DCM
7th April 2007, 06:27 PM
If you were not at The Spa this morning, you missed one of the most exciting GCAFC matches of the season.
Shirley Town arrived in the City unbeaten in the league this season. Only one other side had even got a point off them - and that was Gloucester City. As you know, we are also pushing very hard to win the league championship, so everything was set for a thrilling match.
The fixture started in a bizzare way with Shirley Town having forgotten to pick up the bag that contained their match kit. So, Mums and Dads had to hot foot it into town to buy a new kit from Sports Soccer!
Shortly after kick off City got off to the ideal start with the opening goal from Ben Conie. City started to push the ball around in confident manner and were able to keep Shirley under pressure in the opening stages. However, these lads are not unbeaten without good reason. To a man, they were all good players, some very good, and their organisation was as good as any I have seen at this level. It was no suprise therefore that they started to get more and more into the game and managed to pull the match back to 1-1.
The City lads had to show their character. With all to play for and the clock ticking away, the Tigers kept battling and showed great attitude and no small amount of skill. With the match moving into the last minute, it looked like we would have to settle for a draw which would not have been a bad result, but would not have been ideal. As Brian Clough once said, it only takes a second to score a goal, and with seconds left on the clock, and following a superb save from Nick Sheppard in the City goal, our last attack bore dividends with Ben hitting the back of the net again to a huge cheer from the watching parents and supporters (and yours truly!).
So, we ended Shirley Towns unbeated run. There is still a lot of hard work to do before we can even think about league titles, but with this result we have given ourselves a chance to keep up the pressure right to the end of the season.
One of the best GCAFC results of the season. Without a shadow of a doubt.
The U13 and U16 squads did not have a game this week.
Shirley Town arrived in the City unbeaten in the league this season. Only one other side had even got a point off them - and that was Gloucester City. As you know, we are also pushing very hard to win the league championship, so everything was set for a thrilling match.
The fixture started in a bizzare way with Shirley Town having forgotten to pick up the bag that contained their match kit. So, Mums and Dads had to hot foot it into town to buy a new kit from Sports Soccer!
Shortly after kick off City got off to the ideal start with the opening goal from Ben Conie. City started to push the ball around in confident manner and were able to keep Shirley under pressure in the opening stages. However, these lads are not unbeaten without good reason. To a man, they were all good players, some very good, and their organisation was as good as any I have seen at this level. It was no suprise therefore that they started to get more and more into the game and managed to pull the match back to 1-1.
The City lads had to show their character. With all to play for and the clock ticking away, the Tigers kept battling and showed great attitude and no small amount of skill. With the match moving into the last minute, it looked like we would have to settle for a draw which would not have been a bad result, but would not have been ideal. As Brian Clough once said, it only takes a second to score a goal, and with seconds left on the clock, and following a superb save from Nick Sheppard in the City goal, our last attack bore dividends with Ben hitting the back of the net again to a huge cheer from the watching parents and supporters (and yours truly!).
So, we ended Shirley Towns unbeated run. There is still a lot of hard work to do before we can even think about league titles, but with this result we have given ourselves a chance to keep up the pressure right to the end of the season.
One of the best GCAFC results of the season. Without a shadow of a doubt.
The U13 and U16 squads did not have a game this week.