Match Report Holyport FC

Uhlsport Hellenic Division Two East

Saturday 28th Jan 2012

Holyport Reserves 6 v 0 Reading Town Reserves

HT 3 v 0

Scorers: Sumner 14, 51, 78, Handscomb 33, Nuth 39 and OG 69

Reserves Take Centre Stage

With no game for the first team this weekend Sweetman had the luxury of giving minutes to Handscomb, Crawford and Sturgess while Jones and Oatley also continued their comebacks. From the off to was obvious that the Reading Town side was completely different to the side faced several months earlier. Holyport started on the front foot and it was just a matter of time until they opened the scoring.

Nuth and Handscomb worked very well together and either could have opened the scoring as the half progressed. The opening goal finally came following a great move on the right, as Craft, Handscomb and Sumner all combined before Sumner volleyed home. It really was one way traffic as Holyport came with wave after wave of attacks and the Reading keeper denied Nuth and two occasions.

It was good football out right that released Sumner to the byline and his cross found Handscomb unmarked on the six yard line, he made no mistake and headed home. From the restart Port won back procession and Handscomb's attempted lob hit the crossbar and went over.

Nuth finally got his reward for his hard work when he was brought down in the thirty ninth minute, Nuth stepped up and placed his penalty to the keepers left.

The second half started a little scrappy as Holyport took their foot off the gas. As the half progressed Holyport found their passing game again and Sturgess found Sumner just inside the box. With time on his side he chested down and smashed a left foot volley into the bottom left corner.

With the pressure once again mounting on the Reading defence a cross was not cleared and it ended in a Reading Town player scoring an own goal.

Sturgess once again played a key role in creating the sixth goal, he slid a through ball into Nuths path and with only the keeper to beat he unselfishly squared to Sumner to complete his hat trick.

Sam Finn in Holyports goal had a quite debut but dealt with everything that came his way.

Finn, Craft, Kirby (c), Crawford, Newman, Sumner, Jones, Sharpe, Sturgess, Handscomb & Nuth

Subs Used: Oatley & Roque.