing to Pericard for the header but it went just over the goal and the game remained scoreless
- In the 1st minute of injury time midfielder Tommy Rowe took apass deep ni the box and put one past Potter to give them a 1-0 lead, that play certainly looked offisde to me
- We go to the half down 1-0


2nd half
- Going with my gut and bringing Crow in to replace Holroyd, who played poorly in the first half, to start the second half
- In the 58th minute Rundle too a free kick and passed to Crow inside the box, he dribbled for space and fired just wide to the left of the goal
- In the 62nd minute midfielder Tommy rowe brought the ball deep into the left of the box and shot the ball just insode the left post between Potter an the post to give them a 2-0 lead, Potter seemed to be expecting a cross to the striker who was in a better shooting position and was cheating in that direction
- We fall 2-0 as we are unable to convert any late chances


- Midfielder Tommy Rowe is named man of the match
- McMahon in for Farrell in the 62nd minute

[EagleFan]

December 30, 2009

We return home to face Notts County. We are the underdog though we are ahead of the in the standingsa they ae bee playing well and we haven't recently.

We may have made a huge signing if we can agree to terms with the player as our transfer bid for striker Shawn Harrad has been accepted by Burton. He has scored 16 goals in his 23 games this season as he is coming into his own. In his last 92 league games he has 55 goals, including a BSP leading 28 league goals last season.

GK - Danny Potter
DL - Ben Mee
DC - Phil Bolland
DC - Josh Coulson
DR - Dan Gleeson
ML - Adam Rundle
MC - Ben Farrell
MC - Andy Parkinson
MR - Robbie Willmott
ST - Chris Holroyd
ST - Vincent Pericard

Subs - Anthony Tonkin, Sam Sheridan, Darryl McMahon, Jon Challinor, Mark Beesley

- Rundle still needs 1 more goal to reah 25 career league goals
- Gleeson is about to make his 175th league appearance for Cambridge
- Challinor will make his 325th career league appearance if brought on


1st half
- In the 36th minute Mee sent Holroyd running into the box where he was tripped but the ref called it a dive and gave Holroyd a yellow
- The half ends 0-0


2nd half
- Beesley in for Holroyd to start the second half
- Sheridan in for Farrell in the 67th minute
- Tonkin in for Coulson and moves to left defender as Mee moves to center defender in the 67th minute
- In the 88th minute Willmott fed Parkinson in the box but he sho it well over the goal
- Neither team is able to score and the fans are unhappy with a scoreless draw


- Notts County defender Rober Taylor was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

January 1, 2010

I am told that the Shaun Harrad transfer cannot go through. Our team's balance is well into the positive, certainly we should be able to free up enough money for this deal. This deal could push the team into a true promotion contender.

After much thought I decide to push the issue and give the team an ultimatum. I am in good standing with the gans and in general so I can't see them letting me walk over this.


January 2, 2010

The board calls me in to discuss my ultimatum. I am met with very angry faces and they ask me to sit down. They say they cannot increase our transfer budget. I did my homework and present my case, including the very comfortable amount of funds available to the team. I remind them of where the team was at when I started and where thye are now, in the running for an incredible feat of back to back promotions.

Unfortunately they do not budge and hand me my walking papers. I cannot believe it, it all happened so fast. The timeline I was waiting for had arrived and I expected to have 3 new players and they could become the best striker, midfielder and defender on the team which would improve us immensely. Now I am on the oustside looking in. One stupid decision. Now I need to hit the pavement and find a new team. There must be teams that would want me after what I have done in my short tenure...

[EagleFan]

January 22, 2010

No luck with the job hunt yet. I have been watching Cambridge and feel a little bit justified by the fact that in the three matches since I have been let go they have 1 win and 2 losses and in their last 2 matches they have been outscored 7-0.

There are currently no job openings for manager.

[EagleFan]

March 14, 2010

I have been offered a job at Worcester City. They are a struggling in 22nd place in Blue Square South.

After thinking it over I have decided to accept as it will get me back "in the game". If nothing else I can use this job to parlay into something better.

Definitely no ultimatums this time around.

[MacroGuru]

January 1, 2010

I am told that the Shaun Harrad transfer cannot go through. Our team's balance is well into the positive, certainly we should be able to free up enough money for this deal. This deal could push the team into a true promotion contender.

After much thought I decide to push the issue and give the team an ultimatum. I am in good standing with the gans and in general so I can't see them letting me walk over this.


January 2, 2010

The board calls me in to discuss my ultimatum. I am met with very angry faces and they ask me to sit down. They say they cannot increase our transfer budget. I did my homework and present my case, including the very comfortable amount of funds available to the team. I remind them of where the team was at when I started and where thye are now, in the running for an incredible feat of back to back promotions.

Unfortunately they do not budge and hand me my walking papers. I cannot believe it, it all happened so fast. The timeline I was waiting for had arrived and I expected to have 3 new players and they could become the best striker, midfielder and defender on the team which would improve us immensely. Now I am on the oustside looking in. One stupid decision. Now I need to hit the pavement and find a new team. There must be teams that would want me after what I have done in my short tenure...

Ouch! ...That has to hurt...I always remember in the older version it was instant walking papers. I think you have to be like a god to the franchise to issue something like that.

I know you found another gig per a later post but good luck getting them on the right track.

[EagleFan]

Squad

GK - Jamie Turner (30, England) - solid keeper but he tends to be inconsistent

GK - James O'Neill (17, England) - Not presently as good as Turner but is believed to have the potential to be much better, a player to watch

D RC - Duncan Jupp (35, Scotland) - Hard working, aggressive but lacks speed

D C - Martin Riley (23, England) - Good in the air but does not alwas show a good head for the game

D C - Dexter Bell (17, England) - Very athletic but doesn't quite have the skills to be a full time starter, may have the potential to get there

D C - Peter Grey (17, England) - Very fast, athletic and aggressive but gets out of position too often, has the potential to be very good however

D C, DM , M C - David Bampton (26, England) - Determined, strong, very aggressive, plysbest as a defensive midfielder

M RC - Rob Davies (22, Wales) - solid player with as many strengths as weaknesses, plays best at center midfield but can handle right as needed

M C - Danny Morgan (18, England) - Has some speed but does not have a huge upside and shouldn't be much more than an emergency role player (though is thrust into the starting lineup on this squad)

AM R - Andre Francis (24, England) - Has good speed and flair but lacks aerial ability and much else

AM C - Ricardo Fernandes (20, Portugal) - Fast, fit and shows very good technique, one of the best players on the squad, need to find a way to keep him actively involved in each match

ST - Matt Dinsmore (19, England) - Standard striker for this division and currently our best, has good speed but lacks field vision, decision making and is inconsistent

ST - John Garner (18, England) - Extremely determined, quick and brave but in inconsistent, has potential to be decent

ST - Charlie Holsgrove (18, England) - Has some speed but lacks intelligence on the pitch, has okay potential



Youngsters to watch that are not yet on the main squad:

D C, DM, M C - Grant Cook (16, England) - Does not quite have the skills yet but is expected to become our best defender on the squad as he has the speed, fitness and leadership already but needs to develope a bit more

D/WB L, AM L - Chris Kennedy (16, England) - Very fast, fit and has a great work ethic, needs to refine his game for another couple seasons however

ST - Luke Buckley (16, England) - Good speed and flair but a very selfish player that needs to mature, has potential to be a good striker in this league

[EagleFan]

Ouch! ...That has to hurt...I always remember in the older version it was instant walking papers. I think you have to be like a god to the franchise to issue something like that.

I know you found another gig per a later post but good luck getting them on the right track.

I wasn't going to make the demand either, it was just that I had my eye on trying to get that player all season and finally got Butron to accept a price a little closer to what I was hoping to get the board to be okay with. When the season started they wanted a quarter of a million which was way out of our price range.

It's going to be rough getting this new team turned around, they don't have much to work with. Time to hit the free transfer list (at least they still have plenty of room in their weekly salary budget).

[EagleFan]

March 16, 2010

My first signing is a free transfer. I brought in left midfielder Bryan Ingram. Once he reaches match fitness he will have a spot in the starting lineup. I know there are only 9 games left in the season but I needed to do something to jumpstart the team. So far this season they have won just 3 matches, this is an uphill battle.

