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Under 15’s – League Cup Round 3
Aylesbury Vale - Chinnor Youth
Aylesbury Vale narrowly missed out on the opportunity to advance in the league Cup after a thrilling match against Division 2 team Chinnor Youth. This is the second time the two sides have met, last season Vale knocked Chinnor out of the same competition.
Chinnor pushed hard from the opening kick & were immediately threatening at Vales goal but Aylesbury came back equally hard in response. Pat Hurst swung in a superb cross from a free kick, awarded to Vale, which only narrowly missed being planted in the net. A Chinnor corner almost had them take the lead, but a save on the line by keeper Andy Thorp kept the threat out. Chris Hawes opened the scoring for Vale in the 23rd minute; a run from halfway sidestepping through the opposition left him with just a touch to put the ball past Chinnors keeper. Two minutes later Luca Forchione slotted away an equally impressive goal, putting the underdogs with a clear two goal advantage & Chinnor plenty of work to do. Chinnors response was immediate, the solid keeping of Andy Thorp preventing another threat, again down to the line. The last 10 minutes of the first half was a barrage of attack from Chinnor, and forward Tom Dakin reduced the deficit in the 32nd minute. His teammate Jacob Davis nearly equalised when he slotted a close ball just left of target.
The second half resumed with both sides playing on a very even standard, a Chinnor corner, headed at goal was again saved. Steven Jones found the equaliser for Chinnor in the 51st minute when his first attack rebounded from Thorps feet & his return volley cleared the keeper. The second half became a stalemate, with neither side giving away anything or able to make a clear break from each other. As the 80 minutes drew to a close with scores level extra time was inevitable.
Extra Time
Vale piled on the pressure as the first half of 10 minutes was to be played. Both teams were heading towards exhaustion after the performances of the previous 80 minutes; Chinnor achieved the break, Steven Jones doubling his tally for the match in the 4th minute. Aylesbury were not going out without a battle, Durrelle Palmer bringing the scores level again 3 minutes later. Just like the full match, both teams gave their all through the remaining minutes of both the 1st & 2nd periods of extra time, the only way to settle the match was by the will of nerves in a penalty shoot-out.
Pens.
Aylesbury Vale 2 – Chinnor Youth 4
Unfortunately I was unable to take full details of the penalty shoot-out element of the game as I was a little distracted....
J, (my pension plan) was taken down in a heavy collision 3 minutes before the end of the match & after some treatment on the sidelines it was decided that he should take a short trip by ambulance to Stoke Mandeville Hospital. A short spell in A&E then the X-ray department the wounded soldier was allowed to return home.... plus crutches..!
Thankfully he hasn't broken anything, just ligament damage to his left ankle which has him hopping around very slowly & carefully til it improves, (I really ought to give him his crutch back, after its photo-session, to make his free movement a little easier.)
So J is currently out of the football, but on the bright side, Is available for Panto as Tiny Tim in any local productions of A Christmas Carol..!
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