Wednesday 7th November: GIRLS FOOTBALL

Shantelle Omar 1, Lola Olusanya 1, Emily Gillam 1.

A poor start from ETC saw Bishop Bell quickly taking the lead in the opening minutes of this title clash game. ETC were 1-0 down and still Bishop Bell looked the more up for it team. A few wrong decisions saw Bishop Bell through on goal again to make it 2-0 20 minutes into the game. The last minutes of the half saw a few glimmers of light for ETC coming from Shantelle, Lola and Hannah Blundells attacking play down the wings, a cross from Blundell found Shantelle; whos early shot beat the keeper to find the bottom left hand corner of the net. Half time score 2-1 to Bishop Bell! The second half saw a different ETC out on the pitch, every single player on the team worked and battled hard to win the ball to get it in the danger area for us. Jasmine Izzard now started to command the defence making us look strong and confident, allowing Charleigh Crotty to push into midfield helping with attacks.At this point ETC had now settled well into the game, Bishop Bell struggled to get the ball out of their own half for the 1st 20 minutes, finally a break through came from Lola squeezing the ball past 3 or 4 defenders to make it 2 all. 10 minutes now left of the game, ETC have all the possession, and Bekki French, Jasmine Izzard and Rachel Gunn are looking in control at the back. Our midfield worked hard with crosses and shots coming from Lauren Hughes, Hannah Blundell, Emily Gillam, Lola Olusanya, Immy Robinson and Shantelle Omar. Unfortunately for us the Keeper was moving well and saving anything that came towards her. Finally pressure paid off, and again a crossed ball saw Emily Gillam scoring her debut goal for ETC, making the score 3-2. All ETC had to do now was keep hold of the ball for the dying minutes of the game, but with light fading it made it hard for both teams to stay focused. Bishop Bell now had nothing to lose and pushed for the equalising goal, they managed to break through 2 or 3 times but Sophie Boast claimed the ball well from goal. A minute to go saw Shantelle Omar get onto the end of Boasts goal kick, running the ball towards the corner and keeping hold of it until the whistle. Final score 3-2 ETC, a very entertaining game.

MOM: SHANTELLE OMAR “Battled hard throughout, never gave up, and scored the 1st goal” KAB