Bath & District Football League - Match reports

Saturday January 8th 2005 -
CCB United 1 Oldfield Sports 3 (Bath City Cup 1st Round, Colerne)

Writer: Steve Webb of Oldfield Sports.

Oldfield began 2005 against old foes CCB Utd in the first round of the Bath City Cup. Despite a procession of close contests between the two sides, Oldfield came into the game having never lost to them in 90 minutes.

On a windy day both sides began in typical styles, Oldfield concentrating on the counter-attack and CCB being more direct. The first-half was predominantly a midfield battle with CCB narrowly edging things having gained more shots on target. The second-half was very different.....

CCB took the lead ten minutes into the second-half with a well constructed move allowing a simple one-on-one opportunity. In fairness to Oldfield's defence, this was the only 'blot' on a superb performance. The response was emphatic. Ben Nelki chipped the keeper from a difficult angle to level the game before Wayne Quarrie took advantage of a defensive mix-up to smash the ball into an open net. The final goal of the game was the best of the game.

Ben Nelki acted quickly to find Wayne Quarrie from a throw-in in an attacking position, Quarrie then rounded a CCB defender before curly the ball past a floundering keeper to seal the game. The goals capped a Man-of-the-Match performance from Wayne Quarrie, but special mention should also be made to Ben Brooks & Andy Lovell who turned in fine performances.

The game emphasised Oldfield's strong Cup form this season. With Fry's Old Boys coming up next week, the test will be to see if this can be transferred to the league......and their bogey team.

Oldfield Sports Line-up:
Webb, Smith, Ross, Lovell, Beresford, Quarrie, Gillham, Miller (C), Brooks, Nelki, Newport.
SUBS - Creedy, M.Amey, Bradley