A TOUGHER TEST

MYS Black Stripes 3 - 3 Dunbar Utd Black (29Sep07)

Today’s match was, by far, the toughest test for the Black Stripes this season against a strong Dunbar side who took the lead after 10 minutes. The game was very evenly contested throughout and the Youngstars equalised in the second quarter. Morgan had won the ball in his own half and hammered it up to the midfield. Dylan collected the ball and played an excellent pass through to Jason, who then calmly slotted it into the net. Dylan and Lennon played well together and some brilliant passing lead to other opportunities to score but the Dunbar goalkeeper was on good form and made lots of fantastic saves.

Early in the third quarter of the game, Josh was wide on the right hand side and looked up to see Jason making a run towards goal. He played a superb pass through and Jason blasted it past the keeper to make it 2-1. Dunbar bounced back, though, and despite some good tackling from Mark, Innes and Calum, they managed to break through and score a second goal. Sam made some good runs down the left hand side with the ball, but great defending from Dunbar prevented any further goals in this quarter.

In the final quarter, the Dunbar goalkeeper kicked the ball out of the box but it landed straight at Josh’s feet. Josh wasted no time getting the ball under control and hammered a fantastic shot high into the net. Again Dunbar bounced back with some excellent football forcing Harvey to make numerous saving tackles, and some great saves were required from Kyle. Eventually, however, the ball broke to one of Dunbar’s midfielders just outside the box and he fired it into the top corner to make it 3-3. Overall, this was a great performance from both teams and a really enjoyable game.

Teamsheet: Kyle, Innes, Mark, Morgan, Josh, Harvey, Dylan, Calum, Lennon, Sam, Jason J.

Goal scorers: Jason (2), Josh.