What a night,
Manor visited the super hoops and showed them how to
play the game of football. From the first whistle this
local derby was
always going to be a fiery affair, with Manor fielding
no less than seven ex Ilford players, all out to prove
a point. With Pamplin leading from the front and Quinn
alongside Midford in midfield Manor pushed forward from
the off, so dominant were the Manor side that Ilfords
defence started looking decidedly shaky and never recovered
for the rest of the match. Pamplins presence up front
was causing all sorts of problems and he should have
come off at the interval with a hat trick to his name,
but he was denied twice by the keeper and once by the
woodwork. Manor did get the ball into the net when Delroy
Forde controlled a superb Tony Marsh through ball, turned
his marker and fired home from 20yds only to find he
had been given offside. Level at the break and a shell
shocked Ilford looked more than happy for the break,
however the onslaught continued in the second half with
Manor playing the better football and Ilford resorting
to the long ball from just about everywhere on the park.
The home side finally had something go their way when
they were awarded a penalty, however Manor keeper Carl
Prince kept the scores level when he pulled off a fine
save, the only one he had to make all night. Manor were
still looking for the breakthrough and Pamplin, Midford,Quinn,
and Forde all had the chance to give Manor the lead
but were foiled by some good keeping. Level at the end,
but two points dropped on the night by Manor who were
desperately unlucky not to have won. Manors M.O.M. went
to David Snazel, the boy just gets better every game,
one to watch out for in the future. Manager Kirk Whitelock
said after the game, “ I’m immensely proud
of all the boys tonight, should have taken maximum points,
but we’re happy with a draw, after all, we are
considered to be the leagues whipping boys, 5 games
unbeaten now, can’t be that bad a side can we!!!!!
Team: Prince,
Snazel, Scales, Barratt, Marsh, D. Midford, Quinn,
Connolly, Fola, Pamplin, Forde
Subs – Knapman, Jenkins, Richards,
Marks, McTasney.
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