Report

BREAKING THE RESILIENT ISLAND GIRLS DEFENCE HAD ALL THE MAKINGS OF A TALL ORDER, BUT THE HAMMERS HAD THE WIND AT THEIR BACKS RIGHT FROM THE OFF.  A 12th MINUTE CORNER FROM  WEST HAM'S ELLA HILL  CLEARED  EVERYONE IN THE BOX, REACHING THE ISLANDS GOAL WITHOUT CHALLENGE.  WEST HAM DOUBLED THEIR LEAD WHEN ISLAND GIRLS FAILED TO CLEAR THE BALL AT THE EDGE OF THEIR OWN BOX, WITH RONNIE JEFFREY BLASTING IT IN WITH 16 MINUTES GONE.  WEST HAM CONTINUED TO CHARGE UP THE PITCH, AND WITH A COOL HEAD JEFFREY’S ANGLED SHOT PICKED OUT THE TOP CORNER IN THE 24th MINUTE.  ISLAND GIRLS RE-GROUPED AND PUSHED BACK, BLASTING THE BALL IN BOTH FROM DISTANCE AND AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY.  UNFAZED, WEST HAM REPLIED WITH ANOTHER GOAL IN THE 38th MINUTE WHEN COURTNEY PEVERILL PICKED OUT HILL TO SCORE HER BRACE. 4-1 HT
THE HAMMERS RESTARTED  WITH CONTINUED PRESSURE, WITH JEFFREY NARROWLY MISSING OUT ON SCORING HER THIRD.  WITH ONLY 4 MINUTES PLAYED VICKY CHINCHARO’S LEFT FOOTED SHOT WAS OUT OF THE KEEPERS REACH AND FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET.  WEST HAM CRAFTED A SERIES OF PRECISION PASSES THAT LEFT CHELSEA MARTIN ONE ON ONE WITH THE KEEPER, AND SLOTTED IN A GOAL WITH 7 MINUTES GONE.  ISLAND GIRLS WERE BOOSTED AFTER BREAKING THE HAMMERS DEFENCE AND BLASTING THE BALL GOAL WARD.  GOAL KEEPER GEORGIE HODGES PARRIED THE SHOT, ONLY FOR THE ADVANCING PLAYER TO SCORE IN THE 8th MINUTE OF THE HALF.  ISLAND GIRLS BATTLED HARD AND WERE AWARDED A FREE KICK IN A DANGEROUS AREA BUT FAILED TO CAPITALISE ON THE OPPORTUNITY.  NOT DISCOURAGED THE  ISLAND GIRLS BATTLED ON, TESTING  THE HAMMERS KEEPER AND COMING CLOSE TO A THIRD GOAL, ONLY FOR IT TO BE DISALLOWED FOR OFF SIDE.  WEST HAM MADE SEVERAL MORE CHANCES TO EXTEND THE LEAD BUT THE SCORE REMAINED 6-2.