[EagleFan]

March 19, 2010

Already having issues with the team. David Bampton didn't show for training and has told the press that he is not happy with the team and is "considering his options".

I want to set a tone early so I have fined him 2 weeks salary.

Bampton seems to accept the punishment.

[EagleFan]

March 20, 2010

My first match as manager of Worcester City. We face St. Albans on the road. They are 16th in the BSS. Our last 4 games have been all losses and the team lost by a combined score of 10-0. Scoring may be a win in and of itself.

GK - Jamie Turner
DL - David Bampton
DC - Martin Riley
DC - Carl Heeley
DR - Duncan Jupp
ML - Bryan Ingram
MC - Rob Davies
MC - Ricardo Fernandes
MR - Andre Francis
ST - Matt Dinsmore
ST - John Garner

Subs - Danny Morgan, Dexter Bell, Peter Grey, James O'Neill

- Turner is making his 25th league appearance for Worcester
- Jupp is set to make his 25th league appearance for Worcester
- Ingram is set to make his league debut for Worcester
- Davies is set to make his 75th career league appearance for Worcester
- Garner has not scored in 1129 minutes
- Dinsmore has not scored in 439 minutes
- O'Neill will play in his first league game if he comes off the bench


1st half
- In the 2nd minute Garner tried to loop the ball over the keeers head frmo about 25 yards out but hit the to of the goal
- In the 8th minute striker Terry Fearns found the back of our net to give St. Albans a 1-0 lead
- In the 27th minute Garner had a chance to tie from inside the box but put it over the goal
- In the 30th minute Garner found Dinsmore breaking into the box, Dinsmore fired the ball pas the diving keeper to break the team's goal scoring drought... GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Game tied 1-1
- We go to the half tied 1-1


2nd half
- Bell in for an exhausted Jupp to start the second half
- Morgan in for an exhausted Davies to start the second half
- Gray in for an injured Fernandez and moves to center defender as we shift to a 5-3-2 in the 73rd minute
- We hold on for the 1-1 draw


- Jamie Turner was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

March 27, 2010

We are at home for a match against 11th place Braintree. We again are an underdog (and should be) and have an uphill battle ahead of us.

I had a few more issues with players between games, the biggest coming from Garner as he wants a new contract. I told him that he can get one but he has to earn it with his play for the remainder of the season. He seems okay with that, but time and performance will tell.

I hve decided to give youngster Chris Kennedy a chance to prove himself witah some league action.

GK - Jamie Turner
DL - Chris Kennedy
DC - Martin Riley
DC - Carl Heeley
DR - Duncan Jupp
ML - Bryan Ingram
MC - Rob Davies
MC - Ricardo Fernandes
MR - Andre Francis
ST - Matt Dinsmore
ST - John Garner

Subs - Danny Morgan, Charlie Holsgrove, Peter Gray, James O'Neill, David Bampton

- Garner continues his drought and has not scored in 1219 minutes
- O'Neill will play in his 1st league match if brought on


1st half
- In the 24th minute striker Jordan Sutcliffe received a pass in traffic at the top of the box and managed to get off a perfectly places shot into the left side of the goal as we now trail 1-0
- In the 30th minute off a free kick set piece Sutcliffe received a pass in teh box, turned and fired into the goal to give them a 2-0 lead, our troubles continue
- In the 43rd minute Fernandes took afree kick from about 25 yards out to the left wing side and hooked the shot just insode the left post for the GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!!! We are back to within 1 at 2-1
- We go to the half down 2-1


2nd half
- In the 60th minute Garner heads a pass to Dinsmore in the box where he has a clear shot and fires the ball into the net.. GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLL!!!!! We have tied the match 2-2
- Morgan in for an injured Francis and moves to center midfield as Davies moves to right midfield in the 62nd minute
- In the 77th minute Fernandes takes a corner from the right wing and swings it into the box where Jupp heads it past the keeper and into the net... GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! We have come back to take a 3-2 lead!!!!!
- In the 81st minute Jupp is called for a penalty in the box, a poor call in my opinion and he is given a yellow card
- Defender Gavin Hurren took the penalty and scores into the left of the goal to tie the game 3-3
- Gray in for Davies in the 82nd minute
- Bampton in for Ingram in the 82nd minute
- The game ends in a 3-3 draw, we were robbed by the ref


- Jordan Sutcliffe was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

April 3, 2010

We travel to play at Bishop's Stortford. They are two places above us in teh standings so maybe we have a chance, though we are the underdog.

GK - Jamie Turner
DL - Chris Kennedy
DC - Martin Riley
DC - Carl Heeley
DR - Duncan Jupp
ML - Bryan Ingram
MC - Danny Morgan
MC - Ricardo Fernandes
MR - Rob Davies
ST - Matt Dinsmore
ST - John Garner

Subs - Dexter Bell, Charlie Holsgrove, Peter Gray, James O'Neill, David Bampton

- Garner has not scored in 1309 minutes
- O'Neill will play his first career league match if brought on
- Davies will come within 4 games of an all-time record for appearances for Worcester City


1st half
- In the 34th minute Duane Jackman found a clear shot from just inside the box and beat Turner into the left side of the goal to give them a 1-0 lead
- In the 37th minute a defensive breakdown let midfielder Caig Edwards have a clear chance inside thebox and he buried it to give them a 2-0 lead
- We go to the half down 2-0


2nd half
- Holsgrove in for Morgan and we shift to a 4-3-3 as he moves to forward
- Bampton in for a tired Ingram an switches with Kennedy to move to defense as Ingram moves to attacking left midfielder
- In the 85th minute striker Simon Smith had an open shot on a counter attack and scores easily past Turner (who is shell shocked at this point) as we now trail 3-0
- Bell in for Heeley in the 86th minute
- We fall 3-0, we were outshot 21-7 (8-0 in shots on target), in a nushell this team is REALLY bad


- Duane Jackman is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Update

With our recent loss the team has set a new club record for games without a win at 13. They have also clinched relegation. Futility isn't even the word for it at this point as they are 15 points behind the team that is in front of them.

[EagleFan]

Update

This team is awful, and that is being kind. We lost the next two games and I apply for 2 other jobs as I can't begin to deal with this mistake (accepting this position) as players are trying to make contract demands and skipping training. The team is imploding and I want out to be honest.

The board calls me in and they are not happy that I have looked into other openings. I am warned after the first one and let go after the second one.

The press conference is anything but kind as both the board and I have nasty things to say about each other. Next time I need to do more research before accepting a position instead of grabbing the fist thing that comes around.

[EagleFan]

April 20, 2010

A much better situation drops into my lap as Hampton & Richmond have offered me a position. They are also in the Blue Square South but are presently in 3rd and have clinched a playoff spot. With 3 games remaining in the regular season the best they can do is 3rd as Woking have wrapped up the league championship.

I will take time to pour over their squad to see what is their best strength and weakness but at first glance I can see the following:

They have scored the most goals in the league (something that I like and something that I preach).

That have allowed the 6th fewest number of goals (a good sign).

They are 3rd in goal differential at +30.

Danny Forrest (AM R, ST) is tied for the league lead with 20 goals.

Ian Hodges (ST) is tied for 4th with 18 goals.

Alan Inns (D, M C) is tied for 5th with 10 assists.

Jay Lovett (D, M R) is tied for 8th with 9 assists.

Danny Forrest has the 4th best average rating at 7.08.


It looks like I am going to have anough tools to begin working with.

