Match Report

It was back to the league program for the cup winners and with plenty of points to play for they made the short trip to Gamesley looking to revenge their defeat by Gamesley from the Saturday before. Curzon with their regular players back in the squad started the game as did Gamesley trying to adjust to the condition of the pitch, it was very wet and boggy.
Both sides made mistakes and gave the ball away cheaply and for Curzon it looked like ‘After the Lord Mayor’s parade’ but in spells they got a grip and produced some good football catching Gamesley on the break, Gamesley struggled with the pace that Curzon broke with and had their keeper Steve Thomas to thank for keeping them in the game with two great saves form Dane Buller & Jordan Leach. Patience was needed and some composure in front of goal and after another quick break, Buller showed his composure when he lifted the ball over the keeper to make it 1-0.  Curzon then did not look in any danger of losing this game. Johnny Sarcevic made it two before halftime to put them in a good position and cause Gamesley all sorts of problems to think about at half time. At half time Curzon realized that due to the conditions they would have to abandon playing football from the back and play it in the final third and with that in mind completely dominated the second half with Keeper Darren Riddett being mostly a pedestrian.
Danny Toft thought he had score from a corner but the referee blew because there was a substitution being made at the time, however the corner was re-taken and this time Adam Buckley rose to head home Curzon’s third.  Gamesley had nothing in them and ran out of ideas while Curzon continued to press forward and looked like scoring with every attack and it wasn’t long before Sarcevic got his second and his 22^nd goal from 25 appearances which is a fantastic return. It was a good win and now they have a run of 4 four games in 7 days starting this Tuesday away to second place Styal FC, home to Linotype on Thursday, away to Garswood on Saturday then finishing with Knutsford next Monday night at home.    
Team: (Goal Scorer(s) in bold): Darren Riddett, Ryan Burgess (Leigh Beaumont), Sam Hinchcliffe, Jordan Gill, Daniel Toft, Ben Blease (c) (James Blair), Dane Buller, Jordan Leach, Jonathan Sarcevic (2), Adam Buckley, Ben Richardson (Dominic Greer).
Subs not used: Xavier Riedo & Keith Jones