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Starting
line up, Whitehouse,
Brown (Capt), Harris,
Charlwood, Thompson,
Chance, Clayton,
Substitutes Clarke,
Partridge.
With
Manager Colin Chance
sunning himself in
Turkey, it was left to
Tony Thompson to pick up
the reigns. Westbury was
also without their
midfield terrier Thomas
Evans who was at 2012
Olympic swimming
trials.
So
Westbury started of with
a 2-3-1 formation, with
Brown and Harris at the
back, Charlwood,
Thompson and Chance
Junior in midfield, and
Clayton upfront.
The
visitors kicked off, but
Celtic soon won
possession and had the
Robins on the back foot.
Westbury dominated the
early stages with
Clayton, Chance and
Thompson going close.
Clayton had a shot
cleared off the line
after two minutes.
Thompson weaved his
magic on the left and
hit the post. After five
minutes Chance fired
aide. Evesham began to
find their feet and
tested Whitehouse who
was equal to the task on
3 occasions. No wonder
Capello has his eye on
this lad. Westbury
pushed forward with
Brown and Harris
bringing the ball out of
defence confidently to
begin several attacks on
Evesham's goal.
Charlwood left foot shot
from the edge of the box
went agonisingly close.
Clayton was leading the
line superbly,
pressuring the Robins
defence. Clayton and
Thompson some how saw a
goal mouth scramble
eventually go out for a
corner. Chance was
looking dangerous on the
right, he was now
beginning to beat his
marker and firing
crosses in. This is what
we want to see more off
from Ryan Chance,
superb. Chance fired in
a dangerous cross from
the right which was
cleared straight to
Clayton who fired
straight into the bottom
corner for a deserved
1-0 lead. This was not
the same Evesham who
collapsed to defeat last
season, and the setback
prompted a wave of
chances the Whitehouse
dealt with
magnificently. Partridge
and Clarke had been
introduced for Clayton
and Harris. Clarke
brought the ball down
superbly to start off
another attack with the
unlucky Thompson going
wide again. Chance hit
the post after a great
through ball from
Partridge after he won
the ball on the halfway
line. Harris and Clayton
came back on for
Charlwood and Thompson.
Clayton came on to left
midfield and Harris into
the centre. Clayton was
on fire he cut in from
the left to hit a
cracker from the edge of
the box only to clip the
upright.
Half
Time 1-0
Chance
put Westbury 2-0 up when
he drilled in from 6
yards when the ball fell
to him unmarked in the
box. Evesham put
Westbury under heavy
pressure from the kick
off, Whitehouse pulled
off two superb saves and
diving at the feet of
the oncoming forward. Charlwood
and Thompson had come
back on. It seemed that
Celtic had weathered the
storm and when a Celtic
attack broke down,
Westbury were caught on
the counter attack.
Westbury failed to track
back, a ball was floated
into the box there was a
mix up from skipper
Brown and Whitehouse
with no call coming from
either. The ball came
off the top of Browns
head and over the
despairing Whitehouse,
and the unmarked
midfielder fired into
the empty net. Westbury
began to dominate with
Thompson, Clayton, and
Clarke all going close.
Westbury needed a third
goal as Evesham
countered superbly. The
third come from a corner
when Chance headed in
after good work from
Charlwood. The game was
more open as Westbury
began to pour forward,
Evesham began to find
more space. Clarke fired
in the goal of the game,
when he turned and
curled a shot in from
the edge of the penalty
area to make it 4-1.
Managers Comments
Thompson
senior pointed out to
the players that we need
to keep our shape, when
we went 3-1 up, some
players decided they
wanted to score and were
out of position. Evesham
had several chances at
3-1 and if it was not
for the form of the
Brown, Partridge, Harris
and Whitehouse they
could have easily got
back into the game.
Having said that it was
a great performance form
the boys, and nice to
get amongst the goals as
on occasions last season
they became hard to come
by.
Man of
the Match
Skipper
Tai Brown leads by
example, but was run
close by Englands number
one Alfie Whitehouse
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