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FTL FUTBOL Hellenic Football
League - Premier Division
Saturday 6th March, 2010
Oxford City Nomads 3 v 0
Pegasus Juniors
Pegasus Juniors travelled to Court
Place Farm Stadium, Marsh Lane,
Oxford, and the home of Zamaretto
League side Oxford City, where they
played Nomads in the FTL FUTBOL
Hellenic League Premier Division.
The visitors produced their best
team performance since the enforced
mid winter break but a combination
of wayward finishing, good
goalkeeping and the frame of the
goal allowed the home side to gain a
victory and a score line that did
not reflect the true state of the
game.
The home side were the first to
create a goal scoring opportunity
when a shot from Ian Roper was saved
by Stuart Turpin. In the ninth
minute Jamie Cuss skipped round a
defender but shot into the side
netting when a pass to the unmarked
Cory Hyde might well have been more
beneficial.
The pace of Matt Blenford caused the
visitors some consternation but his
efforts only resulted in three
corner kicks. The Redmen were forced
at times to quite to defend in depth
but, they were always a threat on
the counter attack with Ben Price a
constant hazard. In the twenty third
minute the visitors forced corner
kick situation when Chris Mortlock
crossed the ball from the left, a
defender blocked the shot from Hyde.
The same player took the corner
kick, a well timed run and leap by
Ben Price headed the ball goal bound
but, full back Lewis Colwell managed
to hook the ball out from under the
crossbar.
In the thirty sixth minute Nomads
took the lead following a
controversial penalty decision.
Daniel Jones swung the ball in from
a corner kick, the referee adjudged
Turpin pushed an attacker as he
caught the ball. Jones took the kick
from the twelve yards spot, Turpin
almost made amends when he got his
left hand to the ball but could not
keep it from the net.
H | T 1-0
After the break, the “Peggy Boys”
took the game to the opposition and
the home keeper Milan Barisic was
forced to make a flying save to deny
Mortlock. Hyde beat the offside trap
to receive a pass from Richard
Harrison but he shot wide of the
goal. Ben Price prepared to shoot
when inside the penalty area but was
dispossessed by a good tackle from a
defender. Anthony Robbins in his
first game after suspension was a
constant thorn in the side of Nomads
with his tenacity in midfield and
clever distribution of the ball. A
cleared Price cross fell to Robbins
who was unfortunate when his shot
skimmed off the top of the crossbar.
Mortlock collected a long pass from
Cuss and forced his way to the goal
line but, no one was able to make
contact with his cross.
In the thirteenth minute of the half
the home side took play into the
Pegasus penalty area for the first
time in the second period when a
shot from Blenford beat Turpin but
the ball rebounded to a defender off
the goal post.
On the hour mark a counter attack by
the home side saw a long pass reach
Jemaine Ferreira who under pressure
was able to slide a pass to
substitute Jamie Brooks who beat the
defence to the ball and stroke it
past Turpin.
Undeterred Pegasus continued to take
the game to the opposition with Cuss
surging forward he went close to
scoring with a shot from a weak
clearance that flashed past a post.
Mortlock was unlucky with a fine
shot on the run that dipped late and
crashed against the crossbar.
A series of corners caused
difficulties for the home team who
now looked vulnerable. Barisic made
a great leap to punch clear from
one, whilst a defender scrambled
another into touch; and the ball
emerged from a goalmouth melee to
somehow trickle the wrong side of
the upright.
In stoppage time Mortlock beat
Barisic but his shot was inches past
the goal. From the goal kick the
visitors gained possession in the
centre circle and Brooks netted a
third for Nomads off far post.
The score line flattered the home
side consisting of mainly of City
academy players but, they held on
and gained revenge for a defeat at
Old School Lane earlier in the
season.
Referee Mr. B. Boyle
FTL FUTBOL Hellenic Football League
- Premier Division
Saturday 28th February, 2010
Pegasus
Juniors 1 v 2 Old Woodstock Town
Pegasus Juniors entertained Old
Woodstock Town in the FTL FUTBOL
Hellenic League Premier Division at
Old School Lane, Hereford.
This was a poor game with few goal
scoring opportunities created by
either team and neither keeper was
forced to make anything but
regulation saves. Both sides had one
opportunity in the first half with
Jamie Cuss heading over from ten
yards and Rhys Denton did likewise
for the visitors. Cory Hyde managed
to put the ball into the net from an
off side position.
H|T 0 – 0
Two minutes after the break Cuss
forced visiting keeper into action
as he dived to his left to push the
ball around the base of the upright.
On the hour mark Denton and Luke
Ingram combined and Ingram shot wide
when under pressure from Dan Price.
Two minutes later, the visitors took
the lead. They took a free kick that
Stuart Turpin was unable to hold,
the ball rebounded to Denton who
drove the ball into the net.
Shortly afterwards the home side
were awarded a free kick the header
by Chris Mortlock was cleared and a
goal bound shot from Ben Price was
deflected for a corner kick.
