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2005/06 MATCH REPORTS
U’s v Basingstoke (01/10/05)
5 mins: Luke Cornwall touches the ball to Danny Ekoku on the edge of the area and he strides into the box but is denied the perfect start to his loan spell by a good save.
23 mins: Penalty - Lewis Gonsalves tussles with a Basingstoke forward on the left of the area. The referee notices some shirt-pulling and points to the spot. Phil Wilson dives low to his left to block a weak penalty with his legs.
26 mins: GOAL - A Basingstoke build-up on the left ends with a deep cross being headed down at the back post to Ray, who thumps a shot past Wilson into the bottom right corner, 0-1.
40 mins: Sutton cause panic in the ‘Stoke box but the defence somehow blocks shots from Matt Gray and Geoff Pitcher and scramble the ball away.
Half-time: U’s 0, Basingstoke 1.
45 mins: Substitution – Steve Douglas replaced Stewart Castledine.
53 mins: Yellow card – Tony Quinton slides in from behind and deservedly earns a booking for a poor challenge.
55 mins: GOAL - Ryan Palmer loses possession with an attempted wide ball to Gray. Basingstoke counter attack down the left wing and the cross finds Ray, who does well to get his head to the ball and loop it back across goal over the wrong-footed Wilson, 0-2.
65 mins: Cornwall hits Sutton’s best effort at goal in the second half, turning away from his man on the edge of the box and shooting just wide of the left upright.
70 mins: Gonsalves jumps unmarked at the back post but heads Gray’s left wing corner wide.
Final Score: U’s 0, Basingstoke 2.
F-t-L Facts:
- United failed to score in a game for the first time this season (10 matches).
- Current Form: WLWLWL (Scored 10, Conceded 6).
- Next Up: Away to Chippenham Town (FA Cup) – Last Season: No Game.
Team: Wilson, Palmer, Gonsalves, Harding, Castledine, Quinton, Gray, Pitcher, Cornwall, Ekoku, Akuamoah. Subs (n/u) Charalambous, L Adams.
Left, Luke Cornwall beats a Basingstoke defender.
Right, Phil Wilson saves the home side's first half penalty.
U’s v St. Albans (15/10/05)
6 mins: GOAL - Geoff Pitcher plays a short pass in to Tony Quinton. He passes it wide to the left of the area to Luke Cornwall whose cross into the middle is met by the charging Quinton and he plants a downward header past the keeper, 1-0.
24 mins: GOAL - The same three combine again. Pitcher releases Cornwall into the left of the area and although his attempted shot is blocked he regains possession and crosses to the back post where Quinton squeezes a side-footed volley between the ‘keeper and the post, 2-0.
37 mins: Yellow card - Pitcher booked for foul.
41 mins: Paul Honey finds Quinton and he bursts forward, sliding a pass behind the defence to Eddie Akuamoah who is shoved from behind on the edge of the box but no foul is given. Cornwall collects the ball but shoots at the keeper.
Half-time: U’s 2, St. Albans 0.
52 mins: Phil Wilson springs to his left and tips the ball away from the top corner after a good Saints build-up.
52 mins: Yellow card - Saints player Tom Davis is booked for a late lunge on Cornwall.
55 mins GOAL - Matt Gray’s corner from the right is flicked on at the near post by Quinton and Akuamoah flicks it home at the back post with the outside of his left boot, 3-0.
58 mins: Substitution - Stewart Castledine replaces Paul Honey.
58 mins: Red card - Pitcher throws the ball into the face of Davis, who perhaps over-reacts, but Pitcher is shown a second yellow then a red card.
62 mins: Danny Ekoku nips between two defenders but his shot is straight at the keeper. Gray is first to the rebound but his shot is blocked.
73 mins: Ryan Palmer makes a crucial clearance. Moments earlier Lewis Gonsalves had blocked a good shot.
76 mins: Yellow card - Gonsalves booked for foul.
78 mins: Davis, being booed by the home fans, side steps a man on the edge of the box and rattles the bar with his shot.
78 mins: GOAL - A defensive header loops to Cornwall thirty yards out and he connects with a flying volley that flies over the keeper and drops below the bar, 4-0.
78 mins: Yellow card - Cornwall booked for taking his shirt off during celebration.
81 mins: Substitution - Sean Rivers replaces Cornwall.
Full-time: U’s 4, St. Albans 0.
F-t-L Facts:
- Sutton hit four or more goals in a game for the third time this season.
- Current Form: WLWLLW (Scored 8, Conceded 5).
- Next Up: Home against Eastbourne Borough – Last Season: 0-0.
Team: Wilson, Palmer, Gonsalves, Scarborough, Honey (Castledine), Quinton, Gray, Pitcher, Cornwall (Rivers), Ekoku, Akuamoah. Sub (n/u) Charalambous.
Goals: Quinton (6, 24), Akuamoah (55), Cornwall (78).
Top Left, Tony Quinton heads home the opening goal.
Top Right, Quinton watches the ball come over before volleying the second.
Bottom Left, Phil Wilson collects a St. Albans cross.
