Post by Casuals Ron on Nov 20, 2021 22:51:56 GMT
In the Brian Clough era, it wasn't unusually for the team, who didn't play as well as can be expect, to be locked into the changing room for half an hour after the game.. To his credit, by all accounts, the Casuals manager locked the team into the players lounge for half an hour before the start..
The game started with Casuals playing like men possessed, they tore into the Hartley Wintney side as though their life depended on it.
Within 4 minutes, man of the match Daniel Rowe had scored a good goal. He added a second, when turning in a good cross from ever improving Reuben Duncan on the 10th minute, Casuals were starting look a team going places. Daniel Rowes third on the twentieth seem to stun the crowd into a sense of disbelief. Rohdell Gordon scored the fourth and the old guard realised that they had finally got a team that "wanted to play for the shirt". It had been the performance of a team transformed into action, playing neat incisive football.
However, Daniel Fitchett, goal for Hartley just before half time, alerted everyone to the fact there was still some hard work to be done.
Having had the anticipated "gee up" in the changing rooms, Hartley came out and started to play good football. Casuals were content to absorb the pressure and looked more than useful on the counter attack and did spurn several good chances.
The game then had it's first real incident when Daniel Fitchett was straight red carded. I really didn't see it that clearly, but the referee took his time and did speak to his linesman. Ten men Hartley seem to be spurred into action by the decision and started to look the better side. However, the next incident went in Hartleys favour when a Casuals defended was judged to have handled the ball, when he claimed he was only instinctively "trying to protect his tenderer parts". The resultant penalty was dispatched by Mitchell Parker, 4-2.
Hartley applied the pressure and Casuals looked good on the counter. However some bad passing/play in the Casuals midfield resulted in Hartleys Jordan Edwards scoring his team third with 10 mins to go 4-3. The defibrillators were checked, manned and made available up on the top balcony. Casuals were to their credit trying to protect their lead and again looked good on the counter. Adam Liddle did break through on goal but was tripped by Hartleys Harry Taylor, who quite rightly was instantly red carded.
Casuals deserved win puts them up to 14th, they appear to have got over their bad streak, but who knows.
Tuesday home game against Weston Super Mare should show how far along the road to recovery they have come.
The only disappointing thing about todays game was that a crowd of only 151 watched a full blood game of football. OK. there wasn't the cultured, neat drilled, technically correct, 10 ball pass, which included the goal keeper twice, which a still didn't get the ball more than 15yds into the opposition half, beloved by the football connoisseur. But it was entertaining which in the end is basically what people do go to watch football for.
The game started with Casuals playing like men possessed, they tore into the Hartley Wintney side as though their life depended on it.
Within 4 minutes, man of the match Daniel Rowe had scored a good goal. He added a second, when turning in a good cross from ever improving Reuben Duncan on the 10th minute, Casuals were starting look a team going places. Daniel Rowes third on the twentieth seem to stun the crowd into a sense of disbelief. Rohdell Gordon scored the fourth and the old guard realised that they had finally got a team that "wanted to play for the shirt". It had been the performance of a team transformed into action, playing neat incisive football.
However, Daniel Fitchett, goal for Hartley just before half time, alerted everyone to the fact there was still some hard work to be done.
Having had the anticipated "gee up" in the changing rooms, Hartley came out and started to play good football. Casuals were content to absorb the pressure and looked more than useful on the counter attack and did spurn several good chances.
The game then had it's first real incident when Daniel Fitchett was straight red carded. I really didn't see it that clearly, but the referee took his time and did speak to his linesman. Ten men Hartley seem to be spurred into action by the decision and started to look the better side. However, the next incident went in Hartleys favour when a Casuals defended was judged to have handled the ball, when he claimed he was only instinctively "trying to protect his tenderer parts". The resultant penalty was dispatched by Mitchell Parker, 4-2.
Hartley applied the pressure and Casuals looked good on the counter. However some bad passing/play in the Casuals midfield resulted in Hartleys Jordan Edwards scoring his team third with 10 mins to go 4-3. The defibrillators were checked, manned and made available up on the top balcony. Casuals were to their credit trying to protect their lead and again looked good on the counter. Adam Liddle did break through on goal but was tripped by Hartleys Harry Taylor, who quite rightly was instantly red carded.
Casuals deserved win puts them up to 14th, they appear to have got over their bad streak, but who knows.
Tuesday home game against Weston Super Mare should show how far along the road to recovery they have come.
The only disappointing thing about todays game was that a crowd of only 151 watched a full blood game of football. OK. there wasn't the cultured, neat drilled, technically correct, 10 ball pass, which included the goal keeper twice, which a still didn't get the ball more than 15yds into the opposition half, beloved by the football connoisseur. But it was entertaining which in the end is basically what people do go to watch football for.