[EagleFan]

Hampton & Richmond

GK - Michael Oakes (36, England) - Solid keeper and the starter, good reflexes, very athletc and has a good head for the game, has been iven 4 yellows and is one away from a suspension

GK - Robert Murray (21, England) - Far from Oakes' current level, gets out of position and needs to improve but shows that he could become a decent replacement for Oakes once his career with the club ends

SW, D C - Dean Wells (25, England) - Determined, aggressive, good tackler and a great work ethic, best central defender on the squad, only real weakness is his lack of speed, has been named man of the match 5 times in league play and 2 times in Cup play this season

D C - Joe Connor (25, England) - Fit and quick, marks well but not a good tackler, 1 yellow away from a suspension

D/WB/M R - Jay Lovett (32, England) - Good team player, no real standout strengths, in league play this season has 4 goals, 9 assists and named man of the match 3 times

D/WB/M L - Craig Tanner (24, England) - Fit, good with the ball, good crossing ability, in league play this season he has 8 assists, 7 yellow cards and was named man of the match 2 times

D/WB/AM L - Jamie Price (21, Wales) - Very good all around player but lacks speed and stamina, in league play this season he has 3 goals and 4 assists, is currently out with a chest injury

D/M C - Alan Inns (27, England) - Very good in the air, lacks skill in dribblingaround an opponent, in league play this season he has 2 goals and 10 assists and has been named man of the match 5 times, is 1 yellow away from a suspension

DM, M C - Danny Brown (29, England) - One of the stars of the team, great with the ball, great team player, does lack speed which can be a hinderance, in league play this season he has 10 goals and 4 assists

M C - Bai Mas Lettejallow (26, England) - Average player, used in rotation, no real strengths

M C - Nathan Burke (18, England) - Has speed, lacks in most other areas, has seen limited playing time

AM RLC, FC - Craig Johnston (27, England) - Has some speed, lacks aerial ability, has only seen time in 15 games as a sub

AM R, ST - Danny Forrest (25, England) - One of our stars, has some speed an solid all around, has played mostly at striker but may be better a a right midfielder, in league play this season has 20 goals and 6 assists and has been named man of the match 5 times

AM LC, F C - Joel Byrum (23, England) - Has some speed but no major stengths, has been okay for us as a starter in 25 games but we could definitely use an upgrade

AM C - Jamie Smith (20, England) - Has good speed and from what I can see looks like he should be one of the top players on the squad, he is on loan fro Crystal Palace and has not appared in a match for us as he has been placed on the reserves (I will be changing that)

ST - Ian Hodges (27, England) - Another one of our stars, very good team player, in league play this season he has 18 goals and 3 assists and has been named man of the match 4 times

ST - Mohammed Dikuiza (20, England) - Has some speed but little else presently, has potential to develop into an okay player

[EagleFan]

April 20, 2010

I have no time to get settled in as we have a match already against Maidenhead at home. I will be getting judged already by the home fans and hope to make a good impression.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Joel Byrom
MC - Alan Inns
MC - Bai Mas Lettejallow
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Danny Brown, Nathan Burke, Mohammed Dikuiza, Robert Murray

- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- If we avoid defeat today we will have gone a season high 8 matches in a row without a loss


1st half
- In the 30th minute Forrest raced the keeer to the ball outside of the box, bet him there and fired but hit the post as he had the entire net but the game stay scoreless
- In the 41st minute Johston finds Hodges near the top of the box at the right sde, he dribbles into space and places a shot into the upper left corner for the GOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!! We take a 1-0 lead!
- In the 45th minute Hodges was mugged in the box on a corner and a penalty was called
- Hodges takes the penalty and scores into the left of the goal... GOOOOOAALLLL!!!!! We are up 2-0!
- We go into the half up 2-0


2nd half
- In the 50th minute striker Richard Pacquette headed a cross into the goal to make the score 2-1
- In the 70th minute Johnston crossed from teh right side of the box and defender Max Pearson headed the ball into his own goal on an attempted clear to give us a 3-1 lead
- Brown in for an exhausted Tanner in the 71st minute
- In the 73rd minute striker Lee Newman fires a rebound past Oakes to make the score 3-2
- Burke in for Inns in the 74th minute
- We hang on for the 3-2 win


- Ian Hodges was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

April 24, 2010

We play host to Woking who have wrapped up the league championship in their first season in the league after being relegated from Blue Square Premier last season. We are a rare underdog in this match as they handled us 3-0 on their turf earlier in the season. Hopefully I can help change that this time around.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Joel Byrom
MC - Alan Inns
MC - Bai Mas Lettejallow
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Danny Brown, Nathan Burke, Mohammed Dikuiza, Robert Murray

- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- We have a chance to extend our unbeaten streak to 9 games


1st half
- In the 36th minute midfielder Matt Pattison fired a shot from 30 yards out and hooked it into the upper left corner of the goal to give Woking a 1-0 lead
- We go to the half down 1-0


2nd half
- Brown in for an injured Byrom to start the second half
- Burke in for an exhausted Inns in the 75th minute
- Dikuiza in for an exausted Johnson and moves to striker as we switch to a 4-3-3 in the 75th minute
- We have a few chances but they go over the goal and we fall 1-0 to end our unbeaten streak


- Matt Pattison is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

May 1, 2010

Our last match of the regular season and we play at AFC Wimbledon, one of our bitter rivals. We are both even in the points standings but they have a better goal differential. If we win, we finish 2nd, anything else and we finish 3rd.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Joel Byrom
MC - Alan Inns
MC - Bai Mas Lettejallow
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Danny Brown, Nathan Burke, Mohammed Dikuiza, Robert Murray, Jamie Price

- Johnston is about to make his 50th career league appearance
- Inns is about to make his 100th career league appearance
- Brown needs 3 goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 40th minute midfielder Goma Lambu received a pass from striker Jon Main in the box and ripped the ball past Oakes to give them a 1-0 lead, Lovett missed the interception and left Lambu open for that shot
- In the 44th minute Byrum crossed from the left wing into the box, Lettejallow headed the ball to Inns' feet and Inns easily directed the ball into the goal... GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! We get a late equalizer in the first half, 1-1
- The half ends 1-1 though we are being outplayed, Oakes has kept us in this one as they have a 5-1 edge in shots on target


2nd half
- In the 65th minute Jon Main took a pass in the box on a counter attack and fired past Oakes to give them a 2-1 lead
- Price, Burke and Brown in for tiring Johnston, Byrum and Inns in the 66th minute
- Burke is seriously injured in the 75th minute and we are down to 10 men
- In the 85th minute midfielder Reece Jones tooka pass in the box and beat Oakes with a quick shot to make it 3-1 as it is looking like we are going to fall for the 2nd straight match
- We are unable to mount an attack and fall 3-1


- Reece Jones was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

May 7, 2010

We travel to play at Team Bath for the first leg of our playoff semi-final. They do not have a premier scoring threat but play very solid defensively and have anough of a counter-attack to make them a playoff team.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Joel Byrom
MC - Alan Inns
MC - Bai Mas Lettejallow
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Danny Brown, Nathan Burke, Mohammed Dikuiza, Robert Murray, Jamie Price


1st half
- We play defensively and Oakes comes up with a couple saves but we give up no real threat or mount no real threat and go to the half scoreless


2nd half
- In the 51st minute midfielder Andy Caton received a pass in the box and put the ball past Oakes to give them a 1-0 lead, how was he not called offside, it wasn't even close, I need to be careful or I will probably get in trouble for my views on that non-call
- Brown in for an exhausted Johnston in the 51st minute
-In the 60th minute Lettejallow hd a chance inside the box but hit the right post
- Burke and Price in for Inns and Byrum in the 75th minute
- In the 86th minute Hodges is injured and taken out of the game as we are down to 10 players
- We are unable to mount an attack with just 10 players and fall 1-0, we need to have a good home match to advance


- Andy Caton is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Update

Hodges is going to miss the remainder of the playoffs with a fractured wrist.

[EagleFan]

May 11, 2010

The biggest match of the season for the squad but unfortunately one of our best players will miss the match. We must win to advance. I brought Tehrani up for an emergency sub.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Joel Byrom
MC - Alan Inns
MC - Bai Mas Lettejallow
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Mohammed Dikuiza

Subs - Danny Brown, Nathan Burke, Soheil-Vosough Tehrani, Robert Murray, Jamie Price


1st half
- In the 5th minute Wells took a free kick from teh left wing, he fired it into the box and after a couple of rebounds off players Dikuiza found it and fired it into the net... GOOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!! We take a 1-0 lead!!
- We are unable to crack the defense again and go to the half up 1-0


2nd half
- In the 66th minute Forrest is tripped in the box and a penalty is called
- Johnston took the penalty and scored into the left side of the goal.. GOOOOALLLL!!!! We are up 2-0!!!
- Brown and Burke in for tiring Inns and Lettejallow in the 68th minute
- Price in for Byrum in the 81st minute
- We hold on for the 2-0 win (2-1 aggregate) and advance to the final!!!


- Craig Johnston was named man of the match


We will face Basingstoke, who beat our rivals AFC Wimbledon in penalties, in the final.

