Castle Brom 18-09-11

League Cup Round 1

Castle Brom 1 v 2 Ravens

Scorers: Juan 2

M.o.M: Juan

A tough cup draw saw us visit Castle Brom who have proved to be a bogey team in the past as we have failed to beat them in 3 competitive games. We were rocked by the late withdrawals of Brian and Phil before the game.

We started very well on the back of last weeks good win and we dominated the 1^st half with great midfield play from Ish, Logan, Frank and Brad. Kori and Juan were proving to be a real threat and our back four were in command. Alfie was rarely called upon but did everything he had to with confidence.

Our pressure had to tell and Juan opened the scoring with a cracking shot into the roof of the net. Frank had a goal harshly ruled out for offside as their linesman seemed to be making up his own rules as the game went on. A great move up the right involving several players saw Frank slip it through to Juan as we turned the screw. The 2^nd goal came as Juan once again hot the target. Half times was 2-0 and could have been more. Castle Brom bounced back after the break and we were hanging on at times. We defended superbly and Alfie did the rest.

We offered a threat on the break but the best chance of the 2^nd half fell to Logan when his free kick went wide. We held out to progress to round 2. Well done for a great effort. Elliot and Logan had strong games today but man of the match goes to Juan – the match winner.