Tuesday 22nd July 2014 - kick off 7:10pm
Venue - Church Lane, Linby, Nottinghamshire.
Scorers:
Linby - Joe Butler ( 30, 32, 62, 69), Damian Mann (54), Jonny Bernard (86).
United - Jonny Crawley (39)
The scoreline flatters Linby somewhat - the game was well contested, and Keyworth were a little unlucky not to have scored 3 or 4 more goals. A great display of finishing by Joe Butler and a couple of goal line clearances helped secure Linby the victory.
Keyworth ought to have scored very early on - a superb ball in from the right saw their unmarked no. 14 completely miss his shot just four yards from goal.
Both teams looked to attack at every opportunity, but for the first half an hour we remained goal-less.
The opening goal was a bit of a scrambled affair, a cross into the box from the right was blocked, and when the loose ball fell kindly to JOE BUTLER, and the 6ft+ striker prodded home from close range.
Joe Butler
The next Linby goal came just two minutes later and was a real gift - and is one that the Keyworth custodian will not want to be reminded of! After the keeper picked the ball up way outside his area, referee Scott Mason awarded the free-kick to Linby. Instead of throwing the ball away to safety, he handed the ball to BUTLER who calmly placed it on the deck and rolled it past him into the net. Mr. Mason saw nothing wrong with the quickly taken free-kick and quite rightly gave the goal.
Keyworth replied on 39, a sweet shot from the outside of Jonny Crawley's left foot that gave Linby keeper Rhys Watkinson no chance. H-T 2-1
Keyworth began the second half strongly, and had an effort hacked off the line a few minutes after the restart. The home team survived the early onslaught though, and went further ahead on 54 when a ball in from the right was headed on by Butler to DAMIAN MANN who took time to control before lifting the ball delicately over the keeper.
BUTLER completed his hat-trick on 62, his 30 yard run culminating with a neat finish.
BUTLER blasted home a free-kick from the edge of the area in the 69th minute to make it 5-1, then with a few minutes of the game remaining, JONNY BERNARD drilled home a loose ball after the visiting defence failed to deal with a ball fired into the box. F-T 6-1
This was a decent pre-season game. All in all a very pleasant evening at picturesque Church Lane.
Admission: free
Attendance: 20
Charity: £5.25
Rhys Watkinson
Keyworth began the second half strongly, and had an effort hacked off the line a few minutes after the restart. The home team survived the early onslaught though, and went further ahead on 54 when a ball in from the right was headed on by Butler to DAMIAN MANN who took time to control before lifting the ball delicately over the keeper.
BUTLER completed his hat-trick on 62, his 30 yard run culminating with a neat finish.
BUTLER blasted home a free-kick from the edge of the area in the 69th minute to make it 5-1, then with a few minutes of the game remaining, JONNY BERNARD drilled home a loose ball after the visiting defence failed to deal with a ball fired into the box. F-T 6-1
This was a decent pre-season game. All in all a very pleasant evening at picturesque Church Lane.
Admission: free
Attendance: 20
Charity: £5.25
