sthmian South Central Division – Saturday 22nd October 2022
Uxbridge 1v 2 Basingstoke Town Attendance 132
Where: Honeycroft, Horton Road, West Drayton, Middlesex. UB7 8HX
Stoke win through Ezio brace and a string of Mark Scott saves.
Dan Brownlie’s line-up for today: 1. Mark Scott, 2. Ben Mason, 3. James Haworth, 4. Michael Atkinson, 5. Scott Armsworth, 6. Billy Upton, 7. George Reid, 8. Simon Dunn (Capt), 9. Ezio Touray, 10. James Clark, 11. Shamar Moore,
On the bench: D’Andre Brown, Marcio Neves, Stefan Brown, Callum Winchcombe & Nathan Smart
Referee – Daniel D’Urso
It’s Stoke who kick the game off with us attacking the clubhouse end and we win a corner in the first minute, as we attack down the right through George Reid whose cross takes a deflection onto the roof of the net. Uxbridge clear from the corner.
Uxbridge break from our attack in the third minute, and there’s a shot which flies straight to Mark Scott in goal. Uxbridge continue to have the next couple of attacks, but we hold firm.
Then in the seventh minute we intercept a Uxbridge pass and the ball is slid to James Clark who takes the ball ten yards and then hits a left-foot shot that takes a slight deflection and the keeper is able to save.
Then in the tenth minute we appear to have taken the lead, as Ezio is put through and he slides the ball past the oncoming keeper, but the linesman has flagged him for offside.
Attacks from both sides over the next few minutes create nothing of note.
On 23 minutes we switch the play from the left to the right as James Clark finds Reid, who takes on his defender, cuts inside on his left foot and hits a shot, but again it’s straight at the keeper.
Uxbridge have the next attack and Scott makes another save.
We then a free-kick in the 31st minute as Ezio is fouled just outside the box. The Uxbridge players surround the referee and finally it is Ezio Touray to take the free-kick, who beats the wall and then the keeper and into the roof of the net GOAL ! Uxbridge 0 – 1 Basingstoke Town (Ezio Touray 33 mins)
Uxbridge then win back-to back corners which we are able to defend.
There is a nasty tackle on Ezio that goes unpunished and then Simon Dunn goes in the book for a tackle.
The referee books a second Uxbridge player as we win another free-kick. The kick rebounds of an Uxbridge player for a corner. The corner is headed onto the underside of the bar and onto the bottom of the post and the keeper falls on the ball.
A minute later the referee blows for halftime with Stoke in the lead.
Halftime – Uxbridge 0 v 1 Basingstoke Town
With no changes at halftime, the second-half gets underway, and we attack down the right through Reid, who gets hacked down by the Uxbridge left-back who has already been cautioned and the referee shows him a second yellow card, followed by the red and Uxbridge are down to ten. There is a long delay as the player trudges slowly off. The free-kick is taken by James Clark who sends in a superb cross, that Scott Armsworth gets a slight touch on and it flies onto Ezio, who doubles the lead as he knocks it into the net from three yards out. GOAL !! Uxbridge 0 – 2 Basingstoke Town (Ezio Touray 50 mins)
Scott Armsworth has gone in the book for over celebrating the goal.
Uxbridge then attack and force a fine save out of Mark Scott.
Another good run by Reid as he takes on three defenders, but his shot slides wide of the far post.
The referee seems reluctant to book anymore Uxbridge players for continuous fouls, but then books Michael Atkinson.
Stoke then have the next couple of attacks, but they result in shots that fly wide of the goal.
Uxbridge have a decent attack, but it finally results in a shot that flies high and out of the ground.
The referee finally books the Uxbridge No.8 goes in the book after another nasty tackle.
Uxbridge then win a free-kick 35 yds out and the kick is met by an Uxbridge player who heads it against the post and Stoke are able to hook the ball clear.
Stoke then make our first change with D’Andre Brown replacing Michael Atkinson (71 mins).
We attack again through good work by Ben Mason who sets up Ezio, who instead of taking the ball on, shoots from 28 yds and the keeper makes a comfortable save.
Uxbridge then win a free-kick just outside the penalty area, and it’s Billy Upton’s turn to go in the book. The free-kick is hit wide of the near post.
Ezio gets pulled down for the umpteenth time and another Uxbridge goes in the book. From the kick the ball flies across one side of the goal to the other.
Uxbridge then pull a goal back after they break from an error by a Stoke player and the cross is met and a Uxbridge player who knocks it home.
We make our second change with Mario Neves replacing George Reid.
Uxbridge are now pushing forward and win a corner and Scott makes a fine save.
It’s Scott to the rescue a minute later as they break again and a shot from the left is pushed out for a corner by Scott. The corner-kick bounces around our penalty area, before we hook it clear.
We make our third and final change with Ezio Touray being replaced by Stefan Brown (87 mins).
Then in the last minute of normal time, the ball is back in our penalty area, and Scott pulls out another superb close range save.
Uxbridge are hunting for an equaliser, but we are holding them out as we move into the third minute of added-time.
Now six minutes into added-time, and still the referee wants to play on and Uxbridge win a corner, then another one from that. We defend both and as the ball is hit clear, the referee finally blows the fulltime whistle and Stoke head home with all three points.
Full-time Score: Uxbridge 1 v 2 Basingstoke Town
Mark Bitmead 78mins Ezio Touray 33 & 50 mins
Match Thought’s
This was a strong all-round team performance against a strong Uxbridge side, but an Ezio Touray brace, a super performance by George Reid, however Mark Scott was the clear man-of-the-match as he pulled out a string of crucial saves, especially in the last ten minutes of a match, that the referee did not want to end.
Up Next:
Well we have a week to rest, before we head back out on the road to Marlow next Saturday (29th).
Match Report by Martin French..
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