EARLS BARTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

Wooton 3 V Earls Barton 2

13th September 2008

AFTER GETTING A GOOD START THE PREVIOUS WEEK BARTON LOOKED AT PUSHING ON AWAY FROM HOME AGAINST A SIDE THAT BARTON STRUGGLED TO TAKE POINTS OFF THE PREVIOUS SEASON, BARTON PREPERATIONS WERE HAMPERED WITH 2 KEY PLAYERS PULLING OUT THROUGH INJURY THE MORNING OF THE GAME.

BARTON BEGAN THE GAME BRIGHTLY ON WHAT CAN BE ONLY DESCRIBED AS A DISGRACEFULL PITCH, BARTONS PASSING STYLE WAS HINDERED AND WERE UNABLE TO GET THE BALL DOWN AND MAKE ANY REAL IMPACT ON A LIVELY WOOTTON TEAM, BARTON LOOKED SLUGISH AND WERE QUICKLY 1-0 DOWN FROM AN INSWINGING CORNER, A FAILURE TO DEAL WITH MOVEMENT FROM WOOTON LEFT A FREE HEADER WHICH BARTON WERE PUNISHED BY, ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER, BARTON GAVE AWAY A FREE KICK ON THE EDGE OF THE AREA, A GREAT FREE KICK SAW BARTON NOW 2-0 DOWN AND NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HIT THEM.
WITH THE HALF DRAWING TO A CLOSE SOME GOOD LINK UP PLAY FROM KRIS HALL, PUT CALLUM WARD THROUGH ON GOAL, WITH WARD THROUGH HE UNLEASHED AN UNSTOPABLE 25 YARD THAT FLEW INTO THE TOP CORNER, WITHOUT REALLY DESERVING TO BE BARTON WERE BACK IN THE GAME.

THE HALF ENDED 2-1

BARTON CAME OUT FOR THE 2ND HALF AND STARTED PRETTY MUCH AS THEY HAD ENDED THE 1ST HALF, WHICH WAS POORLY, AFTER SOME GOOD SAVES FROM BARTON KEEPER AND SOME POOR FINISHING FROM WOOTON, BARTON WERE LUCKY NOT TO BE LOSING BY MORE.
ON 64 MINUTES THE INEVITABLE HAPPENED AND BARTON CONCEEDED A 3RD, A MIXTURE OF POOR DEFENDING AND A LOSS OF CONENTRATION, SAW AN EASY FINISH FOR WOOTON.
WITH WOOTON TAKING A COMFORTABLE LEAD, THEY TOOK THE FOOT OF THE GAS, AND ON 88 MINUTES KRIS HALL PRODUCED A CLASSY FINISH TO ENSURE THE SCORE LOOKED CLOSER THAN THE GAME WAS, WITH 5 MINUTES OF INJURY TIME PLAYED WOOTON HUNG ON FOR A DESERVED VICTORY.

RICH ELLSON " our preparations were hindered in the build up to this game, however we had more then enough quality in the squad to take something from this game, we looked at times lazy and nothing like the side that started the season against Welford, we will work on some things at training and hope to put today right next week at home. we have to learn quickly in this league if we have any chance of promotion".

          Wittlich 2008