Pegasus were caught on the counter
attack as they were chasing the game
when Lewis Gabbidon crossed the ball
from the right to Denton who slipped
the ball to Ingram who curled the
ball past Turpin.
In stoppage time Pegasus gained a
consolation goal when Ben Price
scored a fine individual goal, he
gained possession on the half way
line he cut inside beating two
visiting defenders before unleashing
a shot into the top corner of the
goal from twenty yards.
Referee: Mr. Andy Davies
FTL FUTBOL Hellenic Football League
- Premier Division
Saturday 20th February, 2010
Flackwell Heath 2 v 1 Pegasus
Juniors
Pegasus Juniors travelled to High
Wycombe where they played Flackwell
Heath in the FTL FUTBOL Hellenic
League Premier Division, on a sodden
pitch at Wilks Park. The visitors
with a decimated side were able to
produce a performance with grit and
determination but were unable to
find the equalising goal after
conceding a goal in each half.
Manager Steve Griffiths gave Shane
Cuss and Lee Marlow their first
start following promising substitute
appearance and both acquitted
themselves well. This was a game
were goal scoring opportunities were
at a premium and the first on target
shot came in the thirty third minute
when a run by Adam Paget forced an
outstanding save by the visitors
gloveman Stuart Turin flying to his
right. From the resultant corner
kick Lee Thompson poked the ball
into the net from close range during
a goal line scramble.
H|T 1 – 0
Nine minutes into the second period
Stuart MacLellan got free on the
right and from a low cross Thompson
guided the ball into the net.
This seemed to be a “wake up call”
for the visitors who increased the
tempo and gained the upper hand.
Richard Harrison set Simon Gwynne
free he muscled his way between two
defenders before laying the ball
into the path of Chris Mortlock, who
at full stretch was only able to
push the ball past the far goal
post.
In the eighty eighth minute The
Heathens cleared a corner kick to
Richard Harrison who played the ball
to Gwynne who with his back to goal
controlled the ball with one fine
movement between his legs into the
net.
The visitors gave the home fans an
anxious last few minutes as they
searched for the equalising goal.
Referee Mr. I. Douglas
FTL FUTBOL Hellenic Football League
- Premier Division
Saturday 13th February, 2010
Pegasus Juniors 6 v 1 Hook Norton
Pegasus Juniors entertained Hook
Norton at Old School Lane, Hereford,
in the FTL FUTBOL Hellenic League
Premier Division seeking to produce
a better performance than in the
reverse game in December when they
salvaged a point from an injury time
goal. The host side scored very
early into the game and from then on
were rarely troubled by the
Oxfordshire opponents who are
languishing at the foot of the
table.
The Peggy Boys were boosted by the
return of Mark Smith and Cory Hyde
plus Chris Mortlock who through work
commitments had been unable to meet
the travelling constraints placed
upon him by Zamaretto League side
Stourport Swifts.
It only took Mortlock five minutes
to find his scoring boots when he
latched on to a pass over the
visiting defence from Lee
Ferneyhough; he waited for Joe White
visiting goalkeeper to advance and
he calmly lobbed the ball over his
head from the most acute of angles.
This was his one hundredth (100)
first team goal for the club a
memorable landmark.
In the twenty first minute, Mortlock
forever the chaser of lost causes
chased a half cleared corner kick he
passed to Ben Price who crossed the
ball to the far post where the ball
was headed home by Mark Smith whilst
Ferneyhough claimed it was he who
had the last touch as the ball
crossed the goal line.
A fine diagonal pass from Jamie Cuss
picked out Ben Price on the right
his cross was met by Hyde who shot
straight at White. Cuss and Hyde
exchanged a few minutes later with
Hyde hitting the goal post from
close range.
H|T 2 – 0
After the break, the home side
continued their dominance and
increased the lead in the sixty
seventh minute when Hyde outpaced
the Hooky defence to reach another
probing pass from Cuss before he
fired the ball home.
Four minutes later Pegasus scored a
fourth goal when Hyde was the
beneficiary of good work by Mortlock
who received another probing pass
from man of the match Cuss and
crossed the ball into the penalty
area.
Pegasus scored their fifth goal of
the afternoon when substitute and
debutant Lee Marlow received the
ball wide on the left and with his
first touch sent over a pinpoint
cross to find Ben Price who out
jumped his marker at the far post
and headed the ball past the
helpless White.
Hook Norton gained a consolation
goal when Danny Poole wriggled his
way through three players and rolled
the ball past Stuart Turpin.
With two minutes of normal time
remaining Cuss sent Mortlock clear
of the visiting defence, the ace
striker rounded White inside the
penalty area before he was sent
crashing to the ground by Ashley
Prentice. Mark Smith calmly sent the
goal minder the wrong way before
placing the ball to his left.
Hook Norton should have doubled
their tally when they were awarded a
penalty in stoppage time but, James
Robbins crashed the ball against the
crossbar.
This was the first Pegasus Juniors
win since the enforced mid winter
break and another three points
towards safety but more importantly
the two debutants Marlow and Shane
Cuss impressed the management team.
Referee: Mr. Kieron Bushnell
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