[EagleFan]

May 23, 2010

Playoff final against Basington. Basington has been on a 9 game unbeaten streak and has gotten the better of us this season. We had a 1-1 draw at home against them early in the season and lost 3-0 on the road to them.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Alan Inns
MC - Bai Mas Lettejallow
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Mohammed Dikuiza

Subs - Danny Brown, Nathan Burke, Soheil-Vosough Tehrani, Robert Murray, Joel Byrom


1st half
- In the 34th minute Inns had a great opportunity from inside the box but shot it right into the keeper's chest
- The match goes to the half scoreless


2nd half
- In the 58th minute Dizuika fired from 20 yards out and beat the keeper into the left of the goal... GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! We take a 1-0 lead!!!
- Brown and Byrum in for Inns and Price in the 72nd minute
- Burke in for an injured Connor in the 1st minute of injury time
- We keep the pressure on through injury time and when thefinal whistle blows we are up 1-0 for the win!!!!!!!


- Mohammed Dikuiza was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

World Cup 2010 - Groups

Group A
Angola
Chile
Ireland
Italy

Group B
Japan
Paraguay
Spain
Turkey

Group C
Greece
Nigeria
Serbia
South Korea

Group D
Czech Republic
Germany
Ivory Coast
Saudi Arabia

Group E
Cameroon
England
USA
Uruguay

Group F
Holland
Iran
Mali
Switzerland

Group G
Argentina
France
Mexico
South Africa

Group H
Australia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Portugal

[EagleFan]

June 11, 2010

Ireland 2
Italy 4

Angola 2
Chile 3

[EagleFan]

June 12, 2010

Japan 2
Turkey 3

Paraguay 0
Spain 2

Greece 2
South Korea 1

[EagleFan]

June 13, 2010

Nigeria 1
Serbia 1

Ivory Coast 0
Czech Republic 3

Germany 1
Saudi Arabia 1

[EagleFan]

June 14, 2010

Cameroon 0
Uruguay 2

England 2
USA 1

Mali 0
Holland 0

[EagleFan]

June 15, 2010

Switzerland 2
Iran 1

France 2
Mexico 0

South Africa 1
Argentina 4

[EagleFan]

June 16, 2010

Chile 3
Ireland 1

Portugal 1
Australia 1

Brazil 2
Costa Rica 1

[EagleFan]

World Cup 2010 - Standings


Group A W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Chile 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6
Italy 1 0 0 4 2 +2 3
Angola 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
Ireland 0 0 2 3 7 -4 0

Group B W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Spain 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Turkey 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3
Japan 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
Paraguay 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

Group C W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Greece 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3
Nigeria 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Serbia 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
South Korea 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

Group D W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Czech Republic 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3
Germany 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Ivory Coast 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

Group E W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Uruguay 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
England 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
USA 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Cameroon 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

Group F W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Switzerland 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Holland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mali 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Iran 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

Group G W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Argentina 1 0 0 4 1 +3 3
France 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Mexico 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
South Africa 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

Group H W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Brazil 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Australia 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Portugal 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Costa Rica 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

[EagleFan]

June 17, 2010

Italy 2
Angola 1

Paraguay 3
Japan 0

Spain 2
Turkey 1


With Italy's win, both Italy and Chile qualify for the next round from Group A.

[EagleFan]

June 18, 2010

Serbia 1
Greece 2

South Korea 2
Nigeria 2

Saudi Arabia 0
Czech Republic 1


With their win, Greece qualifies or the next round from Group C

[EagleFan]

June 19, 2010

Germany 2
Ivory Coast 2

Uraguay 1
England 1

USA 3
Cameroon 0


With the tie beween Germany and Ivory Coast the Czech Republic have qualified for the next round in Group D.

[EagleFan]

June 20, 2010

Iran 1
Holland 1

Switzerland 1
Mali 0

Mexico 2
South Africa 0



Switzerland qualifies for the next round in Group F.

[EagleFan]

June 21, 2010

Argentina 1
France 3

Costa Rica 0
Portugal 3

Australia 0
Brazil 3



Brazil has qualified for the next round from Group H with their victory.

[EagleFan]

World Cup 2010 - Standings


Group A W D L GF GA Dif Pt
x-Chile 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6
x-Italy 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6
Angola 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0
Ireland 0 0 2 3 7 -4 0

Group B W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Spain 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6
Paraguay 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
Turkey 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
Japan 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0

Group C W D L GF GA Dif Pt
x-Greece 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
Nigeria 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
South Korea 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
Serbia 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

Group D W D L GF GA Dif Pt
x-Czech Republic2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
Germany 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
Saudi Arabia 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
Ivory Coast 0 1 1 2 5 -3 1

Group E W D L GF GA Dif Pt
Uruguay 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
England 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
USA 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
Cameroon 0 0 2 0 5 -5 0

Group F W D L GF GA Dif Pt
x-Switzerland 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
Holland 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Iran 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
Mali 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1

Group G W D L GF GA Dif Pt
France 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
Argentina 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
Mexico 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
South Africa 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0

Group H W D L GF GA Dif Pt
x-Brazil 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
Portugal 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
Australia 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1
Costa Rica 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0

[EagleFan]

June 22, 2010

Ireland 2
Angola 1

Itay 2
Chile 2

Japan 0
Spain 2

Turkey 3
Paraguay 2


Spain and Paraguay qualify for the next round from Group B.

[EagleFan]

June 23, 2010

Greece 0
Nigeria 1

South Korea 3
Serbia 4

Czech Republic 2
Germany 4

Ivory Coast 0
Saudi Arabia 1


Nigeria qualified for the next round from Group C. Germany qualifies for the next round from Group D.

[EagleFan]

June 24, 2010

England 2
Cameroon 0

USA 1
Uruguay 2

Holland 0
Switzerland 0

Mali 3
Iran 0


England and Uruguay qualify for the next round in Group E. Mali qualifies for th next round in Group F.

[EagleFan]

June 25, 2010

France 3
South Africa 0

Mexico 2
Argentina 4

Brazil 2
Portugal 0

Costa Rica 0
Australia 1


France and Argentina qualify for the next round in Group G. Portugal qualifies for the next round in Group H.

[EagleFan]

Second Round Draw

Chile vs. Turkey
Spain vs. Italy
Greece vs. Germany
Nigeria vs. Czec Republic
Mali vs. England
Uruguay vs. Switzerland
France vs. Portugal
Brazil vs. Argentina

[EagleFan]

June 26, 2010

Chile 2
Turkey 1

Spain 2
Italy 1
(extra time)

[EagleFan]

June 27, 2010

Nigeria 1
Czech Republic 4

Greece 0
Germany 1
(extra time)

[EagleFan]

June 28, 2010

Uruguay 0
Switzerland 3

Mali 1
England 0

[EagleFan]

June 29, 2010

Brazil 1
Argentina 0

France 2
Portugal 1
(extra time)

[EagleFan]

World Cup Quarter Final

Chile vs. Czech Republic
Spain vs. Germany
Mali vs. Brazil
Switzerland vs. France

[EagleFan]

July 2, 2010

Spain 0
Germany 2

Chile 1
Czech Republic 0

[EagleFan]

July 3, 2010

Switzerland 0
France 1

Mali 2
Brazil 1
(extra time)

[EagleFan]

World Cup 2010 Semi-Finals

Chile vs. France
Germany vs. Mali

[EagleFan]

July 6, 2010

Chile 1
France 1

France wins on penalties

[EagleFan]

July 7, 2010

Germany 3
Mali 2
(extra time)

[EagleFan]

July 10, 2010

Third place match:

Chile 1
Mali 0

[EagleFan]

July 11, 2010

World Cup Championship Match:

France 2
Germany 0

[EagleFan]

