The 2nd team completed their season with an away game to the league leaders, Hayden Youth, and we were keen to ensure that we finished on a high after a run of 4 defeats in a row.

However, we had the worst possible start conceding in the 1st minute, following a long ball which we miscontrolled and allowed them to run through our defence and square across the goal for a tap-in. Within 5-minutes, we were 2 down with a similar goal and miscontrol coming out of defence. The team then steaded themselves and started playing some football and we scored a good goal following neat play in midfield by George B and a good finish by Michael. Our good work was then undone as we conceded a 3rd almost immediately from the kick-off as our high line was beaten and Hayden broke through and the forward sneaked one in at the back post.

Minutes later, we conceded a soft penalty for 4-1 and then we lost the ball at the edge of our own penalty area for 5-1, all within 25 minutes.
Just before the break, Hayden scored again following another mistake by us and we went into halftime 6-1 down.
The team wanted to show some pride in the second half and start to create some chances and get some goals back. Our play was more controlled and we moved the ball better through the midfield, but we were unable to find a breakthrough.
In the last minute, our defence switched off and thought the ball had gone out of play on the far side, however with no whistle, Hayden played on and scored another and finished the match 7-1 winners.

A really disappointing scoreline and performance, which was not reflective of how we have played during the course of the season.
Fingers crossed we go again next season and look to improve on our mid-table finish.

Match report by Steve Larkin.

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