Northern Beavers 0 Neston Beavers 1

Neston visited Northern for a return fixture, the game in December ending in a 2-2 draw. Neston won the toss and chose to play with the wind in the first half and quickly won a short corner. A good shot by Sam Dewey was turned into the goal by Richard Capes. Neston continued to attack throughout the first half trying to add to their goal. A task made more difficult when the goal moved, pushed by the wind some 6 feet to the left! The game was stopped and the wandering goal held in place. A Neston attack followed and a shot by Harry Sanguinetti missed the goal but would have found its position a few minutes earlier. When Northern battled up to the Neston D, the defence of James Chester, Max Dutton, Chris James and Greg Chester held firm. Neston attacked mainly down the right with Syd Roberts working well to get the ball in the D. Half time was reached with Neston leading 1-0, but the second half to be played against the wind.
Neston worked well to get the ball into the Northern D and good shots by Ben Crane and Scott Barry narrowly missed the goal. The defence continued to play well with Alex Greenhalf and Peter Harrison making some good tackles. Greg Hughes played very well at left half winning the ball on a number of accasions and finding Scott running down the left. Another good attack led to James Fennah having a good shot high to the keepers left the Northern keeper saved well.
The game finished with Northern pushing for an equaliser and Alex Davies in goal making some good clearing kicks.
The final score of 1-0 was reward for a good performance from Neston in very difficult conditions.
Thanks to Tim Wetherall for umpiring and the parents for helping with transport. Northern entertained Neston to a tea of sausages and chips which was well received by those who returned to their clubhouse.
Man of the match Chris James for a fine performance in the middle and left of defence.
Nest match is away at Chester, times and details to come.