England Rundown<O:p</O:p
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Premier Division<O:p</O:p
Champion – Manchester United<O:p</O:p
Relegated – Portsmouth, Sunderland, Wolves<O:p</O:p
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Coca-Cola Championship<O:p</O:p
Champion - Middlesbrough
Promoted – Middlesbrough, Hull, Wigan<O:p</O:p
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Coca-Cola League 1
Champion - Leicester<O:p</O:p
Promoted - Leicester, Blackpool, Carlisle<O:p</O:p
Relegated - Crewe, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham, Swindon<O:p</O:p
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Coca-Cola League 2<O:p</O:p
Champion - Brentford<O:p</O:p
Promoted - Brentford, Northampton, Port Vale, Shrewsbury<O:p</O:p
Relegated - Chester, Macclesfield<O:p</O:p
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Blue Square Premier<O:p
Champion - Luton<O:p
Promoted - Luton, Barnet<O:p
Relegated – Eastbourne Boro, Barrow, Tamworth, Weymouth<O:p
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Blue Square North<O:p
Champion – Boston United<O:p
Promoted – Boston United, Altrincham<O:p
Relegated – Guiseley, Fleetwood, Hucknall<O:p
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Blue Square South<O:p
Champion - Woking<O:p
Promoted - Woking, Hampton & Richmond<O:p
Relegated - Hitchin, Weston-super-Mare, Worcester<O:p
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Other Winners<O:p
English FA Cup - Wigan<O:p
English League Cup - Liverpool<O:p
English Community Shield - Manchester United<O:p
Johnstone's Paint Trophy - Shrewsbury<O:p
Conference League Cup - Barnet<O:p
English FA Trophy - Luton<O:p
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Awards<O:p
Footballer of the Year – Vagner Love (Manchester City
Top Goalscorer – Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal
Players' Player of the Year – Frank Lampard (Chelsea
Player's Young Player – Tomas Necid (Wolves
Manager of the Year – Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)

[EagleFan]

About to run the Friendlies and prepare for the regular season. Will post a summary of the team changes prior to the season.

[BYU 14]

Gah, England loses to Mali? Brutal!!!

Good Stuff EF :popcorn:

[EagleFan]

Gah, England loses to Mali? Brutal!!!

Good Stuff EF :popcorn:

Thanks. Going to be posting my preseason changes soon. Have been frantically trying to make moves when I realized that I addressed my midfield a lot but my offers to defenders weren't getting accepted. Realized that when I didn't have enough defenders to change them all out during friendlies.

Have been frantically making offers.

Will be updating soon.

[EagleFan]

Question, has anyone had issues with offers getting made public bfore you wanted them to? That wasn't happening when I was with Cambridge but every offer that I have made with this team keeps getting out.

Any suggestions on what may trigger this?

[EagleFan]

Hampton & Richmond

GK - Michael Oakes (36, England) - Solid keeper and the starter, good reflexes, very athletc and has a good head for the game.

GK - Robert Murray (22, England) - Far from Oakes' current level, gets out of position and needs to improve but shows that he could become a decent replacement for Oakes once his career with the club ends

SW, D C - Dean Wells (25, England) - Determined, aggressive, good tackler and a great work ethic, best central defender on the squad, only real weakness is his lack of speed.

D RC - Lee Ayres (27, England) - Free transfer this offseason. Brought in for depth. Good at marking but doesn't have the speed I would like to see.

D R - Lee Hodson (18, N. Ireland) - On loan from Watford for the season. Very fast and very fit, loses focus once in a while.

D RC, WB R, DM, M C - Ashley Woolliscroft (30, England) - Free transfer this offseason. Added only for depth. Team player but not a starter by any means.

D R, M C - Jonathon Hogg (21, England) - Free transfer this offseason. Brought him in for a few games while I was at Cambridge and thought he could help the team when I saw him on the free transfer market. Very athletic and has a balanced all-around game.

D/WB/M L - Craig Tanner (24, England) - Fit, good with the ball, good crossing ability.

D C -Callum Burgess (20, England) - Free transfer this offseason. Athletic and good in the air but sometimes loses focus. Brought in for depth.

D C - Joe Connor (25, England) - Fit and quick, marks well but not a good tackler, 1 yellow away from a suspension.

D/WB/M R - Jay Lovett (32, England) - Good team player, no real standout strengths.

D/WB/AM L - Jamie Price (22, Wales) - Very good all around player but lacks speed and stamina.

D/M C - Alan Inns (28, England) - Very good in the air, lacks skill in dribbling around an opponent.

DM, M C - Danny Brown (29, England) - One of the stars of the team, great with the ball, great team player, does lack speed which can be a hinderance.

M C - Nathan Burke (18, England) - Has speed, lacks in most other areas.

M C - Liam Darville (19, England) - Free transfer this offseason. Athletic with speed and has flair but not good with set pieces.

M C - Bai Mas Lettejallow (26, England) - Average player, used in rotation, no real strengths

AM RLC, FC - Craig Johnston (27, England) - Has some speed, lacks aerial ability.

AM R, ST - Danny Forrest (25, England) - One of our stars, has some speed an solid all around, has played mostly at striker but may be better a a right midfielder. Looking to make him a midfielder more this season for his strength.

AM LC, F C - Joel Byrum (23, England) - Has some speed but no major stengths.

AM L, ST - Soheil-Vosough Tehrani (18, Iran) - Aggressive and athletic with some flair but gets out of place far too often. There for depth. Was the only member of the team on a World Cup team, though he saw no playing time for Iran. Called him up from out youth/reserve for depth.

ST - Mohammed Dikuiza (20, England) - Has some speed but little else presently, has potential to develop into an okay player. His playing tme late last season (due to injury) gave him the confidence that he has carried into our friendlies this season. This gives us the change to play him at striker and move Forrest to right midfield.

ST - Ian Hodges (27, England) - Another one of our stars, very good team player.




Watford - We have affiliated ourselves with Watford. This will give us a very good source of young players which we may receive on loan.

[EagleFan]

August 7, 2010

Time for the season to get underway. We just want to avoid relegation this season and hopefully build for the future. I am not as confident aftertis promotion as I was after getting Cambridge promoted as I wasn't able to make the same kind of impact signings that I had then.

We play on the road as we travel to play Gateshead.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Jay Lovett
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robert Murray, Alan Inns, Joel Byrum, Craig Johnston, Joe Connor

- Hodson is playing in his first league match
- Burgess is making his debut for Hampton & Richmond
- Hogg is making his debut for Hampton & Richmond
- Brown needs 3 goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Hodges is making his 150th career appearance for Hampton & Richmond


1st Half
- In the 16th minute striker Matty Tymon dribbled past Wells and in all alone on goal and fired one past Oakes and into the net to give them a 1-0 lead
- In the 28th minute Tymon was playing table setter as he set up a great opportunity but Oakes makes the save diving to his left to keep it just 1-0
- In the 31st minute Tymon was sent forward and into the box with a chance but Oakes made the initial save, the rebound found midfielder Kris Gate who put it into the net for he 2-0 lead
- In the 33rd minute Tymon received a one touch pass in the box and quickly fires it into the left side of the goal to make it 3-0, we have no answer for him
- We go to the half own 3-0


2nd half
- Inns comes on for an injured Hogg to start the second half
- Byrum and Johnson in for Price and Brown in the 69th minute
- We are unable to do much as we fall 3-0


- Matty Tymon is named man of the match as he dominated us


A very disappointing start to the season. I'm going to have to evaluate this team to see what else I can do to improve it.

[EagleFan]

August 10, 2010

Our first home match in the BSP. We host Crawley and are actually a slight favorite. Not looking to make too many changes to strategy as I want to see what may and may not work before jumping to change too quickly. I am trying Forrest at right midfielder to see how that works out.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Danny Forrest
ST - Joe Byrum
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robert Murray, Callum urgess, Liam Darville, Craig Johnston, Jay Lovett

- Oakes is making his 325th career league appearance
- Price is going to make his 100th career league appearance
- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Darville will make his 1st career league appearance if brought on


1st half
- In the 20th minute Price had a run down the left wing and crossed into the box perfectly for Hogg to head the ball into the goal... GOOOOAAAAAAALLLL!!!! We take a 1-0 lead!
- In the 25th minute Hodson came forward dow the right wing and crossed into the box where Hogg wasthere again for a header but the keeper made a fantastic save diving to his right to keep it ouf of the net
- We close out the half strong but unable to put another on the scoreboard and lead 1-0 at the half

2nd half
- In the 50th minute Crawley had a chance on a free kick thatwas send into the box and headed on goal but Oakes made a wonderful save as deflected it over the bar
- Burgess in for an injured Connor in the 52nd minute
- In the 58th minute Tanner found Price in the left wing, he crossed into the box to Hogg who headed it into the net for his 2nd goal of the game... GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLL!!!! We take a 2-0 lead!
- Darville in for Brown in the 64th minute
- Johnson in for an injured Darville and moves forward as Byrum moves to midfield in the 76th minute
- In the 81st minue a long pass sent Forrest into the right wing corner where he crossed into the box to Johnston who headed it on goal but a GREAT save by the keeper kept it out
- We go on to the 2-0 win for our first BSP victory


- Jonathon Hogg was easily name man of the match

[EagleFan]

August 11, 2010

I have signed a second scout, Ian Wilson (a 40 year old Englishman). I was impressed with his ability to recognize potential in players and felt that he would be a very good addition to the club. The board will allow us to have a second scout and okay his hiring.

