Alderley Edge Beavers 4 Neston Beavers 4

After a lunch time spent watching the football, we made the journey to Wilmslow to play Alderley Edge, a return of the fixture we lost 3-2 in the Autumn. Neston got off to a good start and were soon on the attack, Scott Barry finding some space in the D shooting wide. More pressure on the Alderley goal eventually got a break through. Sam Dewey found Scott in the D and his cross shot was turned into the goal by Ben Crane at the far post. A second soon followed when Ben again was on hand to get the ball into the goal from a right wing cross. Some poor marking allowed Alderley to score just before half time. The Neston defence of Max Dutton, James Chester, Chris James and Pete Harrison came under a lot of pressure at the start of the second half and were unable to prevent Alderley twice getting the ball past Alex Davies in goal. Now down 3-2 Neston got on the attack mainly down the right where Sam Dewey was busy. Another free hit from Sam found Gregg Chester free at the top of the D, his first time pass into the D found Ben Crane unmarked and he scored, making it a hat trick. Neston attacked again and a poorly cleared cross found Gregg Chester unmarked to beat the Alderley keeper to put Neston in the lead again. Alderley then looked for the equaliser and a strong run down the right led to an equaliser. Alex Greenhalf, Tom Honeybourne and Harry Sanguinetti all had good games in midfield. Bost sides had short corners in the final few minutes but neither could score and a final score of 4-4 was probably a fair result.
Men of the match Ben Crane for his first hat trick and Gregg Chester for an excellent game in midfield and defence, scoring his first goal.
Thankyou to all the parents who helped with transport, especially those following me and sitting in the jam on the M56 for nearly one hour!
After three weeks travelling the North West of England we return home next week for a game against Winnington Park, start 12.00 at Calday, I will be in touch.