CURZON ASHTON FC
MATCH REPORTS & STATISTICS
Saturday 24 November 2007
Opponents   Beechfield United
Venue   Away
Competition   Manchester FA Challenge Trophy
Kick-off   1.30pm
Half-Time Score   2-0
Full-Time Score   2-0

Match Report

The score line says 2-0 to Beechfield Utd and you can’t argue with that but behind every score line is a story.  Good luck to Beechfield who took their two goals well but the best footballing side over the whole ninety minutes lost the game.
Curzon always knew that they could play the better football but you have got to start well something that they never did and they allowed Utd to take advantage. Utd were always going to win the physical battle but this young Curzon side will get stronger in that department although it may take time.  Utd knew that they had to get into this Curzon side to stop them from playing and they did that well and after only 15 minutes they got their noses in front when Curzon failed to pick up the advancing midfielder who nipped into the box unmarked to slot pass Darren Riddett in goal. 
Curzon then started to get into the game and start creating chances themselves but they were not having any luck in front of goal, with the best chance falling to Ben Richardson who should pulled Curzon level.  Just after Richardson’s miss, on the half hour mark Utd’s right mid-field man came inside, and as the ball fell to him on the edge of the box he let fly with a shot that could of gone anywhere?, but went into the top left hand corner which resulted in a well taken goal and hurt Curzon who were ruing their missed chances. 
In the 2nd half the game changed because for the next 45 minutes Curzon completely dominated the game and did everything apart from put the ball in the back of the net, it looked like that Curzon could play all afternoon without scoring and when Adam Buckley saw his effort come off the post Curzon knew that this was not going to be there their day and to make matters worse they lost Chris Ball for the last five minutes when he received his second booking of the game. 
Out of the cup but not despondent, for Beechfield their good start to the season continues and good luck to them in the next round as for Curzon? this is still a young side and they will need to learn from this game and bounce back, they have a massive future ahead of them and will get a few knocks along the way and if they learn to take them they will grow stronger and become better players.
They are again in Cup action next Saturday when they take on Trafford in the 2nd Round of the Cheshire League Division One Cup – Home KO 3pm.

Team: (Goal Scorer(s) in bold), Darren Riddett, Ryan Burgess, Sam Hinchcliffe, Daniel Toft, Ben Blease, Chris Ball, Ben Richardson (Hazen Gardner), Jordan Leach (Nathan Finnigan), Adam Buckley (c) (Moses Tahir), Jonathan Sarcevic , Stuart Ball.
Subs not used: Xavier Riedo.