[EagleFan]

August 14, 2010

We head back on the road to face Forest Green. We are an underdog in this road match. Forest Green has split their first two matches, winning at home and losing on the road.

We need to make a few lineup changes due to injury.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Jay Lovett
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Mohammed Dikuiza, Lee Ayres, Joel Byrum, Craig Johnston, Alan Inns

- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Ayres will make his debut for Hampton & Richmond if brought on
- Johnston will make his 25th career league appearance for Hampton and Richmond if brought on


1st half
- After weathering the storm and seeing Oakes make multiple saves to keep the game scoreless we had a counterattack opportunity in the 25th minute. Hogg got the ball from about 20 yards out and place a perfect shot into the to left corner for the GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!! We stun the crowd by taking a 1-0 lead!
- In the 32nd minute they strike back as midfielder Aaron Carter headed a cross into our goal to tie it 1-1
- In the 35th minute the pressure continues and midfielder Fraser McLachlan scores on a shot from about 35 yards out into the upper right corner of the goal, it looks like that was supposed to be a forward pass that was long but they'll take it as they go up 2-1
- We limp into the half down 2-1 but it could be much worse, they outshot us 15-2 and we only got one shot on goal but at least it went in


2nd half
- Dikuiza on for Hodges who has been slowed with a 1st half injury to start the 2nd half
- In the 53rd minute Price takes a corner from the right wing and hooks it towards the far post, it hits the far post and bounces into the goal... GOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! We tie the game 2-2!
- Byrum and Inns in for Price and Brown in the 64th minute
- In the 68th minute Dikuiza gets mugged in the box but no call, very furious over that one, Wells argues and is shown a yellow
- The game ends tied 2-2


- Jonathon Hogg is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

August 15, 2010

Made an addition to the team as we finalized a transfer with Stevenage and signed midfielder Mitchell Cole. He will be a great addition to the team as he has speed to burn and is great at dribbling forward and crossing into the box.

[EagleFan]

August 17, 2010

We are back home to host Boston United who currently sit in 6th in the league.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Lee Ayres
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Mohammed Dikuiza, Callum Burgess, Joel Byrum, Craig Johnston, Alan Inns

- Ayres is set to make his debut with Hampton & Richmond
- Cole is set to make his debut with Hampton & Richmond
- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Johnston will make his 25th career apparance with Hampton & Richmond if brought on


1st half
- We look strong int eh first half but are unable to score. We did have the crossbar hit by Hodges and Cole but it's 0-0 after the first half.


2nd half
- Johnston in for Cole, who had a great first half but is visibly tired having played a recent match, to start the second half
- In the 50th minute Price crossed into the box but Boston United midfielder directed it into his own goal while trying to keep it from getting to Johnston to give us the 1-0 lead!
- Byrum in for Price in the 64th minute
- In the 78th minute Tanner took a free kick from the right wing and sent it into the box where Hodges headed it in the net... GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! We take 2-0 lead!
- Inns in for Brown in the 78th minute
- In the 79th minute Wells taes a freekick from just outside the box and fires it into the left side of teh net.... GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! We take a 3-0 lead and look to close this on out for the victory!
- We don't let up and go on to a 3-0 victory


- Dean Wells is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Torquay | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 |
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| 2nd | | Kidderminster | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 |
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| 3rd | | Burton | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 |
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| 4th | | Mansfield | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 |
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| 5th | | Hampton & Richmond | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
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| 6th | | Ebbsfleet | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
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| 7th | | Stevenage | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
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| 8th | | Woking | | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
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| 9th | | Chester | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
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| 10th | | Histon | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
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| 11th | | Gateshead | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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| 12th | | Wrexham | | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
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| 13th | | Kettering | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
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| 14th | | Boston Utd | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
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| 15th | | York | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
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| 16th | | Rushden | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
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| 17th | | Forest Green | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
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| 18th | | Chelmsford | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
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| 19th | | Grays | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
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| 20th | | Crawley | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
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| 21st | | Welling | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
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| 22nd | | Salisbury | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
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| 23rd | | Altrincham | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
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| 24th | | Macclesfield | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
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[EagleFan]

August 21, 2010

We travel to play to Rushden and are an underdog in the road match. I think that we have a great chance at taking at least one point in this match, however.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Joel Byrum
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Mohammed Dikuiza, Jay Lovett, Danny Brown, Craig Johnston, Alan Inns

- Forrest has not scored in 360 minutes
- Brown needs 3 goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 3rd minute Tanner crossed from deep on the left wing across to the right of the box where Cole hammered it into the net for the ... GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! His first for the team gives us a 1-0 lead!!!
- In the 6th minute Hodges took the ball down the right wing and crossed into the box where Forrest heads it just wide to the left of the goal as he almost broke his drought
- In the 42nd minute midfielder Ashley Kelly headed a cross into out goal to tie it 1-1
- Lovett in for a banged up Hodson in the 42nd minute
- The half comes to a close tied 1-1


2nd half
- Johnston in for Price in the 65th minute
- Dikuiza in for Cole and moves to striker as Forrest movesto right midfield in the 83rd minute
- In the 90th minute striker Rob Elvns scored after a receiving a pass on quick restart on a free kick in th ebox to make it 2-1
- We are unable to get the equalizer in injury time and fall 2-1


- Ashley Kelly is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

August 28, 2010

We return home to host Stevenage. Though we are close inte current sandings they enter the game as the favorite.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - anny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Mohammed Dikuiza, Jay Lovett, Joel Byrum, Craig Johnston, Alan Inns

- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Forrest is making his 50th career appearance for Hampton & Richmond
- Forrest has not scored in 450 minutes of play


1st half
- In the 28th minute Price received a cross in the box and hammered it home but the flag was up for offside and the goal was disallowed
- In the 44th minute a foul led to Price taking a free kick from about 30 yards out, he curled it into the left side of the goal... GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!! We take the 1-0 lead!
- We go to the half up 1-0


2nd half
- In the 48th minute striker Mitchell Murphy directed a cross into out net to tie the game 1-1, Oakes took a chance by going after the cross an it cost him
- Inns on for an injured Burgess in the 60th minute
- In the 70th minute Price had a chance inside the left of teh box but put it just wide of the far post
- Dikuiza on for Cole an moves to striker as Forrest moves to right midfield in the 72nd minute
- Johnston in for Price in injury time
- We are unable to break the deadlock and the game ends in a 1-1 draw


- Jamie Price is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

August 30, 2010

Signed a transfer from Droylsden. Center midfielder Robin Hulbert. He is a 30 year old from Englend. He is a very professional team player and looks to be our best center midfielder from what I see of him.

[EagleFan]

September 9, 2010

Back on the road to play at Chester. They sit in 6th place in the league as this looks to be a tough match. We hope to get one point, but I think we coud surprise a few by walking away with all three points.

Lee Hodson is off for international duty with the Northern Ireland under 21 squad.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jonathon Hogg
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Joel Byrum
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Mohammed Dikuiza, Jay Lovett, Liam Darville, Craig Johnston, Alan Inns

- Oakes is making his 50th career league appearance for Hampton & Richmond
- Hulbert is set to make his league debut for Hampton & Richmond
- Forrest has not scored in 540 minutes
- Inns will make his 50th appearance for Hampton & Richmond if brought on


1st half
- In the 8th minute Oakes made one of he best saves of the year on a header off a corner in which he had to five back against the direction he was moving to keep the ball out of the goal
- We survive the onslaught ad are tied 0-0 at the hald, though we were outshot 10-1 in the half


2nd half
- Johnston, Lovett and Dikuiza in for Price, Cole and Forrest in the 60th minute
- In the 88th minute a lead pass into or attack zone set Dikuiza on a foot race to get to the ball with their keeper, they arrived about the same time and Dikuiza tapped the ball into space for Byrum who sot the ball into the open goal... GOOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!! We take a late 1-0 lead!
-We hang on for the 1-0 win!!!