Bottom Right, Eddie Akuamoah flicks the ball home for the third goal.
U’s v Eastbourne (18/10/05)
2 mins: Eastbourne work an early opening in the Sutton area but the ball deflects off a defender and spins narrowly wide of the left post.
9 mins: A long goalkeeper clearance catches out the U’s defence but Eastbourne shoot over from the edge of the box.
16 mins: Substitution – Alexis Charalambous replaces Lewis Gonsalves
17 mins: GOAL – Danny Ekoku holds the ball up on the right. He lays it back to Matt Gray, who bursts down the line past a crowd of players, somehow emerging still with the ball. Gray crosses low to the near post and Eddie Akuamoah flicks it home despite the best efforts of the ‘keeper, 1-0.
19 mins: Geoff Pitcher fouls on the right wing. Whipped in free kick is headed at goal but Phil Wilson saves superbly from point blank range.
26 mins: Gray brings the ball in from the right and rifles wide of goal from 20 yards.
31 mins: GOAL – Tony Quinton chips precisely over the defence to Pitcher, who slides the ball under the ‘keeper but it is cleared off the line and behind for a corner. Gray’s left wing corner picks out the unmarked Luke Cornwall near the penalty spot and his left-footed volley creeps inside the far post, 2-0.
45 mins: Cornwall shoots tamely at the keeper from the edge of the box after good work by Pitcher and Ryan Palmer.
Half-time: U’s 2, Eastbourne 0.
54 mins: Gray drills a corner to the edge of the box but Pitcher’s powerful shot is blocked.
57 mins: Wilson rolls out quickly to Gray who dispatches a diagonal ball long up the field to Cornwall. The ‘keeper stands up well to deny United’s striker.
66 mins: Wilson holds a well-hit shot just below the bar.
80 mins: Yellow card – Ekoku booked for kicking the ball away.
82 mins: Sutton mess up a set piece free kick but if falls for Cornwall who fails to shoot before it is cleared away from him and Ekoku.
84 mins: Cornwall flicks the ball through for Ekoku who is in on goal but his second touch lets it roll through to the ‘keeper.
Full-time: U’s 2, Eastbourne 0.
F-t-L Facts:
- Sutton have kept clean sheets against Eastbourne in both of their Nationwide South meetings at Gander Green Lane.
- Current Form: LWLLWW (Scored 9, Conceded 5).
- Next Up: Away to Weymouth – Last Season: 1-1 (Fear).
Team: Wilson, Palmer, Gonsalves (Charalambous), Scarborough, Honey, Quinton, Gray, Pitcher, Cornwall, Ekoku, Akuamoah. Subs (n/u) Castledine, Rivers.
Goals: Akuamoah (17), Cornwall (31).
U’s v Weymouth (29/10/05)
Goals:
0-1 – A terrible start for United as Weymouth score within four minutes. A long throw from the right falls to Lee Elam and he slots into the bottom left corner.
0-2 – Two minutes before half-time Weymouth break down the middle of the pitch and Kirk Jackson knocked it past Phil Wilson, despite Sutton’s ‘keeper getting a hand to it.
1-2 – The U’s get back in the game a minute after the interval as Eddie Akuamoah crosses from the left and Craig Watkins knees the ball in from within the six yard box.
1-3 – As Sutton pushed for a leveller, Weymouth picked up a free kick twenty yards out in the final minute and Matt Bound’s low strike deflects off the end of the wall and into the bottom right corner.
Sutton’s Best Move:
At one-nil down, Ryan Palmer curves a ball out to the wing with the outside of his right foot. Matt Gray takes two touches then whips an excellent ball into the area that flashes past Luke Cornwall and Danny Ekoku on the edge of the six yard box to Craig Watkins at the back post but, slightly stretching, his effort flashes narrowly over the bar.
You don’t know what you’re doing:
The referee takes no action after a Weymouth player kicks out in retaliation to a bad challenge by John Scarborough. Scarborough is booked.
Fans on song:
United’s fans won the prizes for best chant, taunting the Weymouth fans with multiple renditions of “You’re only here for the tickets” – Tickets to Weymouth’s FA Cup trip to Nottingham Forest went on sale after the game. The chant was proved to be close to the truth as the home fans started disappearing from the terraces with fifteen minutes still to go.
Biggest Attendance:
The game was watched by 1,703, the highest attendance in the Nationwide South this season.
Current Form is…
Not too shabby. Sutton lost and conceded for the first time in three games.
Last six: WLLWWL: Scored 9, Conceded 6.
Next for the U’s:
Lewes visit the Lane in the Nationwide South. Last season this fixture finished 5-3 to Lewes as Sutton dropped into the relegation zone with a poor defensive performance. John Scarborough and Joff Vansittart (2) scored for the U’s. Match Report
Team:
Wilson, Palmer, Gonsalves, Scarborough, Watkins, Quinton, Gray, Honey, Cornwall, Ekoku, Akuamoah. Subs (n/u) Adams, Elliott, Rivers.
Craig Watkins shoots over at the back post
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Danny Ekoku looks to beat a Weymouth defender
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