Wilson’s winner
sees Cavendish through
Cavendish triumphed in the district
cup after edging past Hemel 1-0. Hemel had beaten Cavendish 3-0 earlier on in
the season in the county cup. But this game was at home for Cavendish and
playing on a pitch they were familiar with seemed to be a key factor in today’s
result. Wilson’s second half goal sees Cavendish’s district cup dream continue
for this season.
Cavendish came out of the traps
well and nearly scored within the first couple of minutes, a whipped in Hayden
free kick was well saved by the Hemel goalkeeper. However all of the pressure
nearly counted for nothing after Hemel missed a golden chance to break the
deadlock. Hemel broke through the Cavendish defence and had a one on one but it
was narrowly put over the bar. Jordan Rogers was lively all game but his shot
from distance went straight at the keeper. Hemel came back and thought they had
a goal after a volley from a cross hit the underside of the bar but bounced
back off the line. Hayden had another
free kick brilliantly saved after the keeper got down well to tip it round the
post. Then Coston tried his luck from the edge of the box but again too easy
for the Hemel goalkeeper. The final chance of the half fell to Cavendish too
but an easy back post header was again saved. The sides went in drawing at the
break but either could have been in front from such an end to end half.
The start of the second half was a
slightly different story from the start of the first as Hemel probably left
wandering how they didn’t take the lead. They would of done just six minutes
into the half but for Cavendish keeper Charlie Hoskins heroics he made a
tremendous double save keeping the scores level. Cavendish had a disallowed
goal for scoring from an indirect free kick. Cavendish argued it should have
counted but it appeared to be the correct decision from the referee. Then on 54
minutes Cavendish took the lead as Jay Wilson was played one on one and coolly tucked
it into the bottom corner. This was a goal that Cavendish probably deserved for
their first half efforts. Hemel were always going to apply the pressure after
going one down but Cavendish had the chance to seal the game off minutes after
going ahead as they were awarded a penalty, but midfielder Alex Payne blasted
the ball high and wide. Hemel created a few chances towards the end with a shot
going narrowly wide. Cavendish were under serious pressure as Hemel pushed for
an equaliser which would have seen the game advance to extra time. In the last
minuet a good corner found a Hemel head but he put it onto the inside of the
post. Cavendish then countered but Rogers only found the keepers legs when he
went one on one. The final whistle blew seconds later meaning Cavendish got
their revenge on rivals Hemel.
The game was close one and a draw would
have been a fair one. However Cavendish took their chance when it came and
defended well meaning they progress into the next round. Hemel gave us a good
game and played some great football at times which shows by their recent
national cup success. The Cavendish defence were brilliant all game and must take big
credit for this result.
Today’s man of the match – Jay Wilson
– he caused the Hemel defence real problems all game and deserved his match
winning goal.
Cavendish starting 11
Hoskins (GK)
Smith
Town (c)
Osborne
Hayden
Parrot
Payne
White
Wilson
Rogers
Match statistics
|
Cavendish
|
Hemel
|
Shots on
target
|
9
|
9
|
Shots off
target
|
7
|
7
|
Corners
|
7
|
6
|
Fouls committed
|
7
|
10
|