- Joel Byrum is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

September 7, 2010

We host league leading Torquay in what should be a very tough match. In 7 matches this season they have 5 wins and 1 draw with only 1 loss. This match will be my 100th career match as manager.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robin Hulbert, Joe Connor, Liam Darville, Joel Byrum, Alan Inns

- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Forrest suffers a drought and has not scored in 600 minutes
- Hulbert will make his 200th career league appearance if brought on
- Inns will make his 50th appearance for Hampton & Richmond if brought on


1st half
- In the 17th minute striker Jordan Bowery headed a cross into our goal to give them a 1-0 lead
- In the 25th minute Price took a free kick from the right wing and sent it into the box, after a deflection it ended up on Burgess' feet and he blaseted the ball into the right side of the goal for hisfirst goal ever for us... GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLL!!!!! Tied 1-1.
- In the 38th minute Oakes made a great diving save off a shot from about 15 yards straight out and then recovered quickly enough to make the save on the rebound to keep the game tied at 1
- We go to the half tied 1-1


2nd half
- In the 47th minute Forrest received a pass almost point blank in the box that was onside but he missed the goal as he should ave been able to break the tie with that chance
- Byrom in for Price in the 64th minute
- Hulbert and Darville in for Cole and Brown in the 74th minute
- The game ends tied 1-1


- Callum Burgess is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

September 11, 2010

We go on the road to face the worst team in the league in Altrincham. In 7 games they have 6 losses and 1 draw. The 6 losses have been their last 6 games. They have only scored 2 goals so far this season.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Mohammed Dikuiza
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Joel Byrom, Lee Ayres, Craig Johnston, Danny Forrest, Alan Inns

- Hodges has not scored in 373 minutes
- Dikuiza is set to make his 50th career league appearance
- Inns will make his 50th career league appearance if brought on


1st half
- In the 26th minute Hodges received a pass in th box, dribbled to his right into space and fired the ball into the upper right corner of the goal... GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! We take a 1-0 lead as Hodges breaks his goal drought!
- In the 34th minute we got caught napping as striker Shaun Reay blasted a shot from the box past Oakes to tie the game at 1-1
- The half ends 1-1


2nd half
- Ayres in for an injured Tanner to start the second half
- Byrom in for a tiring Price to start the second half
- Forrest in for Dikuiza in the 82nd minute
- We are unable to mount an attack and the game ends in a draw, very upset by our performance against this team


- Midfielder Jim Nurse is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

September 18, 2010

We head home to face Histon. They are 2 places behind us in the standings.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Jamie Price
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Mitchell Cole
MC - Robin Hulbert
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Danny Forrest
ST - Joel Byrom
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Joe Connor, Jay Lovett, lan Inns, Craig Johnston, Lee Ayres

- Forrest has not scored in 698 minutes
- Lovett will make his 250th career league appearance if brought on
- Inns will make his 50th league appearance for Hampton & Richmond if brought on


1st half
- The half sees each team have a few chances but no serious threat, a very drab half that ends scoreless


2nd half
- Connor in for a banged up Burgess to start the second half
- Johnston and Lovett in for Cole and Forrest in the 78th minute
- Neither team can get on the board and it ends in a scoreless draw


- Jamie Price is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

September 21, 2010

We head back on the road to face a tough York squad. We look to extend our streak of 5 straight without a loss.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Jay Lovett
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Alan Inns, Callum Burgess, Liam Darville, Joel Byrom, Lee Ayres

- Brown needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals
- Forrest has not scored in 776 minutes
- Inns will make his 50th career appearance for Hampton & Richmond if brought on
- Byrom will make his 100th career league appearance if brought on


1st half
- Ayres on for an injured Hodson in the 19th minute
- In the 21st minute striker Nathaniel Howell got to a loose ball in the box and fired it past Oakes to give them a 1-0 lead
- In the 45th minute striker Adam Boyes headed a corner into our net to give them a 2-0 lead
- We go to the half down 2-0


2nd half
- In the 76th minute Hodges found a loos ball in the box, turned, fired and scored... GOOOOAAAAAAALLLL!!!! We narrow the gap to 2-1
- Burgess and Byrom in for Cole and Price, Lovett moves to midfield as Burgess moves to defense, in the 77th minute
- We are unable to get the equalizer and fall 2-1


- Mark Carrington was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

September 25, 2010

We are at home to face 5th placed Mansfield as we try to get back into the win column.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Jamie Price
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jonathon Hogg
ML - Mitchell Cole
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Danny Forrest
ST - Joel Byrom
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Jay Lovett, Callum Burgess, Liam Darville, Craig Johnston, Lee Ayres

- Forrest is in a bad drought at 866 minutes
- Brown still needs 3 more goals to reach 25 career league goals


1st half
- In the 14th minute Cole brought the ball into the box from the left wing, a scramble ensued and Brown fired the ball into the back of the net... GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! We take a 1-0 lead!
- We go to the half up 1-0


2nd half
- Johnston, Lovett and Darville in for Cole, Forrest and Hulbert in the 67th minute
- In the 83rd minute Lovett brought the ball into the box from the right wing and crossed to Brown who directed it into the goal... GOOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!! We're up 2-0 thanks to Brown's second of the game (he is just one away from 25 now)
- We hold on for the 2-0 victory


- Danny Brown is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

October 2, 2010

We host Salisbury, a team that is behind us in the standings but have been enjoying a very nice stretch lately as they haven't lost in their last 4 matches.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Jamie Price
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Craig Johnston
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Mohammed Dikuiza
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robert Murray, Lee Ayres, Joel Byrom, Callum Burgess, Alan Inns

- Dikuiza is set to make his 25th career appearance for Hampton & Richmond
- Inns will be making his 50th career league appearance for Hampton & Richmond if brought on


1st half
- In the 38th minute striker Alex Fisher heads a cross past Oakes as we fall behind 1-0
- Ayres and Byrom in for an injured Dikuiza and Hodges, Ayres moves to defense as Price moves up to midfield and Johnston moves to forward in the 38th minute
- We go to the half down 1-0


2nd half
- In the 72nd minute Johnston crossed to Byrom in the box for the shot but the keeper made a wonderful save to keep it 1-0
- Burgess in for Ayres in the 73rd minute
- We are unable to mount an attack and fall 1-0


- Joe Connor earned man of the match honors

[EagleFan]

October 5, 2010

We host Bath City in a Conference League Cup South Second Round Match. Bath City is a Blue Square South Team. In 4 previous meetings prior to promotion we have not lost with 2 victories and 2 draws and we are +5 in goal differential in those games.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Joel Byrom
MC - Danny Brown
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Ian Hodges
ST - Danny Forrest

Subs - Robin Hulbert, Callum Burgess, Bai Mas Lettejallow, Mohammed Dikuiza, Lee Ayres


1st half
- In the 19th minue the crowd is silenced as striker James Constable heads a cross past Oakes into the net as they take a 1-0 lead
- In the 24th minute Hodges touches a pass forward to Forrest onside in the box and he blasts a shot past the diving keeper... GOOOOOAAAAAAAALLL!!!! He ends his drought and ties the game 1-1
- In the 37th minute Price took a corner from the left wing, sent i into the box where Forrest collected it near the left post, dribbled into the center and fired past the keeper... GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! His second of the game puts us up 2-1!
- We go to the half up 2-1 as it looks like the goal allowed woke us up


2nd half
- Lettejallow in for Byrom and in for Lovett due to yellow cards and tiring in the 63rd minute
- Hulbert in for Brown in the 79th minute
- Late in injury time Cole tried to find Forrest in the box for the hat trick but just missd him as the cross went too far forward and out for a goal kick
- We hold on for the 2-1 win


- Forrest is named man of the match (hopefully he is returning to his form of last season now that the drought is broken)

[EagleFan]

October 9, 2010

We return to our league schedule as we travel to play Kettering. We have key injuries in Hogg, Darville and Hodson all being out.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Dean Wells
DC - Callum Burgess
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Joel Byrom
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Ian Hodges
ST - Danny Forrest

Subs - Danny Brown, Joe Connor, Alan Inns, Craig Johnston, Lee Ayres

- Burgess is making his 50th career league appearance
- Tanner is making his 250th career league appearance
- Brown needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals
- Inns will make his 50th league appearance for Hampton & Richmond if brought on


