South East Counties Womens Football League – League Cup 1st Round
Haywards Heath Town 8 [Mel Bramley 4, Jenny Greenfield 2, Dell Cook 1, o/g] Abbey Rangers 1 - 9th Oct 2005
HEATH RUN RIOT IN CUP MATCH
So often it takes a while for Heath to “get started”, but not in this match. Right from the start Heath were fired up and following attempts by Jenny Greenfield and Kim Donno, Heath went ahead in the 7th minute when following good work by Mel Bramley and Leigh Farley the ball rebounded off a Abbey Rangers player into the goal . Encouraged by this Heath were even more enterprising and could have increased the lead through Del Cook before a decisive ball to Greenfield resulted in a cross which was met by Bramley chest high 5 yards out with an unstoppable volley to put Heath two up – a contender for the “Goal of the Season” . The game was very much one way traffic with Greenfield well positioned after Cooks shot had been saved to put Heath three ahead, and 4 minutes later a well judged lob by Karen Bridgewater enabled Bramley to lob the keeper to score her 2nd. Followed shortly afterwards by a fierce drive for Bramley to record her hat trick. Minutes before half time Heath conceded a penalty for an involuntary handball but the ball rattled the crossbar without troubling keeper Vicki Lank who hadn’t had a save to make in the half . Just before half time Greenfield scored her 2nd
with a well judged lob after being put through by Farley to make it 6-0 at half time.
Abbey played much better in the 2nd half but it still took only 10 mins before George Thomas’s lob enabled Bramley to record her 4th goal . Heaths defence had more work to do but were more than equal to the task although Abbey did manage a consolation goal with a well placed shot just inside the post . Heath scored their 8th when Bramley this time was the provider for Cook to score and although the 2nd half performance did not match the 1st in the number of goals scored, there was no doubting what a fine team performance this was .
Heath’s player of the match was Leigh Farley and special mention must go to her and to Mel Bramley and Jenny Greenfield on the quality of their finishing.
Team: Vicki Lank ; Kim Donno [Emma Burkitt 45 mins] ; Michelle Winnard; Penny Gittins; George Thomas; Leigh Farley; Catherine Diffey [Kim Strong 60 mins]; Karen Bridgewater; Mel Bramley; Jenny Greenfield; Del Cook [Keveena Mosen 75 mins]. Unused Sub Yoli Rietmann
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