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EH Cup 2nd Round
4 Oct 2009
Neson South Wirral 0-2 Cannock
I’m surprised to
be disappointed today that we didn’t beat Cannock, as we had a handful of really good chances
to score. McNeight had 2 great chances close to goal and young McCurdy will still be reeling
after flicking straight at the Keeper from close range. But without Tom
McCurdy’s incredible performance in defence alongside ‘Brickwall Brooker’ the
scoreline would have been likely to reach double figures. And Lawrence’s pace on the break and movement off the ball
kept us looking dangerous at times which helped take the pressure off the back four.
The inspiration of Bjorn Borg shone like a guiding light on Sunday, as
we hosted Cannock 1s in what proved to be every bit as exciting as the classic Wimbledon Final of 1980. It was the calm, collected
defensive press of Neston pushing back the edgy onslaught of the constant Cannock attack. As we worked harder and harder to
keep the ball out of the net, Cannock got more and more uptight and called on the power of McEnroe to help brush us aside.
This involved lots of shouting; the coach was shouting at the players and the umpires; the players were shouting at each other
and the umpires. Not wanting to be ‘out-shouted’, the Home side called in Eddy Byrnes who weighed
in early with “For God’s sake Cooky, Tackle him!” After a slight readjustment
of his radar, he began taunting the Cannock players with cutting blows such as “You’ll have to do better
than that Cannock”. This caused much chuckling in the Neston goal during the wait for yet another improvised
short corner. Sadly, unlike 1980, Bjorn Borg came off second best
this time as Cannock scored 2 quality corners from the edge of the circle to beat us 2 – 0. Incredible work from all
on the pitch for keeping the ball out of the net, but we will draw strength from this performance and transfer this passion
and desire into our league match against Formby on Saturday.
Paul Shepherd (Captain)
Paul Shepherd (Goal) Capt, Greg Brooker, Tom McCurdy, Barry
Roberts, Steve Kelso, Carl Smith, Rogier Van de Ouderraa, Mark Donnelly, Pete Glassman, Lawrence McNeight, Mark Shipley.
Kenny Gardiner, Rob Cookson, Aled Jarvis, Dan Khedun, Harry Bush
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