1st half
- We play a very defensive first half and the game is scoreless at the half


2nd half
- Inns in for an injured Forrest and moves to midfield as Byrom moves forward in the 60th minute
- Johnston and Ayres in for Price and Lovett in the 73rd minute
- We hold out for a scorless draw and pick up a point


- Defender Luke Rowe was named man of the match

[EagleFan]

October 12, 2010

We are back at home for a tough match against 5th place Ebbsfleet. We are seen as a clear underdog, especially with out injury trouble at present.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Jay Lovett
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Joel Byrom
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robert Murray, Lee Ayres, Bai Mas Lettejallow, Mitchell Cole, Callum Burgess

- Lovett is making his 50th career league appearance for Hampton & Richmond
- Wells is making his 175th career league appearance
- Tanner is making his 100th career league appearance for Hampton & Richmond
- Brown needs 1 more goal to reach 25 career league goals
- Hodges is making his 200th career league appearance


1st half
- Oakes makes a couple nice saves and we have a couple chances that we did not cash in on but neither team gets on the board as we go to the half in a scoreless tie


2nd half
- Johnston moves forward, Byrom moves back to midfield and Cole in for a tiring and poor playing Price to start the second half
- In the 57th minute Cole does a fantastic job dribbling frmo the right wing, into the center, past a defender into the box to get a shot off which is saved but Brown is right there to gather the rebound and put it into the net... GOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!! Brown's 25th career league goal gives us a 1-0 lead!
- Lettejallow in for an injured Byrom and Burgess in for a banged up Wells in the 77th minute
- We hang on for the 1-0 win!


- Danny Brown is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

Standings


| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |
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| 1st | | Torquay | | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 33 |
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| 2nd | | Burton | | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 31 |
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| 3rd | | Woking | | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 27 |
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| 4th | | Chester | | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 27 |
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| 5th | | Kidderminster | | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 25 |
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| 6th | | Kettering | | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 23 |
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| 7th | | Ebbsfleet | | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 23 |
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| 8th | | York | | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 23 |
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| 9th | | Rushden | | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 23 |
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| 10th | | Crawley | | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 22 |
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| 11th | | Histon | | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 22 |
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| 12th | | Hampton & Richmond | | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 21 |
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| 13th | | Chelmsford | | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 21 |
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| 14th | | Salisbury | | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 21 |
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| 15th | | Forest Green | | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 20 |
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| 16th | | Mansfield | | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 20 |
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| 17th | | Wrexham | | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 19 |
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| 18th | | Gateshead | | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 19 |
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| 19th | | Stevenage | | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 19 |
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| 20th | | Altrincham | | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 12 |
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| 21st | | Welling | | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 11 |
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| 22nd | | Macclesfield | | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 11 |
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| 23rd | | Boston Utd | | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -19 | 11 |
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| 24th | | Grays | | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -17 | 9 |
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[EagleFan]

October 16, 2010

We are back on the road for a league clash with 5th place Kidderminster. We will try to salvage a point as we are still undermanned due to injury.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Craig Johnston
ST - Mohammed Dukuiza
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Jay Lovett, Lee Ayres, Alan Inns, Craig Johnston, Joe Connor

- Oakes has not allowed a goal in 251 consecutive minutes
- Wells is making his 175th league appearance for Hampton & Richmond
- Hodges has not scored in 412 minutes


1st half
- In the 16th minute striker Stefan Moore outran our defense and blasted a shot past a diving Oakes to give them a 1-0 lead
- In the 38th minute Moore is free in the box on Oakes but he makes a great diving save but it didn't matter as the ref blew the play dead for offside
- In the 41st minute striker Darryl Knights runs past our defenders and shoots by Oakes for the goal to make it 2-0
- We go to the half down 2-0


2nd half
- In the 48th minute Price gets the ball past the defense on the edge of teh box and shoots well over the goal
- In the 49th minute Hulbert finds Dikuiza in the box and he fires a quick shot into the left of the net... GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! We are back to 2-1!
- Inns, Johnston and Lovett in for Brown, Cole and Hodson in the 72nd minute
- In the 2nd minute of injury time Hodges took a pass on the right wing and came crossed into the box whee he found Inns who redirected it past eh keeper and into te net... GOOOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLL!!!!! A late equalizer with less than a minute left in injury time 2-2!!!
- The game ends 2-2 as we pull out a point


- Ian Hodges is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

October 23, 2010

We are on the road for an FA Cup 4th round qualifying match against Bromley, a Blue Square South club. In 5 previous meetings we have 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw; including a victory in 2008 in FA Cup action.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robert Murray, Joe Connor, Jay Lovett, Craig Johnston, Lee Ayres, Alan Inns, Mohammed Dikuiza


1st half
- Both teams have a couple chances but neither are able to capitalize and the game goes to the half scoreless


2nd half
- Inns in for an injured Brown to start the second half
- In the 68th minute Hodson took a pass off a set play down the right wing and crossed into the box to find Price who fired a shot of the keepers hands and into the net... GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!! We take a 1-0 lead!
- Johnston and Lovett in for Price and Cole in the 69th minute
- In the 72nd minute midfielder Luke l'Anson directed a cross into our net to tie the game 1-1
- In the 3rd minute of Injury time Lovett took a pass deep down the right wing and crossed into the box where the ball was knocked down, Forrest found it and fired into the goal... GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! We take a late 2-1 lead!
- We take the 2-1 victory!


- Jamie Price is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

October 30, 2010

We host Welling in a league match. They sit in 20th spot in the league.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Joel Byrom
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Ian Hodges
ST - Danny Forrest

Subs - Alan Inns, Callum Burgess, Jay Lovett, Craig Johnston Lee Ayres

- Price is making his 50th career league appearance for Hampton & Richmond
- Forrest is making his 225th career league appearance
- Hodges suffers a drought of 592 minutes without scoring


1st half
- Neither team mounts a sustained attack and the first half is dull and scoreless


2nd half
- In the 47th minute midfielder Paul Bolland heads a cross past Oakes to make it 1-0
- Johnston, Inns and Lovett in for Price, Byrom and Cole in the 62nd minute
- We are unable to penetrate the defense and fall 1-0


- Paul Bolland is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

November 2, 2010

We are on the road for a Conference League Cup match against Forest Green.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Joe Connor
DC - Dean Wells
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Danny Brown
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robin Hulbert, Callum Burgess, Jay Lovett, Craig Johnston, Lee Ayres


1st half
- In the 41st minute striker Andrew Mangan received a pass in the box on a set piece, turned and fired it past Oakes to give them a 1-0 lead
- We go to the half down 1-0 and we have not mounted a serious attack as of yet


2nd half
- In the 57th minute Mangan found a rebound in the box and pu it past Oakes to give them a 2-0 lead, we need to change things up
- Johnston and Hulbert on for Hodges and Price in the 57th minute
- Ayres in for Hodson in the 76th minute
- We can do nothing and lose 2-0


- Andrew Mangan is named man of the match

[EagleFan]

(ooc)Plan on continuing ths shortly. Between weird work hours, my daughter starting up lacrosse and splitting my down time between Civ 4, The Show and Splinter Cell I have let this one slip to the back of the pack.(/ooc)

[EagleFan]

November 6, 2010

We travel to Harrogate, from the Blue Square North, for an FA Cup match. We enter the match as favorites but I would feel much better if it was a home match.

GK - Michael Oakes
DL - Craig Tanner
DC - Callum Burgess
DC - Lee Ayres
DR - Lee Hodson
ML - Jamie Price
MC - Jonathon Hogg
MC - Robin Hulbert
MR - Mitchell Cole
ST - Danny Forrest
ST - Ian Hodges

Subs - Robert Murray, Joe Connor, Bai Mas Lettejallow, Mohammed Dikuiza, Jay Lovett, Craig Johnston, Joel Byrom


1st half
- Both teams have a couple okay chances but nothing too threatening as we go into the half wth no score


2nd half
- Johnston in for a banged up Cole to start the second half
- In the 85th minute Johnston pulls down an attacker inthe box which leads to a penalty kick
- Defender Jullien Baudet took the penalty and scored to give them a 1-0 lead late in the game as we are introuble of suffering defeat again
- Byrom and Dikuiza in for Price and Hodges in the 86th minute
- We are unable to draw even and fall 1-0


- Defender Nathan Peat is named man of the match