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TIGERS- (DIV 5) FIRST FRIENDLY OF THE CLOSED SEASON WAS A CAREFULLY SELECTED GAME AGAINST DIV 4 OPPOSITION ST. JOHNS.
TIGERS STARTED EXTREMELY WELL AND AFTER A COUPLE OF EARLY MISSED CHANCES, WERE 4-0 UP BEFORE THE INTERVAL WITH GOALS FROM JOE (2), MARSHALL AND TOM C.
TIGERS COMBINATION PASSING PLAY WAS OUTSTANDING AND ST. JOHNS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO COPE. SAM-S FIRST HALF DISPLAY OUT WIDE WAS DEVASTATING FOR THE VISITORS AND HIS WORK FREQUENTLY LED TO CHANCES FOR HIMSELF AND HIS CO-ATTACKERS. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PASSAGE OF INDIVIDUAL SKILL WAS MATT J, WHOSE DECISIVE RUN INTO THE OPPOSITION-S PENALTY BOX, BEATING TWO PLAYERS AND PULLING THE BALL BACK ACROSS GOAL, LEAD TO AN EASY CONVERSION FOR JOE.
TIGERS CONTINUED THE SECOND HALF AS THEY FINISHED THE FIRST HALF, WITH CONFIDENCE, INVENTION AND SKILL. DESPITE NOT SCORING AS MANY GOALS, THEIR GENERAL FOOTBALL PLAY PROVED THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF TAKING TEAMS APART WITH INTELLIGENT FOOTBALL. MARSHALL ROUNDED OFF THE SCORING AFTER SOME UNSELFISH PLAY FROM JOE.
ST. JOHNS DID CAUSE TIGERS SOME DEFENSIVE PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY IN THE 2ND HALF, BUT THE TOM W WAS EQUAL TO EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD THROW AT HIM. IN ADDITION, SOME LUNG BREAKING DEFENSIVE PLAY FROM DAN AND JACK ALSO HELPED TO ENSURE A CLEAN SHEET.
A VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE FROM ALL THE TEAM OF TOM W, DAN, WILL P, JACK, JAMES, NATHAN, TOM C, BILLY, MARSHALL AND JOE WITH SPECIAL MENTIONS FOR SAM AND SUPPORTERS MAN OF THE MATCH MATT J.
TIGERS WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ST. JOHNS TEAM AND THE REFEREE BEN.
PLAYERS MISSED THROUGH INJURY OR OTHER COMMITMENTS INCLUDED MATT P, TOM D-B, WILL P, HARRY, KANE AND LUKE.