Neston Beavers 0 Oxton Beavers 2

Neston lost to their local rivals in a close game at the rec. In bright sunny conditions Neston started quite brightly with Sam Dewey and Max Dutton pushing the side forward from the centre of midfield. Although Neston had quite a lot of the ball they couldn't create any chances. Oxton started to get into the game and won a number of short corners and it was from one of these that they took the lead. Neston defended the initial shot well but couldn't get the ball out of the D and eventually Oxton gave keeper Alex Davies no chance with a firm shot. Neston went looking for an equaliser and unfortunately forgot to mark the lone Oxton foreward who broke away and slipped the ball home to make it 2-0. Neston then created their best chance of the half when James Fennah found some space in front of goal, but his shot was saved. The second half started with Neston on the attack some good moves got the ball into the D but Scott Barry, Ben Crane and James Knight couldn't test the Oxton keeper. The defence of James Chester, Greg Chester, Peter Harrison, Greg Hughes and Chris James did a good job of keeping Oxton out and when they did get a shot on goal Alex Davies made a number of good saves. Syd Roberts worked well on the right. The game ended 2-0, so for the third week running we kept a clean sheet in the second half, better concentration in the first half may have led to a different result! Overall a solid performance which unfortunately did not lead to enough good goal scoring chances being created.
Men of the match - Alex Davies for an excellent perfomance in goal and Chris James for a solid debut in defence.