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2nd Team Update
31st Oct 09 vs Lichfield (Home) Result 5-4 (won)
An enjoyable game up at Goosedale saw the undefeated 2nds beat Lichfield 5-4. Having played the better hockey in the first half, Nottingham found themselves 2-0 down due to 2 break away goals. At half time the boys were told to get there heads up because Nottingham were the better team, had played the better hockey and that in the 2nd half all players had a shoot on sight policy!!! The team responded with probably the best half of hockey we have played this season. With 3 defenders; Jones, Willing and Anderson showing the forwards the way to score goals, Brittan (making 2nd team debut this season) and Rogers added 2 more to move the score on to 5-3. Lichfield pulled one back through a short corner which left a tense last 3 minutes. Nottingham held the ball comfortably and ran out deserved winners.
Scorers: Jones, Willing, Anderson, Brittan, Rogers
MOM: Team (another great performance from all 11 players) – Goodchild (for fantasy hockey).
7th Nov 09 vs Melton (Home) Result 2-2
This game saw the demons of old return to the goosedale outfit which helped them relegated 2 years in a row. Poor passing, communication and moving off the ball gave the opposition the momentum, but thankfully at times they were just as bad, even with them bringing in a regular 1st teamer Paul Innocent couldn’t help drive them to victory. Noticeable performances from Notts HC were Ed Kendall (great saves all game), Justin Willing (strong performance at the back, a great short corner goal) and Andy Gallagher (a season debut, a goal and the passion will never disappear). Week off next week, lets hope in we all turn up in two weeks time.
Scorers: Gallagher, Willing
MOM: Ed Kendall
Under the new stewardship of David Sells (with Jason Byrne as VC – when he is released from Bungles grips), the 2nd team have made a 4 game undefeated start to their league campaign. With a mixture of ‘old heads’ and ‘turbo changed’ Youth, the season will hopefully be a positive one.
3rd Oct 09 vs Coventry City & University (Home) Result: 7-7
Starting against only 7 players (including no goalie), Nottingham soon found themselves 2-1 down due to a serious lack of shape and discipline after only 5 minutes. Shape arrived and so did the goals and Nottingham got to a 6-2 lead when the rest of the Coventry players arrived. The second half saw Coventry goal by goal get back into the match and look like they were going to go on and win it before Goodchild slipped a 45yard ball through to Sells who fired home. With 5 minutes to go Nottingham looked to of won before a short corner provided another goal for Coventry (7-7). In the end of a rollercoaster game Nottingham saw this as a point gained rather than 2 lost.
Scorers: Sells (3), Daniel (2), Willing (1), Goodchild (1)
MOM: Sells
10th Oct 09 vs Leicester (Away) Result: 2-2
Firstly Leicester Grammar School is not that easy to find, unless you played there the week before like Snelus…….. In a first half where the umpire played so much advantage it become a disadvantage, Nottingham passed it around with confidence and shape, but no goal. The second half saw all the fun, Rogers soon put Nottingham 2-0 up and looking comfortable, but then with 10 minutes to go Foggy kicked a shot into his own goal and then after a slick move Leicester made it 2-2. Foggy then saw yellow for giving the umpire to much verbal and Nottingham played the last 3 minutes with Snelus in goal. All in all another point gained.
Scorers: Rogers (2)
MOM: Rogers
17th Oct 09 vs Boots (Home) Result: 9-2 (won)
A one sided game saw Nottingham’s best performance of the season, good movement on and off the ball, fast accurate passing and lots of goals. A 5-1 first half and a 4-1 second, was a good way for some players who had not won in a Nottingham 2nd team for a couple of seasons to experience it.
Scorers: Cooper (3), Fairbrother (2), Rogers (2), Daniel (1), Heeley (1)
MOM: Cooper/Fairbrother
24th Oct 09 vs Loughborough Town (Away) Result 1-0 (won)
A very hard fort game saw Nottingham’s defence show what it was made off, asked at the beginning of the game in the huddle not to let any goals in, Nottingham showed hard work and simple hockey was also a skill they were able to play. With the midfield having strong games going forwards as well as backwards 0-0 was a fair reflection of the good half of hockey which we all enjoyed and believed we had the better of. The 2nd half saw more of the same good hockey from Nottingham resulting in several good chances all saved by an inform LT keeper. Fairbrother who had been playing good through balls to the forwards all day found Sells unmarked to deflect the pass into the goal passed the outstretched leg of the LT Keeper. Nottingham’s defence continued to hold for a good away victory that we deserved.
Scorer: Sells
MOM: Team (everybody gave 110% - great performance boys)
East Midlands Premier
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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D
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Pts
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Melton
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6
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4
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2
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0
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27
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5
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22
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14
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Coventry City & University
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5
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4
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1
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0
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25
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11
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14
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13
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Chesterfield
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6
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4
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0
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2
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18
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7
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11
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12
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Nottingham
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6
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3
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3
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0
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26
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17
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9
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12
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Lichfield
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5
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3
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1
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1
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15
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12
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3
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10
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Loughborough Town
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5
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2
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0
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3
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16
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16
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0
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6
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Players
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6
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2
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0
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4
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10
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24
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-14
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6
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Leicester
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5
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1
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1
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3
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9
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12
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-3
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4
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Coventry & North Warwick
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6
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1
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0
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5
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9
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18
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-9
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3
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Coalville
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5
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1
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0
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4
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9
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21
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-12
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3
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Boots
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5
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1
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0
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4
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6
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27
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-21
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3
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