‘3rd’s Make it Four, Wins out of four!’

MATCH DATE: Saturday 17th October 2009.

TEAM: Stourport 1st XI.

OPPOSITION: Birmingham University 2nd XI.

VENUE: Stourport Astro Pitches.

HALF TIME: 0-2.

FULL TIME SCORE: 0-4.

STOURPORT SCORERS: .

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATCH
Stourport 1st XI ladies missed an opportunity to improve on their
league position, after they went down 4-0 to visitors and Midland B
league leaders Birmingham University, last week.
Unlike previous weeks the home side began well, keeping the ball and
creating some early chances from short corners, but, although the home
side were working hard they conceded a goal when they fell behind to
any effort at a short corner. The home side continuing to battle hard
had a golden opportunity to equalise, with a one on one with the
keeper, only for the keeper to come on top by saving the shot.
Birmingham had the edge over their hosts, keeping the pressure as they
passed the ball around with strength, leading to a goal from a reverse
stick shot, which left the hosts two goals down at the break.
Stourport unaffected by the scoreline kept their work rate high, but a
lapse of concentration in the defence, led to well a worked goal by the
visitors. Stourport still created chances with some good passing play
but it was to be Birmingham's day, the home side unable to change the
scoreline, found themselves further behind when their visitors added a
fourth and final goal when a shot at the top of the 'D' was deflected
in, by a Birmingham side who played well and took the points despite a
battling performance from Stourport.

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MATCH DATE: Saturday 17th October 2009.

TEAM: Stourport 2nd XI.

OPPOSITION: Dudley 1st XI.

VENUE: Away.

HALF TIME: 0-0.

FULL TIME SCORE: 2-0.

STOURPORT SCORERS: Caroline Sidell.
Shelley Tromans.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATCH
Two second half goals sealed three points for Stourport ladies 2nd XI,
in the Midland Conference South, when they beat last weekends hosts
Dudley 1st XI, 2-0.
Stourport worked hard throughout the first half of this match, but,
despite creating numerous opportunities and winning a series of short
corners, the visitors were unable to hit Dudley where it hurts most,
and entered the half time break without a goal.
The breakthrough when it came was ten minutes into the second half,
Stourport's player of the match, Molly Weaver, picking the ball up on
the half way line, drove up the pitch and into the Dudley 'D', where
she unleashed a shot that was initially saved by the Dudley keeper, who'
d gone to ground to execute the save, only for Caroline Sidell to pop
the ball into the goal off her pads. Stourport stepped down a gear
after this, allowing their hosts to push forward in search of an
equaliser, but, the visitors defence, and keeper Sally Smith, who was
called upon to make a number of saves, like the rest of the squad
worked hard to secure the points, and secure the points they did with a
second goal after twenty five minutes, with another drive from the
half line into the 'D', this time by captain Shelley Tromans, the
resultant shot from the top of the area, took a deflection off a
defenders stick before finding it's way into the goal, to make certain
of the victory and the first three points that the 2nd's have won this
season.

MATCH DATE: Saturday 17th October 2009.

TEAM: Stourport 3rd XI.

OPPOSITION: Old Sills 2nd XI.

VENUE: Away.

HALF TIME: 1-0.

FULL TIME SCORE: 2-0.

STOURPORT SCORERS: Chloe Marshall-Walker.
Rhiannon Linnington-
Payne.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATCH
Stourport ladies 3rd XI made it played four won four, in this season's
Worcestershire 2nd Division programme, when they beat hosts Old Sils, 2-
0 on their brand new pitch last weekend.
Despite their record so far this season Stourport were slow to make
any inroads into their hosts defence and only started to come alive
when Old Sils threatened with a series of short corners. Jolted into
life, the league leaders didn''t gain any immediate rewards for their
numerous attacks. In fact Stourport had to wait until midway through
the half until they broke the deadlock, finally making one of their
efforts, in the opposing 'D' count, with a goal from Chloe Marshall-
Walker, which gave the visitors the advantage at the break.
With the match as close as it had been Stourport needed an early goal
in the second half to feel secure, but, again they wasted their
chances, convincing Old Sils that they were in with a chance of
stealing at least a point from their visitors, and meaning that the
Stourport defence had to be on their toes and play a tight game to
prevent them from getting a sniff at goal. Perhaps with all the
pressure that Stourport were creating it was inevitable that they would
take the points, but, even so they were only secured, when, Stourport's
player of the match, Rhiannon Linnington-Payne, scrambled the ball
underneath the determined, and busy, Old Sils keeper goal, to give the
visitors the cushion they needed to leave them two points clear at the
top of the table.


MATCH DATE: Saturday 17th October 2009.

TEAM: Stourport 4th XI.

OPPOSITION: Worcester 3rd XI.

VENUE: Stourport Astro Pitches.

HALF TIME: 0-2.

FULL TIME SCORE: 0-2.

STOURPORT SCORERS: .

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATCH
Stourport ladies 4th XI unbeaten in all of their previous
Worcestershire 3rd XI Division matches, this season, came down to earth
with a bump last weekend when their visitors, Worcester 3rd XI, beat
them 2-0.
The first ten minutes of the half set the pattern of the match as
Stourport produced all of the pressure but couldn't' find away through
the visiting defence. Worcester weren't' completely confined to their
own half pressing forward on occasions to test the Stourport defence,
and it was only a basic mistake by the Stourport centre back, that
allowed the visitors to take the lead, mid way through the half.
Stourport came back, but, find they were unable to crack the Worcester
defence, who were determined not to let anything get past them. If the
home side had thought themselves unlucky to be a goal down, then when
the visitors had another stroke of luck in front of goal, and scored a
second, then perhaps the home side had an inkling that the match was
just not going to go their way.
Two – nil down at the break Stourport came out in the second half
determined to put four past the Worcester keeper, before the final
whistle. But, the home side was unfortunate enough to find the
visiting keeper in unbeatable form, with Stourport captain Teri Baron,
having at lest four efforts saved, which on another day would have gone
in. Meanwhile at the other end Worcester still attempted to relive the
pressure on their back four by going forward but they too were thwarted
in their efforts to add to their score, and had to settle for the two
goals as the final whistle brought the curtain down on what was a
frustrating day for the hosts. Stourport's player of the match Kathy
Doyle.

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