Southern Counties East
vs. Lordswood, 23 December 2017
Formation: Spade
Starting XI: Legg,
Maguire,
Day, Carroll,
Jefcoate, Nixon,
Smith,
Pearson, O'Donnell,
Duckett,
Macey
Subs: Webb,
Parker,
Clark,
Spearing, Al-Ziod, Cullen,
McAdam,
Jones, Taylor,
Martin,
Rae, Donaldson
Eight minutes in and O’Donnell is showing his work as a Shadow Striker. Two minutes later a rare Jefcoate-Pearson combo works wonders with Pearson getting the goal off a long-range cross. Almost a half-hour goes by before the famous Pearson-Duckett combo strikes with Pearson getting the assist this time. He’s been a man on fire of late. In the 73’ McAdam gets his first league goal off a wicked shot down the barrel from 12 yards out. An absolute blunder by their right back at 87’ give us another; he tried to pass back to the goalie who for some reason was staring off at the left back.
POM: Mark Nixon (1 assist, 4 key passes, 3 chance created)
The Week Between
Christmas comes and goes with no new toys for Brixton. That’s alright, our stocking was stuffed some 9 months prior. I don’t understand why we didn’t get a Boxing Day match though. Harrumph!
I do get a Player Development email though. This time it’s Teddy Cullen who is a “Potential League Two Talent”.
It’s our last match of the year. Hopefully we ring in the new year with a perfect league record.
Southern Counties East
at Sheppey, 30 December 2017
Formation: Spade
Starting XI: Legg,
Maguire,
Day,
Carroll,
Al-Ziod,
Nixon,
Smith,
Pearson,
O'Donnell,
Duckett, Macey
Subs: Webb,
Parker,
Clark,
Spearing,
Jefcoate,
Cullen, McAdam,
Jones,
Taylor,
Martin, Rae,
Donaldson
It takes us damn near 30 minutes to show signs of life and it comes off a lucky bounce from the goalie’s hands to O’Donnell’s foot right in front of the goal. At halftime I give Carroll, on a 6.4, and Macey the what-for. Macey hasn’t had a shot on goal and is rating a 6.7, which is how he ended the previous match. Four-and-a-half minutes into five minutes of extra time Jones gets an easy goal. It should have been Macey but he was lackadaisical and couldn’t be bothered to sprint for the ball. A two-nil win was not what I was expecting.
POM: Daniel Duckett (6 key passes, 4 chances created)
In Summary
An excellent month! We went down to South Park and had ourselves a time. No losses and generally good cohesive play with a minimum of lazy players. We’ve extended our lead in the league table to 13 points. We are still in the hunt for trophies in the Southern League Cup and FA Vase.
